Professional Network Series
Embark on a learning journey with our Professional Network Series, an exclusive training program designed for K-12 educators and districts. Each session offers an exploration of a specific topic, allowing participants to engage in a deep dive facilitated by subject matter experts. Offered across the year in monthly chunks, these sessions provide a consistent opportunity for growth and development. Our expert presenters not only share their wealth of knowledge but also provide attendees with branded resources, ensuring a lasting impact. Join the Professional Network Series and elevate your educational practices through immersive, monthly training sessions that foster continuous learning and empower educators and districts to excel in their professional endeavors.
Bargaining Network Series
This is a comprehensive bargaining training series where you will uncover the following:
The underappreciated need for you to create a bargaining team with diverse talents.
The dynamics that lead you to collaboration instead of confrontation.
Timeline management, including dealing with supposed and real strike vote deadlines.
The psychology of how you can influence the bargain like a salesperson.
The six principles that underlie your ability to persuade.
Tips from hostage negotiators that you can actually use.
How you can effectively communicate with stakeholders during bargaining.
Using infinite bargaining scenarios based on your shared objectives.
Potential bargaining topics you will likely see at the table.
In all, this series promises to empower you with a comprehensive toolkit as you prepare for your next bargain!
OCTOBER- Teambuilding
$995 per person
Bargaining PNS Topics
NOVEMBER- Key Understandings in Bargaining
JANUARY- Gantt Chart/Planning for the Bargain
FEBRUARY- Six Principles of Persuasion
MARCH- Interest Based Bargaining
APRIL- Lessons Learned at the Bargaining Table
MAY- The Art of Anticipation
Meet Your Facilitators
Jon Dalley
Jon Dalley serves as general counsel for school districts. In that role, he collaborates with administrators and board members about the day-to-day operations of schools, advising them on a range of topics. Some of those topics include employee discipline, employee benefits, collective bargaining, student discipline, special education, school board obligations, and school board policies. He enjoys working with educators to find practical solutions to their problems.
Jason MacKay
Jason MacKay has over 12 years’ experience in education and labor law. He has extensive experience advising on a wide range of legal issues, including labor and employment matters, board governance, public records act and open public meetings act compliance, constitutional issues, and litigation and risk management. Jason’s litigation experience includes defending against actions brought in state court, administrative hearings, statutory hearings, and arbitrations.
Jason also regularly performs workplace investigations and has extensive experience negotiating collective bargaining agreements. Jason is a regular presenter at conferences and workshops on a wide variety of school district legal topics.
Garrett Williams
Garrett Williams is a litigator who advises and defends public school districts and other large employers on a broad range of legal issues, including labor and employment, general liability, special education, and insurance and risk pool defense.
Garrett’s litigation experience includes defending against actions brought in state and federal courts, administrative hearings, statutory hearings, and arbitrations. Garrett also defends against investigations by administrative agencies, conducts neutral workplace investigations, and advises employers on their internal policies and procedures.
This series is closed for the 2023-2024 school year.
2024-2025 dates coming soon!
Principal Network Series
This brand-new series is designed for the busy building administrator. It includes monthly Zoom sessions of one hour on a multitude of topics that the building administrator will deal with throughout the year. Presentations will focus on the Top 10 most important things an administrator should know (delivered by an attorney) as well as best practices for implementing the suggestions (delivered by Kim Holland). Participants will leave with things they can implement immediately as well as resources for several topics.
Intended audience: Building level administrators (Bonus: Principals who are registered for this series can bring a central administrator or their supervisor as a guest to each session.)
