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NEW for 2016-2017 - Enhanced Member Benefits: WSPA greatly appreciates each and every one of our members. To show our appreciation, we have enhanced our membership benefits for the 2016-2017 year. Your WSPA membership will now include FREE webinars, a FREE electronic copy of the Personnel Operations Guide (POG), and a 10% tuition discount through City University. The membership year runs September 1 through August 31. We look forward to having you join us for the new year!

NEW for 2016-2017 - City University tuition discount for WSPA members: Please click here for more information about the discount tuition program through City University of Seattle.

S-275 Update: WSPA will not be hosting our annual S-275 training for the 2016-2017 school year. We regret any disappointment or inconvenience this may cause. We look forward to providing this training opportunity again next year. We will still have our S-275 training manual available for purchase. Please click here to purchase a manual. Thank you.

Upcoming Events

New WSPA Membership Year Begins - September 1, 2016

School Law Conference - October 17-18, 2016

Fall HELP Workshop - October 25, 2016

Misconduct and Investigations Workshop - Tukwila - November 4, 2016

Misconduct and Investigations Workshop - Spokane - November 22, 2016

Bargaining Skills Workshop - January 12, 2017

Annual Conference - February 26 - March 1, 2017

Washington Educator Career Fair - Spokane - March 15, 2017

Washington Educator Career Fair - Tacoma - March 29, 2017

WSPA Executive Board Elections - April 10, 2017

Spring HELP Workshop - April 17, 2017

WSPA Executive Board Retreat - June 7-9, 2017

HELP Summer Session 2017 - July 10-14, 2017

HR Boot Camp - July 10-12, 2017

Event Calendar

School Law Conference 2016

"Practice Makes Perfect, a Best Practices Seminar"

October 17-18, 2016
DoubleTree Suites by Hilton at Southcenter

We encourage you to attend this valuable and informative conference. Each day will provide relevant and useful information presented by some of Washington State's most prestigious and experienced law firms. Sessions topics to include best practices in a variety of areas:

Non-renewals
Documenting performance issues in eVal
Managing sexually aggressive students
Last-chance agreements
Demands to bargain
Legislative impacts on bargaining
Handling employee attendance issues
Employee mental health accommodations
Responding to Public Records Requests in light of recent cases
Appropriately documenting disciplinary issues
Employee use of social media
Title IX checklist
Implementing new overtime regulations
School law case updates
Hostile working environments
And more!

Registration now open! Please click here for registration and conference information

Benefits of Membership

The Washington School Personnel Association is a vibrant community of human resources professionals dedicated to the school community. Your WSPA membership includes free webinars, an electronic copy of the Personnel Operations Guide (POG), discounted registration to all of our conferences, workshop, and events, legislative updates, member requests, discounted tuition through City University, and many other benefits designed to support human resources professionals and their districts.

The WSPA membership year runs from September 1^st through August 31^st of each year. More information may be found at our member page.

If you are already a member, please click on the following link for member profile, website navigation tips and how-to's: WSPA Website Member Navigation

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