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103: PROCUREMENT OF FOOD AND THE

GEOGRAPHIC PREFERENCE EXPANSION
Breakout SEssion 1 The United States Department of Agriculture through the

ADE, provides multiple opportunities and guidance for
10:10 AM - 11:00 AM schools to obtain food items for their menus using federal
funding. Join us to learn more about the newest guidance
and programs designed to help food service directors
and buyers access local markets and successfully
101: Capital Assets – Requirements & Best purchase food grown or raised locally. We will also
highlight successes of different sized districts who
Practices for Land/Building participate in ADE's newest program, “Try it Local” and will
Improvements and Construction in offer inspiration to schools who have not yet sought
reimbursement for the locally purchases items.
Progress Child Nutrition

A deep dive into best practices over tracking and
reporting land/building improvements and construction
in progress to set you up for success. Presented By: Arizona Department of Education

Accounting 104: RENEWAL OF CONTRACTS
How do our procurement folk handle the renewal of their
contracts? Are people submitting through their e-bidding
Presented By: Aaron Vix - Avix One Consulting, process? What makes a compliant process for contract
Jessica Leasure - Dysart Unified School District renewals? Does anyone use an auto-renewal process?
& Boris Huston - Avix One Consulting Let's discuss the many possibilities dealing with contract
renewals.
Purchasing

Presented By: Michael Carter - Mohave Educational
Services Cooperative, Caroline Brackley - The Professional
102: THE IMPORTANCE OF LEADERSHIP IN A Group Public Consulting, Inc, Gary Barkman - Mesa Public
Schools, Erica Edelstein - Tempe Union High School
COMPLIANCE ENVIRONMENT: HOW TO District, Dennis York - Casa Grande Elementary School
District & Tanya Tyler - CounterTrade Products, Inc.
CREATE AND MANAGE A TEAM WITH A

LEADERSHIP MINDSET 105: Time & Effort Reporting: The Good,
Bo Schembechler, the legendary University of Michigan the Bad and the Ugly
head football coach famously said, “Success is all about The Grants Management Fiscal Monitoring team has
the team, the team, the team.” Dr. Adam Larsen, the received countless feedback from our LEA partners for
Executive Director of Facilities and Planning at Peoria assistance with how they document Time & Effort in
USD, takes a no-nonsense approach to leadership in accordance with Uniform Guidance. Come to this session
public schools. As a former high school head football for a quick dive into the statutory requirements around
coach and athletic director, he understands the vital Time & Effort documentation. We will be reviewing the
importance of leadership in forming and supporting necessary items to include, and empower you to
teams that get things done. In this session, Dr. Larsen will find/create the right documentation to meet the needs of
discuss the leadership strategies he’s employed to your grant funded staff. We will also discuss the
create cohesion between disparate departments and to importance of establishing and documenting your Time &
drive innovation and change. Effort policy and how to avoid common pitfalls that come
Business Administration to light during the audit process.
State/Federal Issues

Presented By: Adam Larsen - Peoria Unified
School District Presented By: Aaron Tyler & Kristin Thomas -
Arizona Department of Education