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         Thursday’s Breakout Session agenda
                                                 July 22, 2O21
                                                 Jul
                                                       y 22, 2O21
                                                 Break  out Session IV
                                                 Breakout Session IV
                                             Thursday 3:40 pm to 4:30 pm


                                                                                       Contr
                                                                                            act is
        406: Automating Staffing Management and
                                                               409: The
                                                                                with a
        406: A  utomating Staffing Management and              409: The Force with a Contract is Strong
                                                                                                   Strong
                                                                         F
                                                                          orce
                Transparency
                T r ansparency                                 A common question vendors often get is, “Do you
        Integrating  iVisions and  Synergy  to  automate  have a contract?”  Join us for this discussion of
        the  staffing  budget  process  and  provide  your  how and why a cooperative contract is a power-
        principals transparency.  By incorporating your  ful Force (tool) for both vendors and procurement
        district’s  staffing  formula,  enrollment,  and  Po- staff.  This session will explain how these contracts
        sitions and  Pay,  dashboards  can  provide your  are used, along with discussions of why your firm
        principals access to staffing allocations on a real  has been asked for a quote or interview for a proj-
        time basis.                                            ect.  Bring your questions and challenges for this
                           echnology
        Track: Information Technology                          in-depth review.
        T
          ack: Information T
         r
                                                               Track: Vendor
                                                               T r ack: V endor
        Presented by: Renee Weatherless &
        Andrew Agnew - Tucson Unified School District          Presented by: Missy Mudry - Sunny Path
                                                               Associates, LLC & Lila McCleery - Phoenix Union
                                                               High School District
        407:Your Procurement is Strong With This One
        407: Y our Procurement is Strong With This One
        This session  will  cover  compliance  and  best
        practices to ensure  you  appropriately  procure
        your  purchases.  We  will  discuss analyzing  like
                                                               411: Grant’s Life Cycle in Fiscal Galaxy
        items to identify when written quotes or formal        411: Gr ant ’ s  Lif e Cy cle in  Fiscal Ga laxy
        procurements are necessary, using an informal          In a galaxy far, far, away, there was a need for
        RFP to obtain quotes, and purchasing with credit       learning about the three main phases of a grant
        cards and P-cards.                                     and  the  key  pieces  within  each.  Everyone  must
        Track: Purchasing
        T r ack: Purchasing                                    learn about the pre-award, award and post award
                                                               phases.
        Presented by: Megan Smith &                            In the pre-award phase the guide, R2D2, will use
        Paula Gustafson -Arizona Auditor General’s Office his knowledge of coding information to show you
                                                               where to find it so you can input it in your bud-
                                                               get. Then it can be reviewed and updated in sub-
                                                               sequent phases.
                “You will find only
                                                               Within the award phase, reimbursement requests
                what you bring in.”
                                                               provide critical funding to the resistance. Obi Wan
                                                               knows  that  and  hence  he  will  tell  you  what  you
                                                               need to get them approved without any returns.
                                                               Lastly, Luke will guide you on what needs to be in
        408: Leadership in T   r aining: Launching to          a completion report in addition to reported expen-
        408: Leadership in Training: Launching to
                Success                                        ditures to bring balance back to the force.
                Success
        Looking for a process to make the new school  OK, so maybe we lied about the characters that
        year progress as smoothly as possible?                 will guide you through the life cycle of the grant
        If  so,  this session  is for  you.  It  will  help  you  but the rest will happen in this session!
                                                                ack: Back to Basics
                                                               T
                                                                r
        achieve  success by  discussing end-of-the-year,       Track: Back to Basics
        summer, and final week steps you can take to
        ensure  your  transportation  department  starts       Presented by: Katarina Pena & Taylor Boteilho
        every new school year successfully.                    - Arizona Department of Education
        T r ack: T r ansportation
        Track: Transportation
        Presented by:  Jason  Nelson  -  Kyrene  School
        District
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