Mark your calendars and plan to attend the 70th PASBO Annual Conference
March 11 – 14, 2025 | Hershey Lodge
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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.
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Elements of Budgeting & Planning |
Sidney M. Clark, PCSBA, Business Manager/Board Secretary, Shanksville-Stonycreek SD |
1/13 |
2/9 |
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4 |
Facilities (4), Transportation (4) |
6 |
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Elements of Food Service |
1/21 |
2/16 |
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4 |
None |
6 |
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Elements of Communications |
Samuel J. Kirk, Jr., PCSBA, Director of Finance and Operations, Armstrong SD |
1/27 |
2/23 |
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4 |
None |
6 |
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Elements of School Law (IN PERSON PRE-CON) |
3/11 |
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4 |
Payroll (4) |
6 |
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Elements of Purchasing (IN PERSON PRE-CON) |
3/11 |
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4 |
Facilities (4), Transportation (4) |
6 |
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Elements of Technology |
Colleen Yenser, PCSBO, PMP, CETL, ITIL, Assistant Director of Technology, Lancaster, SD |
3/24 |
4/20 |
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4 |
None |
6 |
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Advanced Purchasing Techniques |
Chris Berdnik, PCSBA, Chief Financial Officer, Pennsbury SD |
3/31 |
4/27 |
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4 |
None |
6 |
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School Bus Safety and Operations |
Randy S. Williams, Sr., PCSBA, Director of Transportation, Wilson SD |
4/7 |
5/4 |
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4 |
Transportation (4) |
6 |
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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 |
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4 |
Payroll (4) |
6 |
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Advanced Risk Management |
Chris Berdnik, PCSBA, Chief Financial Officer, Pennsbury SD |
4/14 |
5/11 |
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4 |
6 |
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Elements of School Finance |
Deana Turner, Business Administrator, Apollo Ridge SD |
4/21 |
5/18 |
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4 |
6 |
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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 |
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4 |
Facilities (4) |
6 |
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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 |
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4 |
Transportation (4) |
6 |
W-2/1099
January 8, 2025 | 1:00 – 2:30pm
Join us for this webcast where we will be… Revisiting Personnel Classifications: Employee, Contractor or Volunteer. This webcast will revisit legal classifications for supplemental positions and also discuss best practices for issuing W-2s versus 1099s.
SPEAKER:
Gareth D. Pahowka, Esquire | Stock and Leader, Attorneys At Law
COSTS:
Members: Early-bird (ends 12/25) $75 | After 12/25 – $80
Non-Members: Early-bird (ends 12/25) $115 | After 12/25 – $120
Excel 1.0
January 9, 2025 | 9:30 – 11:30 am
Learn the fundamentals of Microsoft Excel to become more efficient in your day to day environment. This session is beginner to intermediate level users. This is a hands-on session! We encourage attendees follow along with the hands-on activities throughout the session.
SPEAKER:
Sidney M. Clark, PCSBA, Business Manager/Board Secretary | Shanksville-Stonycreek SD
COSTS:
Members: Early-bird (ends 12/26) $75 | After 12/26 – $80
Non-Members: Early-bird (ends 12/26) $115 | After 12/26 – $120
Planning in Picture: How Lessons Learned in the Military Special Operations Community Overseas Can Improve Incident Response at Home
January 15, 2025 | 1:00 – 2:30 pm
Communicating in unfamiliar locations under stress – and planning for contingencies – is an art and science mastered by U.S. military special operators through hard lessons learned over the past twenty years. During this presentation, decorated Army Ranger and Director for Pennsylvania at Critical Response Group will discuss how lessons learned overseas can improve how building managers and public safety professionals plan and communicate during critical incidents at home. This 45 minute presentation will detail how to make building maps. accessible and tactically-usable for first responders under stress.
SPEAKER:
Zach Querry, Regional Director-PA/MI/OH/WV, Critical Response Group
COSTS:
Members: Early-bird (ends 12/31) $75 | After 12/31 – $80
Non-Members: Early-bird (ends 12/31) $115 | After 12/31 – $120
First Things First
January 6, 2025 | 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
In-Person – PASBO Headquarters
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:
PASBO Member: $125
Non-Member: $185
Human Resources Series
January 7, 2025 – March 4, 2025
Tuesdays 9 – 11:00 am | Thursdays 9 – 10:00 am
Online
This 8.5-week program is a deep dive into school HR (similar to a SHRM or HRCI prep course in private sector HR) Target group – School HR professionals who are either moving into an HR leadership role, who have been in HR 5+ years, and/or veteran HR professionals new to School HR looking for a deep dive to understand the nuisances of School HR
Course Format – 8.5 weeks, virtual, One 2 hour session per week with a 1 hour session each week (voluntary) for Q&A. The course will be run through GoToMeeting and registrants voices, names and faces will be visible. Sessions will be recorded and shared ONLY with registrants. Course will not be available for purchase post-event. Registrants are registering for the full 8.5-week series.
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SPEAKER:
Bobbi Billman, PCSBS, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Director of Member Development, PASBO
COSTS:
PASBO Members (early-bird, ending 12/24) $125 | After 12/24$130
Non-Members (early-bird, ending 12/24) $185 | After 12/24$190
Please note: Online courses are for the registrant only. If additional staff wish to participate, a separate registration is necessary.