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CharterSAFE at the CSDC Conference 

November 18 - 20, 2024

CharterSAFE is a proud sponsor for the CSDC Conference in Sacramento this year! Click here to download our sessions. 

CharterSAFE Sessions at the CSDC Conference

Join us Monday evening as we continue the celebration of CharterSAFE's 20-year long journey in partnering with California charter schools. This not-to-be-missed event will have cocktails, appetizers, and good conversation with fellow attendees and the CharterSAFE team. Come dressed to impress in your best 20's attire to make this night one to remember!

CharterSAFE Event at the CSDC Conference

CharterSAFE HR Self-Assessment Webinar Series 

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Beginning this July, we are launching a webinar series to be held throughout the 2024-2025 school year to provide you with an interactive review for your school to evaluate your employment practices against CharterSAFE’s recommendations. The HR Self-Assessment Series is a review of Human Resources best practices, internal policies and procedures, and general HR know-how.

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Safe Schools, Strong Futures: Best Practices for Hiring and Screening to Prevent Childhood Sexual Assault (Members Only)

December 12, 2024

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Join us on December 12 at 1PM for an insightful webinar focused on enhancing child safety within educational environments through effective hiring and screening practices. This webinar will explore the critical role that recruitment strategies, background checks, and ongoing training play in preventing childhood sexual assault in schools. We have partnered with Praesidium, an industry leader in the prevention of childhood sexual assault, which will provide actionable guidelines. Participants will learn how to create a safer school climate, recognize warning signs, and foster a culture of accountability. This webinar is essential for school administrators and HR professionals, committed to safeguarding the well-being of children. Don't miss this opportunity to make a lasting impact on your school community!

RECORDED WEBINARS

Leaves of Absence, Reasonable Accommodations & Workplace Restrictions (Open to All)

Presented on October 30, 2024

If you are new to HR or have years of experience working in a charter school, navigating the complexities of the alphabet soup of leaves (FMLA, CFRA, PDL, ADA, and FEHA) can be challenging. And it’s likely these leaves may include workplace restrictions and the accommodation process. Last school year, over 35% of member requests for support directed to the CharterSAFE’s Human Resources Partners pertained to the complex intersection of leaves, reasonable accommodations, and workplace restrictions. Join the CharterSAFE team for a comprehensive and holistic approach to these challenging and complicated topics.
 
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Fortify Your School: Unlock Free Cybersecurity Tools and Best Practices (Members Only)

Presented on October 17, 2024

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In recognition of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, CharterSAFE invites you to join a special webinar on Tuesday, October 17th @ 2:00 PM. Randy Krause from ePlace Solutions will be presenting on the free cybersecurity services available to CharterSAFE member schools through the Crum & Forster cyber policy. This session will provide valuable insights into the cybersecurity risks schools face and the tools you can access to protect your institution from cyberattacks, safeguard sensitive information, and ensure best practices are followed. Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your school's cyber defenses.

Ready, Set, Go! Part 1 (Members Only)

Presented on June 6, 2024

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As the current school year draws to a close, CharterSAFE acknowledges the time and effort our members invest when preparing for the coming school year. To begin the school year effectively, we invite you to attend our webinar, “Ready, Set, Go – Part 1.”

This 75-minute webinar will cover essential best practices for the fall semester and offer our professional recommendations for enhancing your Human Resources activities. We will discuss newly enacted legislation impacting your workplace, including SB 553, which mandates the implementation of a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan. Additionally, our Risk Management team will provide a thoughtful review of essential training for school employees and address critical issues impacting our members including childhood sexual assault.

Human Resources Professionals, Leaders, and Safety will find this webinar very useful in the planning process for the 2024-2025 school year. Our goal is to help your organization implement a strategic approach to proactively address your monthly HR tasks for the 2024-2025 school year.

Mental Health in the Workplace (Members Only)

Presented on May 2, 2024

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“Elmo is just checking in! How is everybody doing?” Earlier this year a simple social media post from a beloved childhood character created a frenzy related to the question of society’s current mental health state. Over 175 million views helped spur conversations and caused an outpouring of emotional replies that warranted the attention of the media and Human Resources professionals.

CharterSAFE members continue to reach out regarding employee burnout, workplace stress, depression, and other mental health crises. As a result, we want to provide information to your school’s leadership and HR staff about mental health and provide resources to guide your workforce toward an empathetic and safe working environment. Using current trends and real-time scenarios, we will share the best steps for your charter school to take when engaging employees in difficult and sometimes uncomfortable conversations. We will also review Senate Bill 898 and how mental health challenges and concerns should be considered when developing a workplace violence prevention plan.

Leaves of Absence, Reasonable Accommodations, & Workplace Restrictions (Members Only)

Presented on April 11, 2024

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CharterSAFE's Human Resources, Risk Management, and Workers' Compensation teams are hosting a webinar to assist our members in navigating the complexities of managing employee leaves, accommodations, and workplace restrictions. In some situations, an added layer of intricacy when managing leaves and accommodation requests may involve workers' compensation claims, safety, and risk management.

This webinar will provide an overview of CharterSAFE’s best practices and approach to handling these complicated topics, by providing a comprehensive and holistic approach to managing leaves, accommodations, and workplace restrictions.

Legal & Respectful Employee Separations (Members Only)

Presented on March 14, 2024

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Employee separations are common as the school year ends whether an employee voluntarily chooses to resign, or a school decides to non-renew staff or terminate staff for cause because of poor performance or violation of school policies. Some charter schools may be faced with layoffs because of declining student enrollment, budget constraints, and other related reasons. Please join us for an overview of the HR and payroll steps to manage the employee separation process to help protect your school from employee lawsuits while simultaneously conducting any employee separation in a mindful and respectful manner.

Documentation: Why It Matters for Discipline, Termination, Leaves & Reasonable Accommodations (Members Only)

Presented on February 29, 2024

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Bernadette O'Brien discusses why documentation matters when addressing employee issues regarding discipline, termination for cause, leaves of absence, and reasonable accommodations.

Recruit Well, Hire Right Refresher (Members Only)

Presented on February 15, 2024

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Join us for our 3rd annual Recruit Well & Hire Right for the 2024-2025 School Year on February 15, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. It’s that time of year when charter schools do most of their recruiting for the coming school year. If you are new to Human Resources or have experience doing HR, we want to share information that will help your organization recruit and hire good candidates.

We’ve updated our webinar content, and our expanded topics include:

• Preparing to recruit: Fundamentals on creating job descriptions, reviewing pay scale requirements, understanding challenges during interviews, reviewing employment agreement considerations, and the importance of screening out potential candidates who could pose a risk to your student population.
• Recruiting Well: Where to find good candidates, identifying red flags on resumes, creating effective interview questions, managing the accommodation process during interviews, and what not to do during the recruiting process.
• Hiring Right: Understanding the new California Civil Rights Department updated regulations if your school chooses to disqualify a candidate because of background issues, how to check references & backgrounds, confirming proper credentials, getting ahead of staff/student boundary issues, and robust onboarding practices.

 

Meal and Rest Breaks - Why Minutes Matter (Members Only)

Presented on February 1, 2024

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Your charter school’s non-exempt/hourly employees are the “source” of most employee lawsuits, and most of these lawsuits allege your charter school did not provide these employees with compliant meal and rest breaks. To help your organization understand the legal ramifications and financial consequences of this major wage/hour issue, join us for a webinar presented by Bernadette M. O’Brien, Esq., a partner and employment law specialist at Floyd Skeren Manukian Langevin. Bernadette’s law firm helps to defend employers against these allegations, and she has a unique perspective on how to protect your charter school to address these wage/hour issues before they become employee lawsuits.

Ready, Set, Go! Part 2 (Members Only)

Presented on December 12, 2023

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Let’s kick off your school’s HR needs for the Spring Semester of the 2023-2024 school year! Our HR webinar topics include new HR laws effective January 1, 2024, and HR tasks by month for the spring semester. We will provide updates regarding trends of hot HR topics we are seeing during the fall semester such as leaves/reasonable accommodation, performance issues with newly hired staff, and managing the employee separation process including non-renewing employees for the 2023-2024 school year. Our webinar will be especially useful if you are new to HR or new to the charter school environment.

Managing Employee Performance Issues & Workplace Accommodation Requests (Members Only)

Presented on May 11, 2023

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With an increase in member requests for assistance in managing employee performance issues concurrent with their request for workplace accommodations, we want to help charter school leaders and HR staff understand the inherent challenges in navigating this “intersection” including how to avoid possible employee claims against your school. To facilitate this learning, we developed a webinar to review the employee discipline process, provide an overview of accommodations and exam the components of the reasonable accommodation/interactive dialogue process. Attendees will take these learning components and apply their knowledge to 3 real-time case studies. We will end the webinar with a review of the CharterSAFE accommodation forms.

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