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2009 OASBO Summer Conference

Conference Schedule

 
Wednesday, July 29
7:00 AM to 11:00 AM   Golf Tournament
   Eagle Crest Ridge Course
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM   Registration Desk Open
1:30 PM to 4:00 PM   Pre-Conference
   Leading in Times of Crisis

All leaders lead in four directions, we lead our boss, peers, subordinates or employees and ourselves. This session will explore how choices and decisions can reverberate throughout the organization, especially during times of conflict and crisis.
2:45 PM to 3:00 PM   Break
Thursday, July 30
8:00 AM to 3:30 PM   Registration Desk Open
9:00 AM to 10:15 AM   General Session
   Keynote address
Leadership Lessons Learned from Iraq
Dr. Jeff McCausland

Learn how the challenges and solutions drawn from Iraq can instruct and inform today's leaders during these times of crisis.
10:15 AM to 10:30 AM   Break
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM   Workshops
  
  • Web 2.0 Tools -- Ning
  • 4-Day School Week
  • Community Use of Facilities
    OASBO Certification Work Session
    MOE/IDEA/Title I Updates
  • Ethics
  • 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM   Break
       Exhibit Tent Open
    12:30 PM to 1:30 PM   Lunch
       Annual Business Meeting
    1:30 PM to 2:00 PM   Break
       Exhibit Tent Open
    2:00 PM to 3:30 PM   Workshops
      
  • Leadership Development
  • Interacting with your Board
  • Transportation Efficiencies
  • Chalkboard Project -- Updates and what's happening
  • OEBB Update -- Status and changes including COBRA
  • BOLI/Unemployment Issues -- What you need to know
  • 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM   Break
       Exhibit Tent Open
    4:00 PM to 5:00 PM   NEW ROUNDTABLES
       Participants will be able to choose two of the following topics to participate in during this roundtable discussion time. Each table discussion will last 25 minutes then participants will move to another topic discussion.
  • 403(b) Regulations
  • Interview Questions-How do I know the right questions to ask?
  • Charter Schools Update
  • On-Line Schools-What's happening with them?
  • Alternative Education Programs
  • Food Service and ODE Reporting
  • Chalkboard Project-Transportation Study
  • Managing Capital Construction Projects
  • GASB 45 Reporting Update
  • Indirect Costs & Calculating the Indirect Rate
  • National ASBO Certification
  • OASBO Certification
    LEAN/Waste Walk-Evaluating spending
  • 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM   Reception & Dinner Party
       Our annual Thursday evening social event will begin with a reception at 6:00 PM and dinner at 6:30 PM. Activities this year will include Casino Night, DJ and dancing, and the addition of Giant Screen Wii Activities. There'll be something for the entire family!
    Friday, July 31
    6:30 AM   5K Run/Walk
    7:00 AM   Registration Desk Opens
    7:00 AM to 8:00 AM   Continental Breakfast
       Exhibit Tent Open
    8:00 AM to 9:30 AM   Workshops
      
  • Web 2.0 Part 2 -- iGoogle, etc.
  • Health Benefits -- Strategies to save money
  • Energy Management
  • General Obligation Bonds
  • OEBB Update -- Status and changes including COBRA (repeat)
  • Ethics (repeat)
  • 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM   Break
       Exhibit Tent Open
    10:00 AM to 11:30 AM   Workshops
      
  • Financial Forecasting
  • PERS-soon-to-be; next evaluation, incentives, 403(b) implications
  • Outsourcing
  • On-line Payments
  • MOE/IDEA/Title I Updates
  • Student/Community Demographics
  • 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM   Break
       Exhibit Tent Open
    12:00 PM to 1:30 PM   Lunch & General Session
       General Session Includes:
  • Federal Stimulus Update and Legislative Session Highlights
  • 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM   Break
       Final Opportunity to Visit Exhibitors
    2:00 PM to 3:30 PM   Workshops
      
  • Legislative Update
  • BOLI/Unemployment Issues-What you need to know (repeat)
  • Web 2.0 Tools -- Ning
  • 4-Day School Week
  • Roundtable sessions (tables repeated from Thursday afternoon)
  • 3:30 PM   Conference Ends