October 3-4, 2010 (Core Course, Academy Hours) - The Academy will present its core conference at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel, Montgomery. Additional details and registration information are coming soon.

March 19-20, 2010 (Core Course, 6 Academy Hours) - Leadership for Financial Accountability - The Academy will present this core conference at The Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham. Proration is a word that no public school system wants to hear. Unfortunately, as the economy continues to languish, the word proration gets thrown around and school systems face difficult choices. Attend this core school board academy course to discover the value in funding what matters most and how to find additional financial resources to overcome these tough financial times. Overcome Funding Shortfalls. Learn how knowledgeable leadership can help Alabama’s public school systems work toward stability, create economic hope, and support student achievement. Knowing where to look for additional funding has become the name of the game. Register now to attend the March 19-20 Leadership for Financial Accountability core academy course and let AASB help your school system aim for victory. Your registration fee includes: All conference materials, all breaks and breakfast on Saturday. Note: A $10 late fee will be added to all onsite registrations. Don’t Forget to Register for March 19 Early Bird Workshop! Governing for Higher Achievement. To find out more, contact dhendricks@AlabamaSchoolBoards.org or call 800/562-0601.

March 19, 2010 (2 Academy Hours) -"Early Bird" Workshop - Governing for Higher Achievement. What more can you do to impact student learning? To answer that very question, several school-board-and-superintendent teams are participating in Alabama’s Governing for Achievement Project. The program is based on the Iowa Lighthouse research that showed a link between board beliefs and actions and student success. Participating school systems – those in Brewton, Cullman, Muscle Shoals and Tarrant cities and in Elmore, Madison, Montgomery, Perry and Tuscaloosa counties – are in the process of completing 11 training modules designed to help them gain leadership skills and abilities necessary to focus board meetings on what matters most – student performance. Discover the emerging best practices as a result of this initiative. Listen to school boards and superintendents across the state talk about what they are doing to create a culture in their schools that focuses more on teaching and learning. Learn how they are developing the capacity to set and reach higher expectations so that all of their students have the opportunity to suceed.

AASB's Annual Convention and business meeting will be at The Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham Dec. 2-4, 2010. Eligible attendees earn Academy credit.

AASB's School Board Member Academy brings together nearly 600 school board members and education leaders from across the state for its annual convention. The three-day event features information-packed general sessions, an array of clinics on timely topics and exhibits of school products and services.

Also, delegates from member school boards assemble for the business meeting to elect AASB’s leaders, vote on resolutions and approve bylaws changes. For more information, contact us. December 2-4, 2010
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Pick the date and location, and AASB will bring facilitated sessions to you. This
customized training helps create a sense of unity and strengthens board/superintendent
teams in such areas as governing for higher student achievement; team building;
board meetings that matter; governance and ethics; and more! By Appointment