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Good morning and welcome to the Osthoff! The first day of school is behind us and we are happy to come together at the Fall Conference to recogognize our peers and enjoy impactful professional development. We are glad you are here!
8:05 AM
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Join us for a heartwarming activity that will help you reconnect with your colleagues while bringing joy to others! Be sure to bring a non-perishable item that will be used for our activity, then donated to a local food pantry.
8:15 AM
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Are you brave enough to do whatever it takes to transform the dynamics of your team? In a competitive world, the highest-performing teams don't leave their success to chance. They build an environment that encourages real conversations, leverages differences and embraces healthy conflict. And they know consistent training and effort are required to build these skills and mindsets, just like winning sports teams practice the fundamentals for peak performance on game day. Join Darcy Luoma, creator of Thoughtfully Fit®, for a no-holds-barred exploration of what it takes to create a winning culture on your team. From tackling tough issues head-on to fostering trust and camaraderie, she’ll unveil the secrets from coaching hundreds of teams over the last 20 years. Walk away with three game-changing questions you can use immediately that‘ll propel your team forward. Don't settle for mediocrity when greatness awaits.
9:00 AM
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Get your pressing questions answered! Appointments required. Make your appointment here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gJ4BMiRv33Mk3PZWjRuDkiz0l4HYb7Gnw9PYngdpdCM/edit?usp=sharing
10:00 AM
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CESA 10 is bringing together a panel of experts to discuss school safety. Mental Health Navigator Sara Bowe and School Psychologist Sarah James will discuss signs to watch for in student mental health and trauma-related behaviors. They’ll also cover the importance of comprehensive safety plans and forming partnerships with community response teams. Security consultants Matt Antczak and Lance Gregorich will discuss commonly overlooked security issues in schools and provide tips and tricks to strengthen reunification efforts. This start-to-finish look at school safety will provide tangible takeaways to start filling in the gaps in your hazard response efforts.
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A Look at Health
Benefits & Wellness
10:10 AM
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This session will discuss effective communication strategies in the area of budgeting and community relations. One of the biggest challenges for many organizations is the sharing of information connected to the budget. Join a School Business Official and a Communications leader to review potential challenges and solutions to provide consistent and impactful information and budget stories.
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Financial News You Can Use
10:10 AM
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The School District of Lomira has been and continues to move to a cleaner, more efficient bus fleet. This session will focus on the advantages and disadvantages of owning, operating and procuring all the bus powertrain types. Our first transition was from diesel to propane. Now, as a $1.5 million recipient of the EPA Clean School Bus Program, learn about our journey to the implementation of EV buses. You will learn how this small rural district journeyed from traditional fuel types into EVs and the do’s and don’ts to prepare your district for your own journey. Resources, grants, and organizations that can assist you in your goals will be shared. Learning Objectives: The learners will be able to: Explain the advantages and disadvantages of propane in a rural cold weather environment Receive operational and maintenance insight on various bus powertrain types. Understand critical facets for districts when considering propane or EV buses Share EV vs Diesel operation analytics from a cold weather school system Understand nuances to EV bus program implementation
10:10 AM
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There are many important reporting deadlines that you will encounter throughout the year. In addition, other key activities and issues will come up at specific times during the year. We will give you the fly-over view of what to be looking for and when, some detailed information for getting started this August and highlight the new ESSA rules as they pertain to school building budgeting, accounting and reporting. At WASBO conferences throughout the year we will delve into each of these topics in greater detail. We will also introduce you to the DPI School Financial Services Team website, with which you should become familiar. It has tons of useful information!
10:10 AM
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This session will be an introduction to IEQ geared towards both the beginner and experienced facilities manager. It will include the components of a good IEQ program with examples from one school district.
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Facilities Manager Core Certification Module 3
10:10 AM
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Facilities Manager Continuing Education
10:10 AM
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Communicating budgetary information with budget authorities can be difficult. In this session we review ways to convert financial reports into a more user-friendly format through Google Sheets. Attendees will leave the session with a draft dashboard which they may take back to their districts and use for their own budget communications.
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Financial News You Can Use
11:10 AM
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A Look at Health
Benefits & Wellness
11:10 AM
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This session will provide information about the many areas that need proactive forethought in coming to decisions about a school district’s cash reserve (fund balance) as it relates to its long-term financial health (including policies). The presenters will address sustainability and preplanned balances that protect programs, both instructional and non-instructional. Ideas will be shared on how to be transparent and thoughtful in discussing this issue as relationships are built with local citizens and state legislators. The new DPI unassigned fund balance accounts will also be explained.
11:10 AM
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This course will offer background information, health effects and regulatory information on asbestos in Schools. In addition, we will inform attendees the roles and responsibilities of the Asbestos Designated Person that every School District is required to appoint per the EPA-Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response (AHERA) rules. We will also cover the requirements of the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) rule that applies to Wisconsin School Districts. Including the requirements for using pesticides in schools under the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) as well as considerations for keeping students and staff safe when using pesticides.
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Facilities Manager Core Certification Module 3
11:10 AM
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Oconomowoc Area School District will share things they’ve done to realize utility cost savings and spread the impact over multiple funds to provide operating budget relief. The session will highlight using gas contracts, computing and allocating utilities to other funds, monitoring utilities and energy utilization, phasing in LED/energy efficient practices with referendum projects/rebates, energy conservation tips, and working with students around energy concepts.
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Facilities Manager Continuing Education
11:10 AM
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Kick back, enjoy lunch and network with your colleagues. Lunch is included with your registration.
12:00 PM
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Now that the 2023-25 budget is in place and ESSER funds are phasing out how does your District’s budget look? This session will help you determine what the state budget provided the district and what it did not, and how to communicate the impact on your district’s budget. It will also look at options of meeting future financial needs and how to balance operational needs and facility needs.
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Financial News You Can Use
2:10 PM
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A Look at Health
Benefits & Wellness
2:10 PM
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One district will share its journey and practices that moved it from being cash-centered to a goal of being nearly cashless. Several practices that will be highlighted include online student fee collections; maximizing the use of Webstores; ticketing for athletic events; using Skyward ids for meal service, vending machines, and student events; partnering w/ PTO-Booster Clubs for electronic collections; and implementing QR codes.
2:10 PM
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The ever increasing role of a facility manager has grown to encompass creating a safety program that works to prevent employee injuries. This session will outline ways in which programs can be implemented in a way that creates buy-in, with the intent of creating a safe work place for all school employees. The session is presented through the lenses of a facility manager, risk manager and environmental manager.
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Facilities Manager Core Certification Module 3
2:10 PM
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Have you ever heard the phrase, thank you I will keep that in mind? If you have, this is the politically correct way of telling you to stay in your lane. If you have personally heard that statement made, or if you frequently find yourself using this phrase with others, join our discussion as we navigate through this challenge as leaders.
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Facilities Manager Continuing Education
2:10 PM
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Many GASB Standards have come and gone in recent years; but some are worth digging into for a deeper understanding. Join us as we go behind the scenes of the actuary’s process to produce the results that are published in your financial statements each fiscal year. This session will include perspectives of both the auditor and actuarial service providers to deliver expert analysis on the special terminology, the underlying concepts and calculations, impacts of certain changes to your plan structure, and the reporting of OPEB-related data within your audited financial statements. This session would be beneficial for any school district finance professionals that works with fund 73-type benefits (even those that are not funded and treated as pay-as-you-go).
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Financial News You Can Use
3:10 PM
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Because you asked for more, we’re delivering Self-funding Part 2! We’ll recap the key concepts of a self-funded health plan, expand on cost containment mechanisms, and emphasize the importance of EDUCATING your staff. Additionally, we’ll; •Provide guidance on the value of evaluating claims data in real time. •Share insight and tips on how to manage the additional roles business managers and HR professionals experience in a self-funded program •Provide insight on the accounting entries and time involved with accounting for the self-funded plan. •Share Best Practice for Stop Loss Renewals •Share Experience with setting up a comprehensive direct contract program
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A Look at Health
Benefits & Wellness
3:10 PM
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It is more important than ever to have a competitive total compensation strategy. Learn the secrects to managing the 3 legged stool of Compensation, Benefits and OPEB so that your best employees want to stay and you are attracting the talent needed in your district without breaking the budget.
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A Look at Health
Benefits & Wellness
3:10 PM
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Your annual levy is just around the corner! This session offers a line-by-line exploration of the revenue limit worksheet, building on the presentation from the September conference. We will examine the worksheet both as it stands and as it will look like on October 15th—and beyond. Topics covered include best practices, timelines, causes and effects of exemptions, consequences of over/underlevying, and more.
3:10 PM
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Learn essential information on each of the 20 components needed to have a successful safety program. Examples of actual practices used by Wisconsin school districts will be included.
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Facilities Manager Core Certification Module 3
3:10 PM
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Effective recruitment is the first step to staff retention. Join us in a round table discussion regarding steps that can be taken to recruit qualified individuals in today's job market, and what you can do to encourage them to stick around.
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Facilities Manager Continuing Education
3:10 PM
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Financial News You Can Use
4:10 PM
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McFarland School District with the assistance of Key Benefit Concepts recently conducted a review of their current paid time of benefits as they compared to other Dane County school districts. Learn from this review and employee meetings feedback received from employee groups and decisions made by the District to restructure benefits to improve employee understanding of benefits, attract and retain employees and stay competitive in the industry.
4:10 PM
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A Look at Health
Benefits & Wellness
4:10 PM
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WISEgrants is your centralized location for all your federal grant management needs. The WISEgrants web portal is designed to help the subrecipient meet both the allowable costs requirements under each Federal program and the Wisconsin Uniform Financial Accounting Requirements. In addition to providing an overview of existing functionality around application requirements, allowable costs, and fiscal compliance, this session will cover the many tools within the program to help everyone from the novice grants administrator to the seasoned business manager.
4:10 PM
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According to a national survey of school districts by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, an estimated 54 percent of public school districts need to update or replace multiple building systems or features. As is the case in many districts, you might be asking yourself, “Are we one of them?”, and “How do I know where to start?”. In this session, our team will identify some of the tell-tale signs if your buildings or systems need updates. From stained and damaged floor and ceiling tiles to poor air quality from mold, asbestos, or low air exchange rates, we’ll help you understand the most common clues that your buildings are not operating at their peak performance.
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Facilities Manager Continuing Education
4:10 PM
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Focus on school building exterior envelope design and maintenance. The speaker will provide examples of problems caretakers may face related to the building envelop and how these problems can be dealt with. Construction specifications and design criteria to ensure quality construction will also be covered.
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Facilities Manager Core Certification Module 4
4:10 PM
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Casino Night at the Fall Conference is one attendees say they do not want to miss. The Lions Club will provide engaging Casino Games as you unwind from a full day of excellent professional development. Beverages, light snacks and prizes will be included as part of your evening. Join us immediately following sessions for continued networking in the Grand Libelle Lobby!
5:00 PM
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