Webcasts
Facility Masters, in conjunction with SchoolDude.com, conducts a Webcast Series focusing on best practices for excellence in educational operations, with emphasis on facilities maintenance, preventive maintenance, energy management and more.
The typical webcast is a 75-minute presentation featuring an industry expert and an educational operations professional who are experts on the topic. Participants view the presentation via the Internet and listen to the presentation online or via a toll free phone line. Each presentation is recorded and made available here for free.
Recent Webcast:
Preventive Maintenance: Tips to Reduce Costs and Breakdowns while Improving Facility Quality
Featuring Paul Matthews and Gus Kalady (Roosevelt University, IL) and Edwin Zelek and Jeff Pearson (Prince William County Schools, VA)
Learn how performing regular PM can help you reduce maintenance costs, decrease the risk of breakdowns and emergencies, and increase facility and equipment life.
PREVIOUS WEBCAST ARCHIVE
Previous webcasts are available below for free download, including recorded versions of the entire webinar, the related presentation and additional resources related to the topic.
Capital Planning
Streamline and Simplify the Capital Planning Process in Higher Education
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Taylor Iascone (Berklee College of Music, MA) and John Garcia (ALPHA Facilities Solutions)
Utilizing Technology for Affordable and Effective Capital
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring John Garcia (Alpha Facilities Solutions) and Wayne Blazek (Douglas County School District, CO)
Tackling Summer Maintenance and Capital Projects
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Mike Kramer (Washington ESD).
Learn best practices for developing and implementing a plan to efficiently prepare for summer projects and complete them on schedule.
Capital Planning and Forecasting for Educational Facility Funding Needs
Hosted by Roger Young featuring, John Garcia (ALPHA Facilities Solutions, LLC) and materials from Pacific Partners.
Learn assessment and evaluation best practices to simplify strategic planning for capital needs and keep your capital plan current.
Communication and Leadership
Beat the Budget Crunch: Best Practices to Accomplish More While also Saving Money
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Kahlene Stotts (Monroe School District, MI) and Fran Foster (Virginia Beach City Public Schools, VA)
Making Sense of Data to Save School Operations Dollars
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Tom Canby (TASBO eFACTS+ Program), Larry Williams & Michele Lucas (Lewisville ISD, TX)
Benchmarking School Operations and Maintenance
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Rick Imig (Benchmark4Excellence) and John Gann (Keller ISD, TX)
Learn best practices to measure and analyze your work, and how to develop an improvement plan to assess progress.
Effectively Presenting to Decision Makers
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Ed Hamer (Madeira School, VA)
Learn what data to present in administrative meetings and how to measure, track, analyze and report on that information.
Energy Management
Achieving ENERGY STAR Certification: Best Practices in Energy Efficiency
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Katy Hatcher (EPA ENERGY STAR Program), David Cone (Evergreen Public Schools, WA) and Susan Albert (Virginia Beach City Public Schools, VA)
Keys to Developing a More Efficient and Sustainable Campus
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Jeff Murphy (Sightlines), Keith MacDonald and Robert Fisher (Bridgewater State University)
Green Ribbon Schools Program: Making the Energy Efficiency and Environmental Grade
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Dr. James Elder (Campaign for Environmental Literacy), Anisa Baldwin-Metzger and Nathaniel Allen (US Green Building Council), and Britney Thompson (Fayette County Schools, KY)
Saving Energy Dollars while Providing an Optimal Learning Environment
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Ronald Willhite (Kentucky School Boards Association), Jim McClanahan (Scott County Schools, KY), Cheryl Semmel (United School Administrators of Kansas), Dave Hill (Blue Valley School District, KS), Darin Headrick (Kiowa County School District, KS), and Sue Pierce (Washington Elementary School District, AZ)
Finding Energy Savings in Education
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Ronald Willhite (Kentucky School Boards Association), John Clemons (Jessamine County Schools, KY) and Andrea Rock (Bullitt County Schools, KY)
Environmental and Green Initiatives
Green Cleaning
Floor Care Essentials for a Clean and Healthy Learning Environment
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Steve Stalker (Stalker Flooring) and Greg Lookabaugh (L&S Associates)
Smart Cleaning for Schools
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring John Thompson (Fraser Public Schools, MI) and Jim Perlik and Andi Lee-Marnicio (Blackhawk Intermediate School, PA) – Learn how to develop and implement a Smart Cleaning program that improves the educational environment while saving money and time.
IAQ
Improving Indoor Air Quality and the Learning Environment
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Eugene Benoit (US EPA), Ed Cenedella (Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District, MA), Janet Brough (Laconia School District, NH) and Sandy Rhee (Organization Guru).
Learn the Top 12 Summer Maintenance Activities to promote excellent IAQ and proven tips for better organizing classrooms to improve learning.
Improving Indoor Air Quality and Academic Achievement – Facility Maintenance is the Cornerstone
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Frank Di Nella and LePaula Smith (Keller ISD, TX), Michele Curreri (US EPA) and Yasmin Bowers (AASA)
Indoor Air Quality Essentials For Schools
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Eugene Benoit (US EPA), Amanda Goodwin (TASB) – Learn how improving IAQ provides a healthier learning environment for students and teachers while also reducing costs and legal risks.
IPM
Birds and Bats: Pest Management Tips for the Educational Environment
Featuring Paul Duerre (Killeen ISD, TX) and Lynn Braband (NYS Community IPM Program at Cornell University)
Learn corrective actions, inspections and preventive measures to respond to and control bird and bat nuisance issues.
Effective Integrated Pest Management for Bed Bugs and Lice in the Educational Environment
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Dr. Thomas Green (IPM Institute) and Wayne Walker (University of Florida)
Effective Integrated Pest Management for Safeguarding Kitchens, Cafeterias and Classrooms
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Janet Hurley (Texas AgriLife Extension Service), C.G. Cezeaux and Dave Henderson (Spring ISD, TX)
Effective IPM Programs: Inspection is the Cornerstone
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Janet Hurley (Texas AgriLife Extension Service) and Wesley Roach (Russellville School District, AR)
Starting an Integrated Pest Management Program
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Dawn Gouge, Ph.D. (University of Arizona and School IPM 2015) and Bob Stoddard (EnviroSafe) – Learn how IPM provided better pest management with less pesticide use and no increase in cost.
Facility Use, Scheduling and Event Management
Recovering Costs for Community Use of K12 School Facilities
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Melody Temple (Chesterfield County Public Schools, VA) and John Kangas (Eanes ISD, TX). Learn how to establish a program for recovering your school’s costs for after-hours facility use while still effectively meeting the needs of the community.
Community Use of School Facilities: Managing the Risks
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Beth Kerr (Clarkston Community Schools, MI) and Lee Gaby (Public School Risk Institute)
Managing Community Use of Educational Facilities for Efficiency and Savings
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Devon Rauenzahn (Spokane Public Schools, WA)
Maintenance & Operations
Inventory Management: Cost-Saving Tips for the Educational Environment
Featuring Kenneth Braeutigam (Russellville School District, AR)
Learn proven methods for developing and implementing an efficient inventory management program.
Floor Care, Protection and Maintenance: Best Practices that also Protect your Capital Investment
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Greg Lookabaugh (L&S Associates), Mike Vidra and Jeff Guritza (Shiffler)
Inventory Management Essentials for Success and Savings
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Scott Enos (Bridgewater State College, MA) and Mike Brooks (Texas Association of School Boards)
Getting Ready for Spring Sports
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Gary Niemi (Superior Public Schools, WI) and Rich Riggs (Riggs Site Consulting) – Learn how to develop and implement a cost-effective athletic field maintenance plan that protects your investment and improves fields.
Preventive Maintenance
Preventive Maintenance: Tips to Reduce Costs and Breakdowns while Improving Facility Quality
Featuring Paul Matthews and Gus Kalady (Roosevelt University, IL) and Edwin Zelek and Jeff Pearson (Prince William County Schools, VA)
Learn how performing regular PM can help you reduce maintenance costs, decrease the risk of breakdowns and emergencies, and increase facility and equipment life.
Roof Maintenance: Best Practices to Maximize Life and Savings
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Gary Patrick (Inspec.com) and John Dufay (Albuquerque Public Schools, NM)
Best Practices in Roof Maintenance
Proper roof maintenance is crucial to safeguarding your organization’s significant capital investment in its facilities, providing a safe indoor air environment, sustaining energy efficiency and protecting the contents of your buildings. Conducting regular maintenance, inspections and preventive maintenance is essential to getting the maximum performance and life from a roof.
In preparation for our upcoming webcast on Roof Maintenance: Best Practices to Maximize Life and Savings, your peers on the Facility Masters Listserv shared their best practices for roof maintenance:
“Maintain an aggressive PM plan of facility staff inspections on a monthly basis and inspections by roofing professionals on an annual basis. Establish a good escrow account/ budget line for roof PM and preventing interior damage/big repairs/early roof replacement due to negligence.”
Rich Hansen – Middle Bucks Institute of Technology, PA
“A proactive roof maintenance program should include:
- Bi-annual inspection
- Roof surveys every 3 years, including condition analysis with replacement planning out 10 years
- Test cutting as needed
- In-house IR study every 2 years or with repetitive leaks
- Leak tracking system which notifies repair contractors and warranty contractors automatically
- Leak reporting (indicating buildings, roof sections and type of leaks) to help prioritize / re-prioritize the replacement project list
- Develop standardized roofing specs, materials and details with and engineer or roof consultant”
Don Montgomery – Lebanon Community School Corporation, IN
“Complete inspections annually, during times that children are not at school. Make necessary repairs and complete normal maintenance at that time.”
Roland Jenkins – Trinity Episcopal School, NC
“Inspect and make all needed repairs annually.”
Michael Lally – St. John’s Lutheran Church, School, & CDC, WI
“Have roofs inspected annually by an outside contractor.”
Robert Maxwell – Rye YMCA, NY
To subscribe to the listserv, simply send a blank email message to join-facilitymasters@talk.netatlantic.com.
Rooftop Units: Capital Planning and PM Practices that Reduce Costs and Improve Educational Quality
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring David Tate (Fayetteville Public Schools, AR) and David King (Lennox Industries)
Protecting the Capital Investment in Schools: Finding Savings through Preventive Maintenance
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Kathleen Anderson (Coupeville School District, WA), Tom Kuehn (Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction), Dan Modrall (Evergreen Public Schools, WA), and Stephen Story (Bethel School District, WA)
Safety and Security
Bleacher Safety
Improving Bleacher Safety: Tips for Reducing Risk
Featuring Mark Beaulieu (Hussey Seating), John Dufay (Albuquerque Public Schools, NM), William Kolster (Loudoun Public Schools, VA) and Jim McCain (Southern Bleacher).
Learn how to reduce injuries and risk by scheduling and performing regular bleacher inspections and maintenance.
Bleacher Safety: Inspections, Maintenance and Risk Management
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Mark Beaulieu (Hussey Seating Company) and David Tate (Fayetteville Public Schools, AR)
Bleacher Safety and Maintenance
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Mark Beaulieu (Hussey Seating) and Mike Garrity (Regional School Unit #23 Saco, ME) – Learn how regular bleacher inspection and maintenance can reduce costs and legal risks while improving safety of students.
Chemical Safety
Developing a Chemical Safety Plan: Tips for Reducing Risk
Featuring Dwight Peavey (US EPA Region 1), Becky Wehrman-Andersen (Hazardous Materials Consulting) and Dr. David Peterson (Scottsdale Unified School District, AZ)
Learn how conducting a chemical inventory and following proper storage procedures can help identify and minimize chemical hazards.
Safely Managing Chemical Spills and Disposal in the Educational Environment
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Dave Waddell (North American Hazardous Materials Management Association), Dr. Irene Cesa (Flinn Scientific Incorporated) and Russ Phifer (WC Environmental)
Chemical Inventory Control and Storage Essentials for a Safe Educational Environment
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Dave Waddell (North American Hazardous Materials Management Association) and Dr. Irene Cesa (Flinn Scientific Incorporated)
Identify and Control Chemical Safety Risks in the Educational Environment
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Dave Waddell (North American Hazardous Materials Management Association), Joanie Arrott (TASB) and Dale Zabel (School District of Kettle Moraine, WI)
Facility and Grounds Safety
Improving Auditorium and Theatre Safety: Tips for Reducing Risk
Featuring Tom Watkins (Van Buren School District, AR) and Erich Friend (Teqniqal Systems)
Learn how preventive inspections and regular maintenance of auditorium and theatre facilities and equipment protect you from liability issues while also providing a safe learning environment.
Planning for Weather-Related Emergencies: Tips for Reducing Risk
Featuring C.J. Huff (Joplin Schools, MO) and Paul Timm, PSP (RETA Security)
Learn the essential components of emergency planning and preparation needed to take immediate action in response to severe weather warnings.
Playground Safety Best Practices and Preventive Measures for Reducing Risk
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Tom Kalousek (National Recreation and Park Association) and John Gann (Keller ISD, TX)
Security and Safety Best Practices for Managing Visitor Access to Educational Facilities
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Paul Timm (RETA Security, Inc.) and Steven Young (Indianapolis Public Schools, IN)
Auditorium and Theatre Safety
Hosted by Roger Young, featuring Ray Wolf (State of New Mexico) and Erich Friend (Teqniqal Systems) – Learn safety tips, recommendations and preventive maintenance checks that will improve the safety of your auditoriums and theaters.