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May 3, 2012
May 9, 2012 @ 2:00 PM EDT: "Record Retention"
May 9, 2012 @ 3:00 PM EDT: "Integrating mobile devices into your SMART Classroom"
May 10, 2012 @ 2:00 PM EDT: "MISBO Office 365 Overview and Q&A"
May 23, 2012 @ 2:00 PM EDT: "Conducting Your Own HR Audit" |
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2012 MISBO-SAIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE | |
Preparations are underway for the 2012 Annual Conference.
Check the MISBO website and the Weekly News for more information.
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Current Conference Information
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Keynote Speakers
Scott McLeod - http://scottmcleod.net/
Pat Bassett, President, NAIS
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| Jerry Panaro - MISBO HR Attorney | |
New EEOC Guidance on Use of Arrest/Conviction Records; Supreme Court's "Ministerial Exception" to Title VII
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has just published updated guidance on the use of arrest and conviction records in making employment decisions. Both the guidance and a Q&A document are available on the EEOC's website, www.eeoc.gov.
Title VII - the federal anti-discrimination law, does not prohibit an employer from requiring applicants or employees to provide information about arrests, convictions or incarceration. However, it is unlawful to discriminate in employment based on race, color, national origin, religion, or sex. The connection between the two is this: because certain racial and ethnic groups have higher arrest and conviction rates than whites, using such records to bar employment would have a disparate impact on members of the protected groups.
The guidance recommends employer "best practices:" eliminate policies or practices that exclude people from employment based on criminal records; train managers, hiring officials and decision makers about Title VII; develop a narrowly tailored written policy and procedure for screening applicants and employees for criminal conduct; identify essential job requirements and the actual circumstances under which the jobs are performed; determine the specific offenses that may demonstrate unfitness for performing such jobs; identify the criminal offenses based on all available evidence; determine the duration of exclusions for criminal conduct; include an individualized assessment; record the justification for the policy and procedures; keep a record of consultants and research considered in crafting the policy; train managers, hiring officials and decision makers on how to implement the policy and procedures; when asking questions about criminal records, limit inquiries to records for which exclusion would be job related and consistent with business necessity; keep information confidential.
To read the full article, click here.
Jerry
Gerard P. Panaro, Esq.
Cell Phone: 301-518-9267
Howe & Hutton, Ltd.
gpp@howehutton.com
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FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:
Dear Colleagues,
As I was reading the most recent NBOA Net Assets Magazine and came across the attached article by Mari Brown interviewing Janice Abraham, President and CEO of United Educators, I was struck by the relevance of this article to the work that MISBO is doing and each of you are doing at your schools. Business Officers join the independent school world with a variety of skills - most of you have had successful careers in the financial sector in some form or fashion. Few of us came into our roles as business officers with a strong background in risk management. We needed to learn this on the job. Janice had a similar career path prior to joining United Educators 25 years ago and she understands the challenges facing Business Officers today. In this article she takes the time to share with us her expertise. Please take some time to read the "20 Questions".
Most of our schools have a July 1st renewal date for their Properly and Casualty Insurance which means that you are speaking with your brokers and carriers right now to determine what is best for your school. I encourage you to include an evaluation of the new MISBO Insurance Program in your process. MISBO is partnering with United Educators, Hartford Insurance and Cobbs, Allen & Hall to bring you this program. Please click here for more information about this program.
MISBO is committed to providing you quality professional development and timely information to help you and your school succeed. We are fortunate to be able to collaborate with NBOA to bring you this important information. Thank you to Jeff Shields, Executive Director, NBOA and Mari Brown, Director of Communications, NBOA for sharing this with their MISBO colleagues.
Sincerely,
Marc Levinson
MISBO, Interim Executive Director marclevinson@misbo.com | |
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New Contract! Culinary Management  Solutions, LLC
Culinary Management Solutions offers Dining Service Assessments to Independent Schools of all sizes. We then help evaluate your dining programs and determine an action plan to address and prioritize issues from financial management to food safety training to pre and post-production waste management and everything in between. Our Food Management Professionals coach your management and hourly associates to meet all of your goals on the way to developing a Great Dining Program. Considerable savings are guaranteed. To view discount and contact information, click here.
*A Culinary Management Symposium is being held in GA on June 25 & 26. Click here for further details. |
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* OR - Spend $5,000 or more and receive $450 off your order
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Current standard discounts can be applied.
*Redemption thresholds must be met with a single order. Promotional offer applied on total order value. Total order value is calculated AFTER all applicable discounts are applied and excludes tax, motor freight and other additional charges. This offer cannot be combined with other offers, is not valid for online ordering, previous offers and bid or quoted items. Offer expires 5/31/12. Void where prohibited by law or school district policy. Additional exclusions may apply.
As a token of appreciation for choosing Fisher Science Education as your material provider, I am going to raffle off several prizes including periodic table lab aprons and "FREE pizza or sub sandwich" lunches. Any school that places an order (and uses the promotion code) with Fisher Science Education will become eligible and I will announce the winning schools weekly. The FREE lunch will be for the science department at that school. This is just a small thank you for all that you guys do to support Fisher Science Education. As always feel free to call or email me anytime.
All the best,
Sean Nichols
Mobile: 404-493-5970
sean.nichols@thermofisher.com |
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Spring 2012 Webinar 
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Record Retention
Date/Time: May 9, 2012 2:00 PM EDT
Presenter: Bill Rollings, SPHR, CSRM, President, SOS
Description: Schools follow two rules when managing records:
1.Keep everything forever
2.Make sure you don't know where anything is.
Break out of the record retention nightmare and start a record destruction policy that will help you clear out rooms of old boxes.
We will also address two policies required by Sarbanes-Oxley: Record retention and whistleblower.
Register: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/905804422
Integrating Mobile Devices into Your SMART Classroom!
Date/Time: May 9, 2012 3:00 PM EDT
Description: Please join us for this session on how to integrate mobile devices, such as iPads and hand helds, into your SMART Classroom. Mobile device use is one of the fastest growing trends in education, and can truly complement and enhance learning in conjunction with SMART education solutions. We look forward to speaking with you on your vision of mobile devices in the classroom, as well as share with you those products SMART has that work with mobile devices.
Register:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/481632346
MISBO Office 365 Overview and Q&A
Date/Time: May 10, 2012 2:00 PM EDT
Presenter: Michael Icore, Microsoft Online Solution Specialist
Description: Just announced: Their Education-specific, cloud-based offering Office 365 Plan A2 (Exchange / SharePoint / Lync Online) is now FREE for faculty, staff and students where customers have an EES contract. Because you're either part of the MISBO EES agreement or considering obtaining one, this means you! Learn what's included in plan A2.
They have also announced updated, discounted pricing on plans A3 and A4 that include much more, such as Office Pro Plus, Voicemail, Archiving and VoIP. Learn more about the updated pricing and options here.
Join Meeting Online: https://join.microsoft.com/meet/branm/2PG6YS38
Join by Phone +14257063500 +18883203585
Find a local number Conference ID: 66725866
Conducting Your Own HR Audit
Date/Time: May 23, 2012 2:00 PM EDT
Description: It's summertime, but no vacation for you. With no faculty at the school, it's time to conduct a self-HR audit. Learn where the problem areas lie, as you try to implement best HR practices:
*Wage-hour
*Leave
*Hiring and Evaluation
*FMLA
*I-9s
*and so much more
You will receive an HR template as part of the training you can use in your self-audit.
Register: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/678409982
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MISBO
1424 West Paces Ferry Road, NW
Atlanta, GA 30327
Ph: 404-609-6401, www.misbo.com |
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