Mark your calendars and plan to attend the 70th PASBO Annual Conference
March 11 – 14, 2025 | Hershey Lodge
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Food Service Bootcamp
December 9, 2024
In-Person | PASBO Headquarters
The Food Service Boot Camp is a one-day workshop for anyone new or newer to school food service and the requirements of the National School Lunch Program, and for those with an oversight role who want to learn more about the duties and requirements of school food service. Main topics include legislation, nutrition standards, PEARS, PDE requirements, budgeting, financial reporting, free and reduced meals process, purchasing and commodities.
SPEAKERS
Dale Kirsch, Member Advisor, PASBO
Randi Watts, RD, LDN, Food Service Director, Upper Moreland SD
Elements courses are a broad overview of a School Business area offered at least one time during the year and conducted in a format much like a college course with class time, assignments, quizzes, etc. The typical Elements courses are online, 4 week asynchronous courses with 1 unit per week. Students will complete 1 quiz and 2-3 discussion questions per unit. Students will also have the opportunity to join 3 calls with the instructor, including the initial kick off call. The in-person courses are run as a 1 day workshop where the concepts are reviewed and the discussions happen in person, with the quizzes being taken online after the in-person portion. For the in-person courses, all 4 units are covered in 1 day. The in-person courses are labeled in the event title.
Effective Supervision: Skills for Supervising Support Staff | Randy S. Williams, Sr., PCSBA, Director of Transportation, Wilson SD | 11/25 | 12/22 |
| 4 | None | 6 |
Elements of Budgeting & Planning | Sidney M. Clark, PCSBA, Business Manager/Board Secretary, Shanksville-Stonycreek SD | 1/13 | 2/9 |
| 4 | Facilities (4), Transportation (4) | 6 |
Elements of Food Service | 1/21 | 2/16 |
| 4 | None | 6 | |
Elements of Communications | Samuel J. Kirk, Jr., PCSBA, Director of Finance and Operations, Armstrong SD | 1/27 | 2/23 |
| 4 | None | 6 |
Elements of School Law (IN PERSON PRE-CON) | 3/11 |
| 4 | Payroll (4) | 6 | ||
Elements of Purchasing (IN PERSON PRE-CON) | 3/11 |
| 4 | Facilities (4), Transportation (4) | 6 | ||
Elements of Technology | Colleen Yenser, PCSBO, PMP, CETL, ITIL, Assistant Director of Technology, Lancaster, SD | 3/24 | 4/20 |
| 4 | None | 6 |
Advanced Purchasing Techniques | Chris Berdnik, PCSBA, Chief Financial Officer, Pennsbury SD | 3/31 | 4/27 |
| 4 | None | 6 |
School Bus Safety and Operations | Randy S. Williams, Sr., PCSBA, Director of Transportation, Wilson SD | 4/7 | 5/4 |
| 4 | Transportation (4) | 6 |
Elements of Payroll Administration (IN PERSON) | Susan Schechter, Supervisor of Payroll, Bucks County IU 22; Sidney M. Clark, PCSBA, Business Manager/Board Secretary, Shanksville-Stonycreek SD | 4/10 |
| 4 | Payroll (4) | 6 | |
Advanced Risk Management | Chris Berdnik, PCSBA, Chief Financial Officer, Pennsbury SD | 4/14 | 5/11 |
| 4 | 6 | |
Elements of School Finance | Deana Turner, Business Administrator, Apollo Ridge SD | 4/21 | 5/18 |
| 4 | 6 | |
Elements of Facility Management (IN PERSON) | Randall Buffington, PCSBA, Director of Operations, Southern York County SD; Mark Czapp, Director of Business Operations, Spring Grove Area SD | 4/30 |
| 4 | Facilities (4) | 6 | |
Elements of Transportation (IN PERSON) | Randy S. Williams, Sr., PCSBA, Director of Transportation, Wilson SD; David Lutz, PCSBO, PCSTP, Director of Transportation, Cocalico SD | 5/1 |
| 4 | Transportation (4) | 6 |
Best Practices in Budgeting
December 4, 2024 | 1:00 – 2:30 pm
Join us for a discussion on budget authority, E=R, monitoring, fund balance management, and presentation.
SPEAKER:
Tim Shrom, Ph.D., PCSBA, Director of Research, PASBO
Dale Kirsch, Member Advisor, PASBO
COSTS:
Member Early bird (end 11/20) – $75, after 11/20 – $80
Non-Member Early bird (end 11/20) – $115, after 11/20 – $120
Employee Leaves
December 5, 2024 | 1:00 – 3:00 pm
This webcast will cover the various types of employee leaves, how to apply them in the payroll process, and other useful tips from practitioners in the field.
Leaves to be covered include:
- Family and Medical Leave Act
- Bereavement Leave
- Unpaid Leave
- Sabbatical Leave
- Military and Emergency Responder Leave
- Jury Duty
- Sick Leave
SPEAKER:
Tracey Kerr, Director of Human Resources, Southeastern SD
COSTS:
Member Early bird (end 11/21) – $75, after 11/20 – $80
Non-Member Early bird (end 11/21) – $115, after 11/21 – $120
Procurement: What You Need To Know and What You Should Know
December 10. 2024 | 1:00 – 2:30 pm
Including: Laws, Rules, Regulations, Authority, Bids, Quotes, Construction, Cooperative Purchasing, Specifications, Purchase Orders, Employee Reimbursements, Best Value Purchasing
SPEAKERS:
Dale Kirsch, Member Advisor, PASBO
Jason Lichtfus, Purchasing Manager, Chester County IU
COSTS:
Member Early bird (end 11/26) – $75, after 11/26 – $80
Non-Member Early bird (end 11/26) – $115, after 11/26 – $120
AI 101
December 12, 2024 | 9:30 – 11:00 am
Learn how AI tools can streamline workflows in educational central office settings, automate tedious tasks like data entry and report generation, and ultimately boost productivity across your district. Don’t miss this opportunity to explore practical AI applications and unlock new levels of efficiency!
SPEAKER:
Keith McCray, Jr., Instructional Technology Specialist, Waynesboro Area SD
COSTS:
Member Early bird (end 11/28) – $75, after 11/28 – $80
Non-Member Early bird (end 11/28) – $115, after 11/28 – $120
Benefits Primer
December 16, 2024 | 1:00 – 2:30 pm
In this webcast, we will explain the basic requirements of administering the most common employee benefit programs in Pennsylvania. As with many aspects of administering payroll in public schools, most of the benefit programs are common to all employers and many are administered by payroll. This webcast will help you establish a general awareness of administering these benefits so that situations requiring expert assistance can be more easily recognized. The webcast will focus on those benefits outside of medical and prescription plans. This webcast will cover the following benefit programs with information explaining the benefit, proper treatment and other useful tips from practitioners in the field…
Taxability of Fringe Benefits; COBRA; Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Cost Control and Administration; Flexible Medical Spending Accounts; Group Life Insurance, Flexible Dependent Care Spending Accounts; Health Savings Accounts; Tax Sheltered Accounts (403(b)); Deferred Compensation Accounts (457); Workers Compensation Administration.
COSTS:
Member Early bird (end 12/2) – $75, after 12/2 – $80
Non-Member Early bird (end 12/2) – $115, after 12/2 – $120
Insights – Technology : Transportation, Food Service, HR, Payroll, & Business Office
December 17, 2024 | 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Join us as a panel of expert PASBO members in the areas of technology, Transportation, Food Service, HR, Payroll, & Business Office discuss how the technology department can help your department and how you can help the technology department.
COSTS:
Members: Early-bird (ends 12/3) $75 | After 12/3 – $80
Non-Members: Early-bird (ends 12/3) $115 | After 12/3 – $120
First Things First
December 2, 2024
PASBO Headquarters | 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
This program is designed for in-person, small-group, with hands on work, deep dives and lively discussions. Designed for new members or more tenured members moving in to new business office roles. Tell us what your issues are, or topical areas you desire to be addressed; or describe the issues you face and we’ll look to connect to expertise and resources. The limited enrollment will allow for presenter preparation and to address specific needs, it will allow for cross-over learning on several topics even as we address specific needs and requests of days participants. For those so new their topic or job, who are not sure what specifically to ask for…just tell us that too….the sessions will cover general and overarching school business learning while connecting to resources, networking, and finding the expertise you may need.
SPEAKER:
Tim Shrom, Ph.D., PCSBA, Director of Research, PASBO
COSTS:
Member – $125
Non-Member – $185
Caffeinated Conversation: PDE363 Update
December 10, 2024 | 9:30 – 10:30 am
Come for a brief update on the updated PDE 363 form, including how to complete it, what data to use, and when to revise it. This will include open forum to ask any questions you may have. Caffeinated Conversations are free, members only events and are not recorded.
SPEAKERS:
Tim Shrom, Ph.D., PCSBA, Director of Research, PASBO
Hannah Barrick, Executive Director, PASBO
There are no Series scheduled at this time.
Please note: Online courses are for the registrant only. If additional staff wish to participate, a separate registration is necessary.