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Texas
Association of School Personnel Administrators
Proudly Presents:
The 2008 Casual Attire
"California Dreamin" Summer Conference
Come, let your hair down, and relax and learn with your TASPA
colleagues!
Please wear tropical attire or other casual clothes.
July 23 - 25, 2008
Austin Doubletree Hotel
For a MAP to the hotel click
here
6505 IH-35 North, Austin, Texas, 78752-4346
(Phone: 1-800-222-TREE )
SOLD OUT Single -
$109,
Double -
$119,
Triple -
$139,
Quad -
$159
SOLD OUT
The Doubletree Austin Hotel is now
sold out
Please call A Room With A View
for information on the designated TASPA overflow hotel
They will secure the lowest available rate within walking
distance to the Doubletree Hotel
A Room With A View
can be reached at
1-800-780-4343
This is a FREE SERVICE
for all TASPA attendees
If you are having trouble with hotel reservations please
email TASPA at
amartin@taspa.org
To
complete our NEW online
registration form,
click HERE
You
can get a printable registration form
here.
You can also register for the separate
Half-Day Personnel
Law Conference co-sponsored by
Schwartz & Eichelbaum, Wardell Mehl and Hansen, P.C.
and TASPA,
To Register for half day
Personnel Law Conference,
click here for
printable form, and
Click HERE for the online form
PERSONNEL LEGAL ISSUES -
click here for topics
A Casual Dress Summer
Personnel Law Conference
Wednesday, July 23 |
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PRE-CONFERENCE OPTIONS |
1:00
pm - 5:30 pm |
Half-day Personnel Law Conference co-sponsored by
Schwartz & Eichelbaum
Wardell Mehl and Hansen, P.C. and TASPA. ($75 registration fee), to
register, click here |
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3:00
pm |
Vendor
booth set-up |
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4:00
pm - 6:00
pm |
Visit vendor booths |
6:00
pm - 7:30 pm |
Member Reception Sponsored by
AESOP and
WinOcular, Entertainment provided by the
Studebakers |
Thursday, July 24 |
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8:00 am - NOON |
Registration in Main Lobby |
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7:30
am - 8:30 am |
User Group & Topic Centered Networking with
Continental
Breakfast, Sponsored by:
Netchemia |
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First General Session: |
8:30
am - 9:45 am
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Motivational Speaker LaDonna Gatlin:
"Tune Up Your
Life!"
Sponsored by:
Texas Teachers Alternative
Certification |
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9:45
am - 10:00 am |
Visit
vendor booths |
| 10:00
am - 11:00 am
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Topic Sessions I (Ten sessions) 1-10
1. Certification Update Kerri
Elzie and Ruth Smith, SBEC
Phoenix Central Room
2. Fingerprinting Update Doug Phillips and Jeannie
Tomasek, Texas Education Agency
Phoenix North Room
3. SB-9 Fingerprinting: They're Coming - What Do I Do?
Susan Brown, Round Rock ISD and Karen Dooley, Georgetown
ISD
Austin Room
4. Does an integrated Fitness/Wellness/Medical Plan
really work? Jim Miller, Northside ISD
DeWitt Room
5. Giving Yourself
Away: Ways HR Can Provide Great Customer Service!
Becky Garrett, Plano ISD
Tamira Griffin, Plano ISD, and Sandra Fida, Plano ISD
DeZavala Room
6. Downloading Certification and Testing Information
from SBEC Myra Klinksiek, Irving ISD/NCTASPA
Dovers Room
7. Documentation Roger Hepworth, Henslee Schwartz,
LLP
Phoenix South Room
8. HR Directors are from Venus, Superintendents from
Mars Dr. Cole McClendon, Wylie ISD
Robertson Room
9. Top 10 Best Practices: Using the Internet to Recruit
and Track Candidates Nicholas De Buyl, Netchemia
4th Floor Capital Room
10. Round Robin for ESCs Jackie Brown, ESC Region
XI
5th Floor Boardroom |
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11:00
am - 11:15 am |
Break
to visit the Vendor Booths |
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11:15 am - 12:00 pm |
District
Meetings |
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Second
General Session and Lunch: |
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12:00 pm - 1:20 pm |
Fingerprinting Update,
Lunch |
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1:30 pm - 2:00 pm |
Casual
Networking in Pre-Function Area and Lobby |
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2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Topic Session
II
(Ten sessions) 11 - 20
11. Certification Update Kerri Elzie and Ruth
Smith, SBEC
Phoenix Central Room
12. Fingerprinting Update Doug Phillips, Texas
Education Agency
Phoenix North Room
13. SB-9 Fingerprinting: They're Coming - What Do I Do?
Susan Brown, Round Rock ISD
Austin Room
14. DataCentral Coming This Fall Cindy Clegg, TASB
DeWitt Room
15. Employee Leave Update Jennifer A. Powell,
Schwartz & Eichelbaum Wardell Mehl and Hansen, P.C.
DeZavala Room
16. Downloading Certification and Testing Information
from SBEC Myra Klinksiek, Irving ISD/NCTASPA
Dovers Room
17. NCLB Highly Qualified Update Heather Christie,
Division of NCLB Program Coordination, TEA
Phoenix South Room
18. Documentation Roger Hepworth, Henslee Schwartz,
LLP
Robertson Room
19. It's All About Efficiency and Effectiveness -- HR
by the Numbers Paul Montgomery, CCR, Inc. (WinOcular)
4th Floor Capital Room
20. What do they REALLY think? Using Employee Surveys
Effectively Ronda Bauman, TASBA
5th Floor Boardroom |
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3:00 pm - 3:15 pm |
Break
to visit the Vendor Booths |
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3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
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Topic Sessions III (Ten sessions) 21 - 30
21. Supporting new teachers: from A - Z Melissa
Aguero Ramirez, Region One ESC
Phoenix Central Room
22. Does an integrated Fitness/Wellness/Medical Plan
really work? Jim Miller, Northside ISD
Phoenix North Room
23. Updates in Employment Verification Compliance
Maria M. Cordon, Maria M. Cordon, PC
Austin Room
24. DataCentral Coming This Fall Cindy Clegg, TASB
DeWitt Room
25. Employee Leave Update Jennifer A. Powell,
Schwartz & Eichelbaum Wardell Mehl and Hansen, P.C.
DeZavala Room
26. What Every HR Administrator Should Know About
Criminal History Background Checks…………. Myra Klinksiek,
Irving ISD/NCTASPA, and Magda Hernandez, Irving ISD
Dovers Room
27. NCLB Highly Qualified Update Heather Christie,
Division of NCLB Program Coordination, TEA
Phoenix South Room
28. HR Directors are from Venus, Superintendents from
Mars Dr. Cole McClendon, Wylie ISD
Robertson Room
29. Assisting With Retirement Preparation Aubrey
Cherry, Texas Retired Teachers Association
4th Floor Capital Room
30. "Leader of the Pack"--HR's Role in Performance
Appraisals April Mabry, TASBA HR Services
5th Floor Boardroom |
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4:15
pm - 4:30 pm |
Break to visit the Vendor Booths |
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4:30
pm - 7:00 pm |
Reception:
Sinatra's Vegas -
Sponsored by:
Texas Teachers
Alternative Certification |
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7:00 pm - until ? |
Austin on your
own |
Friday, July 25 |
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7:30
am - 8:30 am |
Continental
Breakfast, Sponsored by
Netchemia |
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State Agency
Updates: |
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8:30 am-9:15 am |
TEA Update,
Deputy Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds, TEA |
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9:15 am- 10:00
am |
Teacher Quality Update.
Dr.Judith Loredo, Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board |
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10:00 am - 10:45 am |
Legislative
Update, Ramiro Canales, TASA |
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10:45 am -11:30 am |
NCLB Update,
Heather
Christie, TEA NCLB division |
| 11:30
am - 12:00 pm |
Door Prizes and conference closing |
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12:00 pm - 12:30 pm |
TASPA Executive Board conference
de-briefing |
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