Sessions

Hacking Leadership

Shrinking Enrollments and Shrinking Programs - Managing the Process of Declining Enrollment

Contract Management

Implementing Ethics Trainings

Certification of Mill Levy Refresher

Free Meals for All

What Story are you Telling - CDE Chart of Accounts

Electric Fleets and EV Charging Infrastructure

The Continuous Improvement Journey

Building Positive Relationships

Threat Assessments

Free Meals for All

Investing for your District

Creating Efficient, Sustainable & Resilient Solutions for your Students and Staff

Wellness at Work - Focusing on Increasing Productivity and Engagement through Employee Well-being

Roof Maintenance Best Practices

GASB 96 Implementation: Do you Know Where your Subscriptions are?

Updates on Near and Long Term Variables Impacting Financial and Strategic Planning

State Categoricals

Low Hanging Fruit - Saving Money Through Best Maintenance Practices

Grant Management

Inspiring Integrity

Financial Literacy

Free Meals for All

Shrinking Enrollments and Shrinking Programs: Managing the Process of Declining Enrollment - Join Jeffco, Boulder Valley School District, Aurora Public Schools, and Littleton Public Schools in a discussion of the lessons learned from managing the process of declining enrollment. Topics will include community processing, projecting impacts (costs/savings), metrics, pitfalls and successes.  (Bill Sutter, Boulder Valley School District; Brenna Copeland, Jeffco Public Schools; Jonathan Levesque, Littleton Public Schools; Brett Johnson, Aurora Public Schools)

What Story are you Telling: CDE Chart of Accounts - The chart of accounts can be daunting for those new to school finance or who work in a non-finance role in your district. This beginner-level session will help you understand the story you are telling when you code expenditures. Spend this session thinking about this in a different way that could make your job so much easier and provide tools to train those you work with!  (Gina Lanier, Aurora Public Schools)

Investing for your District - The COLOTRUST team will discuss the different security types outlined as permissible investments in depth.  The presentation will include risk factors associated with each security type, pros and cons of the securities in different rate environments, and why suitability is so important.  A current economic overview will also be provided.  (Dylana Gross, COLOTRUST)

State Categoricals - State categoricals leaving you stumped?  Aaron and Mary will spend this session removing the mysgtery of state categoricals for budget planning. (Aaron Oberg, Aurora Public Schools and Mary Cooper, Englewood Public Schools)

Hacking Leadership - Water is amazing and seemingly always finds a way.  It has the ability to form, replenish our system, power equipment, and can wipe out entire cities.  Leaders have the same properties.  Some end up conforming to their environment as water would with a cup or bowl.  Some have the power to wipe out entire entire populations and others lift the level of the land.  The best leaders take little openings and create space for those they lead.  (Joe Sanfelippo) 

The Continuous Improvement Journey - Curious about Continuous Improvement? Heard about LEAN or Choosing By Advantages? Come and learn about the journey Adams 12 has taken to help their leaders learn and grow. (Chris Wilderman, Pat Hamilton, and Molly Brandt from Adams 12 Five Star Schools)

Inspiring Integrity - Based on a book of the same title by Corey Ciocchetti, join Gina as she facilitates a conversation to inspire integrity and find true happiness and contentment by prioritizing what is most important to you. (Gina Lanier, Aurora Public Schools)

Certification of Mill Levy Refresher - Mill Levy certification can be daunting for first time school business officials and the new format has been an adjustment for all Districts big and small. Discuss the good, the bad and the ugly on the first round of certifications utilizing the new format. We'll give a quick refresh on the new process, cover frequently asked questions, review areas where Districts struggled and give tips for prepping for the certification process well ahead of the December 15th deadline.   (Justin Petrone, Boulder Valley School District)

Threat Assessments - Completing threat assessments are required and critical for risk reduction in school districts.  Come learn more about this important requirement.  (Kathy Morris, Durango School District)

GASB 96 Implementation: Do you Know where your Subscriptions are? - We invite you to join us for a one-hour session where we will walk you through a step-by-step guide on how to implement and comply with the new GASB 96 standard. Key Topics include: create a GASB-96 implementation roadmap; gather your subscriptions; launch the internal and external review process. (Louis Stratton, Debt Book)

Grant Management: Get Prepared for Monitoring, Desk Review or a Single Audit - Learn what good grant management looks like and what should school districts have in place to be good stewards of state and federal funds.  (TBD)

Implementing Ethics Trainings - Learn how to establish an ethics training program that is designed to teach people how to make decisions in situations where there is an ethical component: situations in which some decisions, behaviors, or outcomes could be evaluated as right or wrong, or good or bad. (Ayla Grady, CLiftonLarsonAllen)

Building Positive Relationships  - Work as a team and build positive relationships with Board Members, Community Members, Associations and other District Leadership. Create a sense of responsibility by building positive relationships. The key to strong relationships is to come up with a clear, shared vision. Learn how to bridge the gap between school and community. (Bill Sutter, Boulder Valley School District)

Wellness at Work: Focusing on Increasing Productivity and Engagement through Employee Well-being -  Come learn how to raise awareness of the importance of school districts providing wellness options for employees; look at some potential risks for not providing wellness options for your district; and learn a four step process for developing a wellness approach for your district and some ideas for such a program.  (Bryce Burget, American Fidelity)

Financial Literacy - Making informed financial decisions is more important than ever. Many workers rely on pension plans to fund their retirement. As a school district employee, you are offered several investment choices besides your pension plan. This session will discuss options you have to save for retirement or just starting a savings plan.  (Kendra Johnson, Horace Mann)

Contract Management - Managing contracts is an overlooked form of management. Schools need to manage contract agreements with other businesses. It’s not talked about much, but contract management is an important business topic. If you're unsure of how the contract management process works, it’s important to understand the basics. (TBD)

Free Meals for All - With a 55.11% yes, Colorado voters passed Proposition FF, giving districts the opportunity to offer free school lunches for all students. Come learn more about the details of this new program.  (Shannon Solomon, Aurora Public Schools and Jessica Gould, Littleton Public Schools)

Yellow Buses and White Fleets go Green, Go Electric! - Going electric? No matter where you are along this route, we’ll provide a vast overview of the intricacies in turning your bus and maintenance fleets to green! Going electric might have its challenges, but it’s all manageable and highly beneficial! Federal and state governments, as well as utility companies, are offering significant incentives for transitioning to zero emission fleets. Primary motives for this change are to reduce harmful pollutants, protect occupants from breathing unhealthy air, and to spur economic growth. We’ll explore the electric transit landscape from a school district perspective presented by an energy and transportation expert. We will discuss key elements for successful electric bus planning and implementation. Topics include potential funding opportunities, incentive and rebate programs, holistic and realistic goal setting, crafting a turnkey and scalable plan, infrastructure needs, and total cost of ownership. Leave this session feeling fluent in the electric transit conversation! (Scott Wisner, Veregy)

Creating Efficient, Sustainable & Resilient Solutions for your Students and Staff - Johnson Controls will be discussing sustainable industry trends as they relate to PK-12 school districts. Our team will inform school districts how they can integrate technology in a variety of ways to assist with energy use benchmarking for compliance with statutory required energy reporting and greenhouse gas emissions reduction. We will also take a deeper dive into a local energy savings project JCI completed with CSU-Pueblo which provided the school with a Net-Zero solar farm for their entire campus. This enabled CSU-Pueblo to create a resilient educational learning environment for the next 25+ years.  (Kevin Huber, Tiffany Duncan, and Jaime Paris Boisvert, Johnson Controls; Donna Souder Hodge, CSU Pueblo)

Roof Maintenance Best Practices - Property losses involving commercial roof systems continue to be a perennial cause of loss for the K-12 sector. This session will cover industry best practices and provide a high level description of the anatomy of a roof, early warning signs and common roof losses. This presentation will provide a guide to implementing an effective roof maintenance & roof inspection plan. (Matt Bubness and Brent Habegger, Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors)

Updates on Near and Long Term Variables Impacting Financial and Strategic Planning - This session will center on the need for better long-term planning and highlight some of the key variables impacting financial forecasts, including price and labor cost volatility, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the end of ESSER funding.  (Stephanie Wright, CSDSIP and Farha Roofing)

Low Hanging Fruit: Saving Money through Best Maintenance Practices - Join your fellow peers for an interactive discussion and informative panel moderated by Josh Higgins on cost maintenance savings ideas that you can easily implement within your school district TODAY! It always seems like we are being asked to do more with less, so our experts will discuss low hanging fruit ideas regarding energy-efficiency upgrades, facility scheduling standards, roofing maintenance/repair, building envelope care, and preventative maintenance tools that will result in both short and long-term savings. Don't miss this opportunity to brush up on best practices and/or even share some of your own techniques that can enrich the content. (Ashlee Kruger, Veregy and Matt Pace, FMX)