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Wednesday's lineup

HR SIG

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Room: Fraser

atrieveHR - Power Networking!

Determining roles and responsibilities of other District Human Resources Professionals in an effort to find efficiencies and enhance departmental operations.   Use this as a window of opportunity to build a network of support.  Bring your questions and be prepared to share your ideas.

Payroll SIG

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Room: Whistler A

atrievePayroll - Power Networking!

Determining roles and responsibilities of other District Payroll Professionals to enable relevant sharing and collaborating in an effort to find efficiencies and enhance departmental operations.

Finance SIG

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Room: Whistler B

atrieveFinance - Power Networking!

An opportunity for all District Financial Services Professionals to meet, discuss, and built a network of support.  This will be a chance for users to bring questions/concerns to the group that might not otherwise be covered in the remaining sessions. Be prepared to share your ideas/tricks.

4:00 - 5:15 p.m.

Room: Capilano-Birkenhead

UG Executive Meeting

5:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Room: Whistler C

New user orientation

6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Rooms: Whistler A&B

Welcome Reception

Thursday's lineup

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

8:30 - 9:45 a.m.

Breakfast & Networking

Welcome Messages

Join your conference Hosts – Greater Victoria School District & SRB for opening remarks, Keynote address and welcome messages.

SIG 1: Track 1

10:00 - 10:55 a.m.

Room: Fraser

atrieveHR - Welcome & What’s New

This session will provide users with an overview of the latest software enhancements.

 

  JenniferJennifer Bowen
atrieveHR

SIG 1: Track 2

10:00 - 10:55 a.m.

Room: Whistler B+C

atrievePayroll - Welcome & What’s New

This session will provide users with an overview of the latest software enhancements.

 

  GailGail Gaskell
atrievePayroll

SIG 1: Track 3

10:00 - 10:55 a.m.

Room: Lillooet

Open Support Session

Join our support team for one-on-one support.

Bring your laptop and questions.

 

 

 


SRB Support team

SIG 1: Track 4

10:00 - 10:55 a.m.

Room: Thompson

Document Storage and Scanning

IT/Dev focused session to talk about our supported DSS solutions, scanning options and future plans.

 

  Vicki Edel

SIG 1: Track 5

10:00 - 10:55 a.m.

Room: Capilano -Birkenhead

MMG Welcome

Introductions and networking to identify business solutions offered by atrieveERP

 


Facilitator:
Rachel Lavoy

SIG 1: Track 6

10:00 a.m. - 10:55

Room: Whistler A

atrieveFinance – Welcome & What’s New

This session will provide users with an overview of the latest software enhancements and review many useful tips and tricks for efficient software use.

 

 

NicoleNicole Nelson
atrieveFinance
and
Matt Read
Lloydminster Public School Division #99

10:55 - 11:05 a.m.

Stretch + Room Switch

SIG 2: Track 1

11:05 a.m - noon

Room: Whistler B+C

HR Report Writer Training - Beginners

This session will take Users through the basic report writing steps with a focus on ‘getting started'.

*If you have remote access to your Report Writer module, bring your laptop and follow along.
  MarieMarie Tol
atrieveHR

SIG 2: Track 2

11:05 a.m - noon

Room: Capilano-Birkenhead

Payroll (Summer) Savings Plan – for Teachers & 10/11 Month Support Staff

Join us for a journey through the initial set up of the Payroll (Summer) Savings plan deduction and storage banks, continuing on with a demonstration of how the savings plan process works during the school year (including applying applicable interest earned per period), and winding up our journey with a demonstration of processing the Savings plan payrolls for the summer period. Sample savings plan parameters and forms will be available to participants who are interested in implementing this process.

 

 

Linda Glennon - SD71 Comox Valley

SIG 2: Track 3

11:05 a.m - noon

Room: Upstairs Theatre

Time Entry Web & Timesheet Entry Interfacing from ADS to Payroll

Overview of Time Entry Web system (TEW) inclusive of settings, processing, functionality and best practices. Review PRM’s Timesheet Entry Interface process - interfacing “exceptions” from ADS to Payroll.  

 

 

Presented by:
Debbie Leblanc, SD61 Victoria
and
Taunia Sutton,
SD68 Nanaimo


SIG 2: Track 4

11:05 a.m - noon

Room: Fraser

HR Report Writer Training - Advanced

This session will take Users through some of the advanced report writing options, including; charting, subtotalling and hyperlinking.

*If you have remote access to your Report Writer module, bring your laptop and follow along.

  DarcyDarcy Pearson
atrieveHR

SIG 2: Track 5

11:05 a.m - noon

Room: Thompson

Project & Change Management

Roundtable discussion to look at best practices for managing and implementing change in your school district. New module implementations and updates often span HR, Finance, and IT departments. How can project management, change management, and better communication help make these initiatives more successful?

 

 

Roundtable discussion with
Andy Canty
Greater Victoria SD

SIG 2: Track 6

11:05 - noon

Room: Whistler A

atrieveFinance – Ask a Developer

In this session, our product teams will answer your questions on system use, best practice and future enhancements. Users are encouraged to submit their questions in advance.

 

 

Les HellerLes Heller

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch + Networking

SIG 3: Track 1

1:00 - 1:55 p.m.

Room: Fraser

HR Session for BC-based users

This breakout session will focus on best-practices of Attendance Management (AMW/AMS) and the new Excel reporting tools.

 

  JenniferJennifer Bowen
atrieveHR

SIG 3: Track 2

1:00 - 1:55 p.m.

Room: Upstairs Theatre

HR Session for AB-based users

This breakout session will focus on the new TWINS enhancements and the future development plans.

 

  VickiVicki Edel
atrieveHR

SIG 3: Track 3

1:00 - 1:55 p.m.

Room: Capilano-Birkenhead

HR Session for Saskatchewan & Manitoba-based users

This breakout session will focus on best-practices of Attendance Management (AMW/AMS) & the new Excel reporting tools and discuss STRF requirements.

 

Marie and Hazel

SIG 3: Track 4

1:00 - 1:55 p.m.

Room: Whistler B+C

Finance Report Writer & Dashboard Training

This hands-on training session will take users through creating a report and adding it to a dashboard.

 

  Sheldon LeeSheldon Lee

SIG 3: Track 5

1:00 - 1:55 p.m.

Room: Thompson

Project & Change Management (cont.)

Roundtable discussion to look at best practices for managing and implementing change in your school district. New module implementations and updates often span HR, Finance, and IT departments. How can project management, change management, and better communication help make these initiatives more successful?

 

 

 

Roundtable discussion with
Andy Canty
Greater Victoria SD

SIG 3: Track 6

1:05 - 3:00 p.m

Room: Whistler A

 

Payroll “Ask a User”

In this User-based panel session, the following topics will be presented with a best-practice approach, a panel commentary and then a 20-minute table discussion. The session will wrap-up with a user-driven Q&A session on the 3 topics.

Topic 1): Data Entry: Exception-based and timesheets

Topic 2): The different ways of Managing CPP Exemptions

Topic 3) Managing 10-month exceptions

 



Panelists include:
Taunia Sutton, Nanaimo,
Linda Glennon, Comox Valley,
and Lauren Mann
and
Anna Johnson Greater St. Albert Catholic

 

1:55 - 2:05 p.m.

Stretch + Room Switch

SIG 4: Track 1

2:05 - 3:00 p.m.

Room: Whistler B+C

 

Get to Know your HR Databases

The 5 W’s of databases … who, what, where, when and why!!  Investigate how to manage your databases.

 

Jennifer Witter
and
Leanne Mann, Greater St. Albert Catholic

SIG 4: Track 2

2:05 - 3:00 p.m.

Room: Fraser

Staffing Notifications & Leave Management Tips and Tricks

Join us for a valuable tips and tricks training session focused on the best practice and effective use of Staffing Notifications and the Leave Management Web system.

 

 

Melanie Patton and Gaylene Gorniak

SIG 4: Track 3

2:05 - 3:00 p.m.

Room: Thompson

ADS Configuration Profiles, Tips and Tricks

Learn how to minimize unfilled absences and uncover the reasons why your subs may not be accepting dispatch jobs.

We will review how you can generate metrics and identify trends using your ADS and Work Board dispatching data in the HR Report Writer, utilize a Substitute Teacher Survey using HR Workflows, and propose some simple changes to your ADS and Work Board systems to improve your sub fill rate.

  DarcyDarcy Pearson
atrieveHR

SIG 4: Track 4

2:05 - 3:00 p.m.

Room: Capilano-Birkenhead

Budgeting Processes

In this session, we will:

  • Review and compare three common tools used in our K-12 budget process; 1) Excel, 2) 3rd Party (e.g. Mybudgetfile.com) and 3) BPS
  • Discuss processes & methodologies used at various districts.
  DarcyMatt Read
Lloydminster Public School Division #99

SIG 4: Track 5

2:05 - 3:00 p.m.

Upstairs Theatre

 

A/P Interfaces

This session will provide an overview of the finance interfaces that can be used to manage accounts payable transactions, These interfaces save time and help to avoid data entry mistakes.

 

 

Payne Cardinal
and
Diana Thivierge


SIG 4: Track 6

until 3:00 p.m.

Room: Whistler A

Continued… Payroll “Ask a User”

In this User-based panel session, the following topics will be presented with a best-practice approach, a panel commentary and then a 20-minute table discussion. The session will wrap-up with a user-driven Q&A session on the 3 topics.

Topic 1): Data Entry: Exception-based and timesheets

Topic 2): The different ways of Managing CPP Exemptions

Topic 3) Managing 10-month exceptions

 

 

Panelists include:
Taunia Sutton, Nanaimo,
Linda Glennon, Comox Valley,
and Lauren Mann
and
Anna Johnson Greater St. Albert Catholic

3:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Break

SIG 5: Track 1

3:30 - 4:25 p.m.

Room: Whistler B+C

 

Why Schedules are so important?

In this session, users will be taken through all of the areas of the software that are impacted by schedule entries and shown how to take advantage of this critical functionality.

  HazelHazel Rath
atrieveHR

SIG 5: Track 2

3:30 - 4:25 p.m.

Room: Whistler A

 

What Is Payroll Reconciliation?

Fasten your seatbelts, you are about to embark on a journey into the world of balancing, reconciling, and auditing the various payroll events from payroll calculations to T4s. We will explore the various system reports available to accomplish tasks to using Payroll and HR report writer to build customized reports. This will be an interactive session discussion throughout and exchange of ideas.

 

Dan Proden
and
Brandi Hartman, Coquitlam School District #43

SIG 5: Track 3

3:30 - 4:25 p.m.

Room: Chairman's Room

Sub-ledger Training

This training session will focus on the use of sub-ledgers; Users will be show the basics of how to effectively use and manage sub-ledger accounts within the atrieveFinance system.

 

NicoleNicole Nelson
atrieveFinance

SIG 5: Track 4

3:30 - 4:25 p.m.

Room: Capilano-Birkenhead

GL & Alias Account Maintenance

Join us in this best practice session where we guide you on how to perform account maintenance on your Chart of Accounts.

  PatrickPatrick McCaffrey
atrieveFinance

SIG 5: Track 5

3:30 - 4:25 p.m.

Room: Thompson

Security Builder Basic Training

This training session will take you through how the security builder module works to provide role-based access to employees.  Join us in Friday’s advance session to learn more about GL security templates and the 2015-1 enhancements.

  JenniferJennifer Bowen
atrieveHR

SIG 5: Track 6

3:30 - 4:25 p.m.

Room: Fraser

Payroll Report Writer Training– Beginner

This hands-on session will take you through the basics of creating Payroll reports.

*If you have remote access to your Report Writer module, bring your laptop and follow along.

  CorinneCorinne Stieb
atrievePayroll

5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

SRB Hospitality

6:00 p.m. - midnight

Dinner and Entertainment

 
Friday

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast & Networking

SIG 6: Track 1

8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Room: Thompson

 

Payroll Session for BC-based Users

This breakout session will focus on payroll and pension processes used in BC.

 

ThecklaTheckla Sawicki
atrievePayroll

SIG 6: Track 2

8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Room: Fraser

 

Payroll Session for Alberta-based Users

This breakout session will focus on payroll and pension processes used in Alberta.

 

  GailAmanda Anderson
atrievePayroll

SIG 6: Track 3

8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Room: Theatre

 

Payroll Session for SK/MB-based Users

This breakout session will focus on payroll and pension processes used in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

 

CorinneCorinne Stieb
atrievePayroll

SIG 6: Track 4

8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Room: Whistler B+C

Invoice Entry Web and Employee Expense Reimbursement Web

These finance modules provide data entry efficiencies and help you save time and paper. This training session will take users through the process of rolling out these two modules.

  NicoleNicole Nelson
atrieveFinance

SIG 6: Track 5

8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Room: Capilano-Birkenhead

HR 101 – atrieveHR for the ‘non-user’

This session will provide non-HR users with an overview of the HR system functionality. IT, Payroll and Finance users are encouraged to attend. Focus will be on the key integration points between HR and the other modules.

  HazelHazel Rath
atrieveHR

SIG 6: Track 6

8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Room: Whistler A

 

atrieveHR “Ask a User”

In this User-based panel session, the following topics will be presented with a best-practise approach and then followed by a 15-minute table discussion.

1) Entering a long-term absence vs. A leaves track in an assignment
2) Schedule management
3) Best practices for auditing new entries

 

Panelists Include:
Gaylene Gorniak
Leanne Mann
Jennifer Witter
Rogene Swanson

10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Break

SIG 7: Track 1

10:30 - 11:45 p.m.

Room: Whistler A

atrieveHR - Ask a Developer

In this session, our product teams will answer your questions on system use, best practice and future enhancements. Users are encouraged to submit their questions in advance.

  ShawnShawn Iversen
atrieveHR

SIG 7: Track 2

10:30 - 11:45 p.m.

Room: Whistler B+C

atrievePayroll – Ask a Developer

In this session, our product teams will answer your questions on system use, best practice and future enhancements. Users are encouraged to submit their questions in advance.

  SusanSusan Vernon
atrievePayroll

SIG 7: Track 3

10:30 - 11:45 p.m.

Room: Lillooet

Open Support Session

Join our support team for one-on-one support. Bring your laptop and questions.

 

SRB Support Team

SIG 7: Track 4

10:30 - 11:45 p.m.

Room: Fraser

Fixed Assets & Budget Planning

This session will provide users with an overview of these two modules and the efficiencies that they bring to your ERP system.

  Sandy and Chris

SIG 7: Track 5

10:30 - 11:45 p.m.

Room: Thompson

atrieveSecurity (SMS)

This training session will take system admins through the SMS module and share the many ways of managing atrieve user accounts.

 

Sandy and ChrisSteve Calnek
atrieveERP

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch + UG AGM

SIG 8: Track 1

1:30 - 2:25 p.m.

Room: Fraser

Costing Interface

This session will demystify the costing process and help you understand how the system takes an absence record and turns it into a timesheet entry.

  HazelHazel Rath
atrieveHR

SIG 8: Track 2

1:30 - 2:25 p.m.

Room: Capilano-Birkenhead

Payroll Report Writer – Advanced Training

This hands-on training session will take Users through some of the advanced report writing options, with a focus on subtotalling, formulas and evaluated fields.

*If you have remote access to your Report Writer module, bring your laptop and follow along.

 

CorinneCorinne Stieb
atrievePayroll

SIG 8: Track 3

1:30 - 2:25 p.m.

Room: Whistler A

 

Managing Storage Banks

In this session, you will learn about enforcing zero balance banks, clearing banks without running a payroll, Summer savings banks, liability reporting and more!

 

ThecklaTheckla Sawicki
atrievePayroll

SIG 8: Track 4

1:30 - 2:25 p.m.

Room: Lillooet

Requisition Web

This session will provide users with an overview of our web-based requisition module including catalogue maintenance, the shopping experience and processing through atrievefinance.


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ChrisChristine Hardie
atrieveFinance

SIG 8: Track 5

1:30 - 2:25 p.m.

Room: Thompson

Security Builder - Advanced

This session will take users through some of the advanced functions of security builder, such as; GL security Templates and overrides by product. The session will also include maintenance best practices.

  ReneeRenée Trudeau
atrieveERP

SIG 8: Track 6

1:30 - 2:25 p.m.

Room: Whistler B+C

 

atrieveFinance – Provincial Breakout Session

In this session, Users will be grouped by province to discuss issues/challenges that may be specific to their provincial jurisdiction.

 


Facilitated by
Matt Read and
Payne Cardina
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2:30 - 3:00 p.m.

Room: Show Theatre

Wrap-up + Giveaways in the Theatre

Final Announcements
Door Prizes
Preview to the 2016 UG

 

 

Linda Glennon

 
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