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Friday’s Agenda
Friday’s Agenda
July 17, 2015
July 17, 2015

605: Exiting the Data Center
605: Exiting the Data Center
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602: Seeing a Fraud Investigation from the estigation from the This session will address the role of cloud com-
602: Seeing a Fr
Inside Out puting in K-12 education and analyze trends
Inside Out
The game is defi nitely changing and the rules across the education sector. It will consider the
are getting more complicated. Just ask the fi nancial, operational, organizational and privacy
Legislature! The 2015 Arizona Legislative impacts, using case studies from K-12 and high-
Session brought unexpected changes in several er-ed. It will help participants develop a decision
areas relating to school fi nance and school capital process and road-map for identifying how and
facilities. During this session we will debrief on when to move to the cloud as a driver to lower
these issues and discuss possible options going costs and improve operations.
forward.
Presented by: Steve Smith, Gilbert Public
Presented by: Tracy McLaughlin, Tolleson Union Schools
HIgh School District, Mike Barragan, Glendale
Elementary School District, and Karin Smith,
Heinfeld, Meech & Co., P.C. 606: Establishing & Updating District Standards
606: Establishing & Updating District Standards
for Design & Construction
for Design & Construction
Design and Construction Standards are a useful
ecruitment Str
ategies for Capturing T
604: R
604: Recruitment Strategies for Capturing Top op tool for districts to ensure the use of consistent
Talentalent
T equipment and materials across multiple facili-
A September 22nd article in the Arizona ties. Well-crafted standards enable districts to
Republic reported Arizona school districts had 527 meet current operations and maintenance needs,
unfi lled openings for the 2014-15 school year. streamline purchasing and maintenance and re-
Cecilia Johnson, Associate Superintendent duce operating costs while attaining a consist-
of the Highly Effective Teachers and Leaders ent level of quality. This presentation will cover
Division of the Arizona Department of Education best practices for establishing, communicating
stated, “We typically have that problem (vacan- and/or updating standards to meet procurement
cies) in our rural areas. They struggle the most requirements and are based on current best
with fi lling positions but this year we’ve seen practices for major building systems, technology
quite a number of districts in the Phoenix area, systems and building materials. Real world ex-
larger districts going through this. And that’s amples will be used to illustrate common pitfalls
something unique.” The recruitment of top-tier in crafting standards and how to maximize the
employees is a high priority for any business benefi ts of improved district standards.
or organization. This interactive workshop will
explore a broad range of recruitment best Presented by: SBO Co-Presenter TBA and Julie
practices and proven strategies. Attendees will Walleisa
also be encouraged to share their personal chal-
lenges and successes.
607: Ev aluation of RFP’
607: Evaluation of RFP’ss
Presented by: Tom Beckett, Maricopa Unifi ed Evaluating RFP’s can be problematic due to the
School District interpretation of each evaluator’s point system.
Learn a process of how to score and then rank
to take the subjectivity out of the equation.

Presented by: Michelle Hamilton and Karen
Fleetwood from Mesa Public Schools