Hello Aquatics Friends!
Next week is a big one with our Annual CPRS Conference taking place in Sacramento! For those of you who are attending, we wanted to make sure you were aware of all of the great things that were going on, so here we go….
Tuesday, February 28th
- Aquatics Intensive – Riding the Wave into the Future: Best Practices and New Ideas in Aquatics. There is still space available! The intensive will be from 1:00pm-5:00pm at the Sacramento Convention Center.
Sessions include: Foundation for Successful Swim Team Partnerships, The Millennial Impact, Proactive Preventative Scanning & Team Building
Registration is only available on site on Tuesday
- Aquatics Section Scavenger Hunt & Social – Please join us for our New Awards Program winner presentation at 6pm and stay to meet and reconnect with other aquatics professionals and have lots of fun!
Click on link below to see all of the awesome details for both of these events!
Educational Sessions Throughout Conference
Wednesday
2:30-3:45pm
Ignite the Passion for Customer Satisfaction
Rebecca Sermeno, Aquatics Supervisor, Livermore Area Recreation and Park District
Patricia Hall, Aquatics Supervisor, Highlands
Describe the positive impact of a custom mission and vision statement
- Explain how a simple acronym can help express your needs for customer satisfaction
Developing an Evaluative Hiring Process for Seasonal Staff!
Nicole Van Winkle, Recreation Manager, City of Colton
- Evaluate your organization and open position’s goals and whether the current process supports the mission of finding the best person for the job.
- Assemble “real-life” exercises to thoroughly evaluate applicants for seasonal positions
Thursday
8:15-9:30am
Learn to Swim Accommodations. Autism Spectrum Swim Lessons
Chad Gunter, Senior Recreation Coordinator, City of Folsom
Heidi Lockett, Director of Occupational Therapy, Easter Seals Superior California
- Discuss adaptive aquatics services as it relates to children on the autism spectrum
- Communicate the why and how the decision was made to partner with outside agencies and secure other community support
11am-12:15pm
You’re the Supervisor - Now Lead, Motivate & Appreciate!
Jenni Worsham, Recreation Supervisor, City of Cypress
- Discuss and collaborate on what it means to be an effective leader and how investing in and appreciating staff delivers results
- Summarize five motivation tips that will inspire your team to achieve more both individually and together
Expo Booth – please come visit us at the Aquatics Section booth to pick up your free member gift & enter into a drawing for a great prize…bring your friends too!
We hope your travels are easy, we look VERY forward to seeing YOU!
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Jenni Worsham, Recreation Supervisor
CPRS Aquatics Section President
(714) 229-6675
Jworsham@cypressca.org