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Dave Skogen is chairman of Festival Foods, with over 60 years of experience in the grocery industry, but if you asked him, he would tell you that he’s actually in the relationship business; it just so happens that he sells groceries. Today, Dave will cover the key characteristics that have developed Festival’s winning culture, and how you too can win with implementing these traits; not only in your work life, but also in your personal life.
8:00 AM
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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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WASBO Facilities Manager Core Certification - Module 3
9:25 AM
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This session will look at trends in salary and benefit expenditures since Act 10. The discussion will include what portion of school district budgets is made up of salary and benefits, what is the impact of revenue limit referenda and what could these trends mean for the future. John Gahan will also discuss how Pewaukee School District is managing it employee compensation since Act 10 was enacted.
9:25 AM
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Too often a new business administrator (or new employee, in general) is entirely focused on mastering the existing job while missing immediate opportunities to improve their newly acquired position. This session will give both new and experienced business administrators insights into opportunities for continuous improvement in their respective districts. Learn how new employees, because they are the least knowledgeable on their first day, might be the most valuable of all when it comes to improving the processes and procedures of their districts.
9:25 AM
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Rising interest rates, new legislation, and tightening budgets have made it more important than ever to ensure you are maximizing your referendum dollars. Learn how Cudahy School District was able to leverage multiple financing vehicles in order to get all of their facilities needs addressed while limiting the impact to tax payers.
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Best Practices/Money Saving Techniques/Innovative Solutions
9:25 AM
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As leaders in our organization, we have an obligation to ensure each and every student has the opportunity to engage in a quality education experience. Because of our unique business and operations perspective, we need to actively participate in conversations surrounding equity. During this presentation, we will delve into the "why" and "how" to engage in activities that reflect a sustained commitment to addressing opportunity gaps and improving learning and education outcomes for all students.
9:25 AM
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Slip, trip, and fall incidents are a significant problem in Wisconsin. These incidents are not only expensive to defend, but also cost your district time and frustration. The average cost to defend a claim can be as high as $50,000. To better address this loss source, we will discuss: - Effective incident investigation practices. - Common causes and hazards. - Practical risk control solutions.
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Facilities Certification - Continuing Education
9:25 AM
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An energy efficient facility can completely transform your district and community. Nationally, school facilities spend millions of dollars annually on electric and gas expenses. By incorporating energy best practice strategies into your facility, districts will not only save on reduced utility bills, but they will also have equipment that lasts longer. When lighting and heating equipment is operating optimally, students and staff perform better. With the recent release of Focus on Energy’s School and Government Facilities Energy Best Practices Guide, this presentation will focus on smart energy choices districts can model to help build an energy-conscious culture and reduce energy expenditures for years to come. Attendees will hear real-life examples of schools utilizing energy-saving strategies and best practices to improve the system performance of their existing buildings. Learn how you can transform your district into an energy efficient school.
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Facilities Certification - Continuing Education
9:25 AM
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You have a full-time job… and now you need to manage facility planning, design, and construction too. We know what you’re thinking, “How am I going to do all this?” Learn how your peers have navigated the process of planning for a referendum, designing spaces, and managing construction. Four districts will share insights and lessons learned for how they managed it all and what they wish they would have known before they got started.
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Best Practices/Money Saving Techniques/Innovative Solutions
9:25 AM
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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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WASBO Facilities Manager Core Certification - Module 3
10:35 AM
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Liabilities, compensation strategies and changing employee demographics are just some of the reasons why alternatives to retiree health benefits are at the top of mind for most school districts. We’ll dive deep into the reasons behind the paradigm shift in providing benefits to employees and retirees – from a defined benefit model to a defined contribution approach. Specifically, we’ll discuss the pros and cons of popular replacement strategies including:
• Health Reimbursement Arrangements
• Post-severance 403(b) contributions
• Converting bloated sick leave banks
10:35 AM
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This is one of the busiest times of the year for bookkeepers and business managers! This session will highlight the deadlines and reporting processes for those activities happening in the business office during the fall such as Third Friday counts, Revenue Limit calculations, notification of state aid, notification of property values, certifying the levy, filing the budget report and the annual report. We will review how to find things on the DPI School Financial Services website and where to go to file reports.
10:35 AM
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Do you prepare your annual salaries budget in Excel? At this session we will review best practices to convert this Excel (or Sheets) based salaries budget into an end product where you can upload into your accounting software.
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Best Practices/Money Saving Techniques/Innovative Solutions
10:35 AM
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For the past several budget cycles, the Waunakee Community School District and the Kettle Moraine School District have been using benchmarked visualization data to improve their alignment of resources towards strategic planning initiatives. Attendees at this session will learn how these districts have engaged in a multi-year effort to work towards this goal.
10:35 AM
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A panel discussion focused on the challenges and potential solutions available to K-12 market. The will include a wide range of topics including an analysis of Gov. Walkers K-12 security proposal, technology available, and best practices from WSSCA members. K-12 security needs and challenges are rapidly changing, becoming more complex and requiring greater collaboration across multiple agencies. Updating security measures can be overwhelming and confusing. Keeping school campuses safe requires adapting to evolving threats while maintaining an environment that is conducive to learning. In many school systems, growing populations mean security goes beyond a single building but must coordinate across multiple facilities. Whether it is a district covering elementary, middle and high schools to a single school campus - one specific challenge is bringing enterprise-level security to lots of facilities.
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Facilities Certification - Continuing Education
10:35 AM
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Has your auditor suggested that you refine your cash reconciliation processes? Are your balance sheet accounts drawing attention from DPI? Do you have multiple operating and investment accounts that are out of balance? Electronic transfers causing errors? This presentation will include examples of cash reconciliation issues and offer advice on how to best manage this responsibility so that entries are timely, errors are found quickly, and records are accurate.
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Best Practices/Money Saving Techniques/Innovative Solutions
10:35 AM
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Education is a high energy profession, and like members of the military and elite athletes, school staff and students can benefit from proper mindfulness training techniques that enable them to respond to difficult situations with less anxiety. Research has shown that the ability to decrease stress positively impacts blood pressure, heart health, anxiety levels, episodes of depression, and energy levels. Training your staff to engage in purposeful mindfulness and focusing on the "controllables" can improve their health, job satisfaction and productivity, while at the same time decrease health care costs for the District.
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Best Practices/Money Saving Techniques/Innovative Solutions
10:35 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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WASBO Facilities Manager Core Certification - Module 3
12:50 PM
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What is it like to have depression in Wisconsin, where access to care is scarce? What are the costs-- both human and financial? 50% of Wisconsin adults with mental illness do not access treatment for their condition. In addition to this treatment gap, Wisconsin has some of the highest prevalence of mental illness in the country, ranking 48th nationally. These numbers alone are staggering, but why is it so important? When we look at Wisconsin's population, we see that poor mental health severely impacts physical health, productivity, and cost in addition to the overall wellbeing of a person. Throughout this session, we will begin by exploring the mental health issues facing Wisconsin. Then we will see how an online therapy and virtual clinic strategy has transformed both mental healthcare access and urgent care access in one Wisconsin school district-- a solution that not only benefits their employees but also simultaneously contains costs.
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10/4/2018 12:50 PM - 10/5/2018 1:50 PM
12:50 PM
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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.
12:50 PM
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Pending ACA regulatory changes regarding “Association” plans (Coop’s) will create greater access to Cooperatives for Districts, especially those with less than 50 Full Time Equivalent Employees (FTEs). This change will relieve those districts from the double burden of lower benefits and significantly higher premiums they have found in the ACA Small Group Marketplace, as long as they can join a Coop / Association! Increased membership in these purchasing Coops will increase the buying power of the larger districts already involved in them. Learn firsthand from two founding District Administrators how 7 districts achieved this long term rate stability and gained these benefits: • A series of multi-year rate caps • Greater access to providers • Standardized benefits between districts • Across-the-board plan designs and premiums This growth and stability has not come without some struggle. Learn how these Districts handled those issues!
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Best Practices/Money Saving Techniques/Innovative Solutions
12:50 PM
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Discussion around using resources based on student needs in order to provide a more equitable building level approach.
12:50 PM
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Facilities Certification - Continuing Education
12:50 PM
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School districts continue to demand a long-term strategic approach to addressing growing healthcare costs. With new emerging ideas to contain these costs, this session will focus on cutting-strategies to consider implementing in your District to reduce your overall cost of health insurance, with a focus on moving from fully insured to self-funding; captives; price transparency tools; incentivizing and directing employees to lower cost, high value providers; the real value of wellness programs; challenging PBMs to demand more; and using on-site or near-site clinics for cost containment.
12:50 PM
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The recent School Safety Initiative provided Wisconsin K-12 schools with $100 million to tighten school security through primary and advanced security measures. CESA Purchasing and CESA 10 worked with dozens of school districts to perform safety and security assessments, partner with local law enforcement, purchase materials at an affordable price, and write grants to secure funding. Now that problem areas have been identified and funds allocated, schools need to stay vigilant in keeping safety and security on the forefront. Jane Wray, Purchasing Administrator for CESA Purchasing, and Lance Gregorich, Environmental Health and Safety Manager for CESA 10, will educate attendees on a long-term comprehensive approach to reinforcing school safety and security through best practices in cooperative purchasing, environmental health and safety measures, and facility factors affecting school safety.
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Facilities Certification - Continuing Education
12:50 PM
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Asbestos will include the uses of asbestos, history of asbestos regulations, health effects of asbestos, and basic concepts of the AHERA regulation.
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WASBO Facilities Manager Core Certification - Module 3
2:00 PM
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Budgets are getting more difficult to balance as the cost of health care keeps increasing more than the Consumer Price Index. Employees are not quite sure on how best to utilize the right providers at the right time or how there decisions impact the renewal. If you are like most school districts you try to educate your staff once a year at an all employee meeting. Most of these all staff employee meetings are not impactful so your staff is not actively engaged. Quit doing the same thing and expecting different results. Discover that with humor, personal stories, and only a 15 minute meeting how your district will reduce the cost of healthcare and increase employee engagement.
2:00 PM
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In this session we will get into some of the meat of the equalization aid formula. What are deductible receipts? What are shared costs? What is and is not included in the calculation? What is negative tertiary aid and how does it impact my district? How do changes elsewhere in the state impact my district? We will review district specific worksheets.
2:00 PM
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So often you hear - " I gotta guy for that" and you have to wonder is it best to go with a friend, a great reference, seasoned professional or cheapest. When is it best to seek advise or service that is new to you? When does the phrase "I gotta guy" really going to save you money and when will it cost you more than you can imagine?
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Best Practices/Money Saving Techniques/Innovative Solutions
2:00 PM
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What does it mean to be a professional? Your presenters will cover things like how to dress, how to act, professional ethics as well as verbal and non verbal skills.
2:00 PM
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Air in a hydronic system fluid inhibits heat transfer, collects in the piping or equipment, and restricts flow, actually making equipment run longer than necessary while causing damage to it at the same time. The air can lead to corrosion & system particulate which collects in the piping or equipment restricting flow and causing other problems. By eliminating the insulating effects of the air and harmful effects of dirt, hydronic systems can then achieve peak thermal distribution efficiencies. This presentation discusses these issues in detail including why they occur and how to solve them vs traditional methods. It also includes a test of a common specified air separator as well as an energy model showing payback potential.
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Facilities Certification - Continuing Education
2:00 PM
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School board members and stakeholders like to compare their districts to others. Join this roundtable session where you’ll receive your district comparables from which to discuss. Learn from one another as we discuss how they’re used and communication strategies around them
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Best Practices/Money Saving Techniques/Innovative Solutions
2:00 PM
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This interactive presentation will review all of the ins and outs of Wisconsin school referenda, including the new Act 59 legislation that limits school boards to two questions per year, and certain dates. We will answer new legislative questions about how the failure of some referenda will impact certain school districts. Additionally, this session will take deeper dive into how to determine operational referenda amounts, and various ways to use those funds to minimize costs and maximize benefits. Finally we will look at the process of going to referendum including some creative communication techniques and community involvement ideas for informational campaigns
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Best Practices/Money Saving Techniques/Innovative Solutions
2:00 PM
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We will examine the components of “Life Safety” and how it impacts daily operation of the school. Egress, occupancy, and fire resistance rated construction, all components of life safety, will be explored for practical use in schools. Learn some basic exit design concepts from dead ends to assembly aisle.
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WASBO Facilities Manager Core Certification - Module 3
3:10 PM
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Using a comprehensive risk management approach for all lines of insurance. This program will help you understand how each aspect of insurance can help or hurt you. Understanding your risk and having a good comprehensive risk management plan can help you to save big dollars in both the short-term and the long-term. The partnership between School District of New Berlin and R&R for 4+ years led to continued improvement (reduction) of losses, improved experience mod, stable insurance program, and reduction in loss frequency. Today, the School District of New Berlin is considered to have best in class programs and approach.
3:10 PM
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The revenue limit worksheet for 2017-2018, will have a four pages in-place of two pages, with larger print. As this is the first year of the state’s 2017-19 budget, information regarding changes in the Revenue Limit process will be provided to the level DPI has confirmation based on state laws. Districts with Energy Efficiency Exemptions will need to spend time on the fourth page. We will cover your school district’s revenue limit calculations with the information we have to date. We will walk you through the steps you need to follow to complete your revenue limit calculation and help you understand how the spreadsheet works. Participants are STRONGLY encouraged to bring laptops. You will have the opportunity to work on your district’s revenue limit worksheet during the session.
3:10 PM
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Many facility directors do not know that they can use multiple Group Purchasing Organizations to save money. I will show how to take advantage local, state and national organizations to find ways to save money and time.
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Best Practices/Money Saving Techniques/Innovative Solutions
3:10 PM
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This session is geared to developing leadership and management skills in regards to dealing with difficult/challenging situations and people. Presenters will share real-life examples of situations that may have been tense, difficult, and/or unpopular, yet still needed be handled in a professional manner. Presenters will share tips for not only addressing difficult situations but also looking at one's own reactions and how that impacts a challenging situation. The goal for the session is that the attendees will walk away with some coping tools for dealing with difficult situation and some good reminders on how to put things in perspective and ultimately be able to overcome those challenging moments with ease (and without having a nervous breakdown).
3:10 PM
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This panel discussion/presentation will provide an overview of the model CESA 6 and one of our partner districts, the School District of Marshfield, use to include Non-Certified Support Staff in district-wide systemic approaches to evaluation and supervision. We’ll summarize and highlight grows and glows from our journeys thus far as well as respond to audience questions.
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Facilities Certification - Continuing Education
3:10 PM
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Local Education Agencies (LEAs) will be required to report per-pupil expenditures, including actual personnel and non-personnel expenditures, for each school and each LEA. The per-pupil expenditures will be disaggregated by two fund sources: 1) Federal; and 2) a combined State and Local. This session will provide: 1) additional details related to this new 2018-19 school level reporting requirement; and 2) an opportunity for participants to provide feedback regarding the reporting of these actual 2018-19 school year per-pupil expenditures.
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Best Practices/Money Saving Techniques/Innovative Solutions
3:10 PM
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The tax reform act that was finalized at the end of 2017 includes changes that affect not only your personal income taxes, but how you save for education or pass wealth to the next generation. This presentation will explore the most significant changes affecting individuals and will include examples of how someone’s tax liability will be affected by the changes, and planning strategies to consider going forward. In addition we will explore the major changes to a School District’s ability to borrow funds in the municipal bond market.
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Best Practices/Money Saving Techniques/Innovative Solutions
3:10 PM
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Team up with your peers to collect the pieces you need to be a superhero for your school district!
4:30 PM
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