School Law Conference 

• October 16-17, 2017 
• DoubleTree Suites by Hilton at Southcenter 

• Keynote: Has HB 2242 Satisfied the Constitutional Mandate? 
• Keynote: Bargaining after HB 2242 - What is next? 
• Salary Compliance under HB 2242 
• Legislative Updates
• HR Training Initiative
• Special Education
• Progressive Discipline and Last Chance Agreements
• Student Discipline 
• School Buses, Physical Education, and Liability 
• Internal Cybersecurity Risks
• Personal Liability for Administrator
• Sex Abuse and Boundary Invasions 
• New Paid Family Leave Law
• Beyond Employee Training - What Every Employee Needs to Know
•  And more! 

Take advantage of early bird pricing by registering before September 30th. Please click here to register and for full conference details.

S-275 Personnel Reporting Workshop

• S-275 Personnel Reporting Workshop - TUKWILA - Two sessions available: October 3rd OR 4th, 2017 OCTOBER 4 SESSION IS NOW FULL 
• S-275 Personnel Reporting Workshop - SPOKANE - October 6, 2017

This workshop will provide a basic understanding of how the S-275 data affects school finance and apportionment functions, along with specific details for reporting all of the 275 data (positions, assignments, degrees, credits, clock hours, vocational/CTE staff, experience, etc.)

The class size for each session has been lowered to allow for more time for the instructors to interact with participants, including practice exercise and time for questions. Class size is limited to 60 participants per session, register early to reserve your seat! 

Registration is $175 for WSPA members and $225 for non-members.

The workshop fee includes our S-275 Reporting Manual, continental breakfast, lunch, refreshments, and clock hours.

HELP Fall Writing Workshop

Registration is now open for the HELP Fall Session  - Writing Skills for Human Resources.  This workshop is open to all WSPA members. You do not need to be a HELP participant to attend.
This workshop provides three sessions to choose from:

• Session I - Basic Human Resources Writing 
• Session II - Human Resources Legal Writing
• Session III - How to Conduct a Workplace Investigation and Document your Findings

HELP Fall Session  - Writing Skills for Human Resources

• Monday, October 23, 2017
• Puget Sound Educational Service District
• 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

WSPA Members: $150
Your registration includes lunch, refreshments, clock hours, and course materials. 

HELP Participants: This event is included in your HELP tuition. There is no additional fee to attend and you do not need to complete a registration form. Please let Jane Rausch know if you will NOT be attending.  jrausch@wspa.net

Please click here to register for the HELP Fall Writing Workshop

WSPA Membership

The WSPA membership year runs from September 1st through August 31st of of each year. Membership for the 2017-2018 year is now open.

Membership benefits include reduced registration fees to events, free webinars, legislative updates, a shared electronic database of resources,  a 10% discount on all degree and certificate programs through City University, member requests, and the opportunity for invaluable collaboration and networking.  Please let us know if there is a service, product, or training that would be of benefit to you and your district. We greatly appreciate your feedback and will continue to do our best to meet the growing needs of our members. 

We offer several levels of membership to meet the needs of our community: 

Individual Active Membership: $125
An active membership is a Washington State public school individual with responsibilities or interest in personnel administrative and related functions in public, private, or post-secondary school systems, including but not limited to employee relations, data processing, employee benefits, salary administration, staff selection, or substitute operations.

Please click here to register as a new active individual member. 
Please click here to renew your active individual membership

District Membership: $1,100
A district membership includes all of the benefits of an active membership, however is for those districts who would like to have up to 10 employees receive all WSPA communications. In addition all district employees are eligible for the reduced membership rate for all WSPA events.

Please click here to register a new district membership
Please click here to renew your district membership 

Associate or Retiree Membership: $50
An associate membership is for those individuals serving in the capacity of building administrator such as a principal, or serving in an interim or consultant position, and others with a focus on HR/personnel functions
A retiree membership is available to members who have been active in the association and are now retired.  If you have been a WSPA member for at least five years your dues will be waived for the first year following retirement.

Please click here to register as a new associate member.
Please click here to renew your associate membership.

Please click here to register as a new retiree member.
Please click here to renew your retiree membership. 

We sincerely hope you will chose to join us for the new year. Thank you.