Upcoming Professional Education Opportunities

Mark your calendars and plan to attend the 70th PASBO Annual Conference
March 11 – 14. 2025 | Hershey Lodge

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Join us for the PASBO Facilities, Transportation & Safety Conference
October 24 – 25, 2024
Seven Springs Mountain Resort

This year’s conference will be held at Seven Springs Mountain Resort on Thursday, October 24 and Friday, October 25. We have combined three critical areas in school business to provide greater content and networking opportunities.

• School facility management affects teaching and learning, student and staff health, day-to-day building operation, and the long-range fiscal health of the entire education organization. Three specialized facilities tracks will provide targeted programming for facilities managers/directors, custodial supervisors/trainers and Brightly Software, Inc. product users.
• Transporting students to and from school is a critical mission. The transportation track will provide knowledge and tools to increase safety, maximize efficiencies, assist with reporting requirements and respond to emerging issues.
• School safety is an increasingly growing concern in today’s world.

Join us a day early, October 23, and take advantage of an in-person Construction Project Management Symposium. The symposium is an ideal program for facilities directors, business managers/CFOs and superintendents who are thinking about or in the planning phases of a construction project. Thi workshop require a separate fee and registration.   

NETWORKING is KING!
Get to know your counterparts from across the state while enjoying lively discussions during the educational sessions and networking breaks.

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Log into your PASBO Portal to register for the 2024 PASBO Facilities, Transportation & Safety Conference. 

Human Resources Bootcamp
October 17, 2024 | 8:15am – 3:30pm
In Person – PASBO

A high-level overview of the most important HR topics for new school HR practitioners. This bootcamp will provide a broad base introduction to all the main topics a school HR practitioner will encounter. This is a great launching point for those within their first 3-5 years in school HR.

Payroll Bootcamp
October 31, 2024 | 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
In Person at IU12

8:00-8:30 am                    Registration, continental breakfast, networking

8:30-9:45 am                    Welcome, logistics, and Session #1

9:45-10:45 am                  Session #2

10:45-11:00 am                Stretch break

11:00-11:45 pm                Lunch

11:45 am-12:45 pm         Session #3

12:45-1:45 pm                  Session #4

1:45-2:00 pm                    Stretch break

2:00-3:00 pm                    Session #5

3:00-4:00 pm                    Session #6

Agenda topics:

• Session #1
  • The calendar (payroll due dates – quarterly, taxes, yearly, etc.)
  • Summer pays and accruals
• Session #2
  • What to look for in school payroll (templates)
  • Knowing your CBAs
• Session #3
  • Calculations for payroll
• Session #4
  • Day calcs
• Session #5
  • Leaves/Sabbaticals & Benefits
• Session #6
  • PSERS/VOYA

Helpful Tips & Hints of AFR Schedules
October 8, 2024 | 9:30 – 11:00 a.m.
This webcast will include excerpts from instructions with hints, tips, suggestions and best practices from a panel of school business officials experienced in completion of the schedules.

Speakers:
Heather Hogan, PCSBA, Assistant Business Manager, Rose Tree Media SD; Kim Reynolds, PCSBA, Director of Finance, SD of Lancaster; Ann Johnson, Senior Accountant, SD of Lancaster; and Dale Kirsch, Member Advisor, PASBO

Pricing:
Early Bird Rate (Through 9/24/2024): $75 Members, $115 Non-Members
Regular Rate (After 9/24/2024) $80 Members, $120 Non-Members

Credits:
PASBO General Certification: 2 CEUs
CPE Credits for CPAs: 1.5 in Specialized Knowledge

Basics in School Business Accounting
October 15, 2024 | 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.

This webcast will teach you the fundamentals of school business accounting to become more effective in your day-to-day environment. The learning objectives for this webcast are:

• Understand the Governance of Fund Accounting
• Principles of Fund Accounting
• Basis of Accounting
• Review of Chart of Accounts
• Debits and Credits

Speakers: Brian Pawling, PCSBA, Business Administrator, Radnor Township SD; Tony Testa, PCSBO, Business Manager, Haverford Township SD

Pricing:
Early Bird Rate (Through 9/26/2024): $75 Members, $115 Non-Members
Regular Rate (After 9/26/2024) $80 Members, $120 Non-Members

Credits:
PASBO General Certification: 2 CEUs
PASBO Specialty Certification for Payroll: 2 CEUs
CPE Credits for CPAs: 1.5 in Specialized Knowledge

Insights – Technology: Facilities & Safety
Date: October 16, 2024 | Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Listen to a panel of PASBO members in technology, facilities, and safety on how the technology department can help your department and how you can help the technology department.

Speakers: TBD

Pricing:
Early Bird Rate (Through 10/2/2024) $75 Members, $115 Non-Members
Regular Rate (After 10/2/2024) $80 Members, $120 Non-Members

Credits:
PASBO General Certification: 2 CEUs
PA Certified School Facilities Professional (PCSFP): 2 CEUs
CPE Credit for CPAs: 2 CPE in Specialized Knowledge

Insights – Technology: Transportation, Food Service, HR, Payroll, & Business Office
Date: November 19, 2024 | Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Hear from a panel of PASBO members in technology, Transportation, Food Service, HR, Payroll, & Business Office on how the technology department can help your department and how you can help the technology department.

Speakers:

Pricing:
Early Bird Rate (Through 11/5/2024) $75 Members, $115 Non-Members
Regular Rate (After 11/5/2024) $80 Members, $120 Non-Members

Credits:
PASBO General Certification: 2 CEUs
PASBO Specialty Certification for Payroll: 2 CEUs
PA Certified School Transportation Professional (PCSTP): 2 CEUs
CPE Credit for CPAs: 2 CPE in Specialized Knowledge

First Things First
October 7, 2024| 10:00am – 3:00pm
WORKSHOP:
PASBO Office | 2608 Market Place | Harrisburg, PA 17110

 DETAILS:
The “First Things First” program is specifically designed for small, in-person groups to engage in hands-on activities, deep discussions, and interactive learning. Registration is strictly limited for total counts, however the program will generally run on the first Monday of each month. This program is tailored for new and experienced members transitioning into new business office roles or flat out facing challenges for growing areas of responsibility. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss emerging issues and suggest areas of interest for discussion. They will also have the chance to describe the challenges they are facing and to seek connections  with experts and resources. The limited enrollment, and specific topic requests from attendees in advance, will allow preparation and resource research to better address attendee learning objectives. It also allows for cross-disciplinary learning and doing deeper dives  in to the materials. For those who are new to their field or uncertain about what to ask for, the program will be undergirded with boot camp and other workshop materials and resources. The sessions will cover general and overarching knowledge about school business, with the objective to create new networks and pathways for member’s follow-up from sharing and learning at the session.

 SPEAKERS:
Coordinator: Tim Shrom, Ph.D., PCSBA, Director of Research, PASBO—Other Speakers, PASBO Staff, and topical support resources as needed.

 CREDITS:
PASBO General Certification: 4 CEUs

 COSTS:
🚀 Early Bird (By September 23): PASBO Member $125 / Non-member $185
🚀 After September 23: PASBO Member $130 / Non-member $190

Construction Project Management Symposium
October 23, 2024| 9:15am – 5:15pm
WORKSHOP: Seven Springs, PA

The PASBO Facilities Committee has developed a Construction Project Management Guide to assist LEA professionals understand the process. This comprehensive symposium will lead you through the construction project cycle and will provide in-depth discussions of the seven project phases: Concept, Schematic Design, Design Development, Contract Documents, Bidding Phase, Construction and Close Out.

This course will teach you about project scalability, which will allow you to apply its concepts from minor renovations to full scale renovation or construction.  Participating LEA design team members will understand their roles and responsibilities and those of design professionals, jurisdiction authority, contractors, and testing agencies.

The Construction Project Management Guide will be provided as part of the Symposium so you may share these concepts with your LEA that can be used on future projects.

Topics include:

• Construction Project Cycle
• LEA Construction Design Team
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Attainment of Project Expectations

SPEAKERS:
Randall Buffington, PCSBA, Director of Operations, Southern York County School District William T. Meiser, PCSBO, PCSFM, Director of Operations, Middletown Area School District Michael Shelgren, PCSBS, Director of Facilities, Owen J. Roberts School District 

CREDITS:
PASBO General Certification: 4 CEUs
PA Certified School Facilities Professional (PCSFP): 4 CEUs
CPE Credit for CPAs: 6.5 CPE in Specialized Knowledge

COSTS:
🚀 Early Bird (October 9): PASBO Member $125 / Non-member $185
🚀 After October 9: PASBO Member $130 / Non-member $190

This year, Governor Shapiro, along with the state legislature, approved a $476 billion state budget.
Join PASBO staff as we help breakdown the basics of the State Budget.

These events are free and for PASBO members only. Registration closes at 9 am the day prior to each webcast.
Please note, this is not a 1-registration series. You must register for each event you want to attend.

There are no Series scheduled at this time.