Thursday, Dec. 8
7:45 a.m. -
Effective Boards and Relationships Orientation Registration Opens
8:30 a.m. -
Effective Boards and Relationships Orientation Begins
11 a.m. -
Convention RegistrationOpens
3 p.m. -
Exhibits & Cyber Café Open
3 p.m. -
Effective Boards and Relationships Orientation Adjourns
3:30 p.m. -
Bylaws Committee Hearing
4 p.m. -
Resolutions Committee Hearing
5 p.m. -
Welcome Reception
5:30 p.m. -
New Delegate Orientation
6 p.m. -
Delegate Assembly
6 p.m. -
Exhibits & Cyber Café Close
Friday,
Dec. 9
7:30 a.m. -
Registration, Exhibits, & Cyber Cafe Open
7:30 a.m. -
Breakfast Buffet
8:30 a.m. -
General Session
10 a.m. -
Visit Exhibits
10:30 a.m. - Clinic Sessions
11:45 a.m. -
Academy Awards Luncheon
1 p.m. - Clinic Sessions
1:15 p.m. - Exhibits Close
2:15 p.m. - Clinic Sessions
4 p.m. -
General Session
5:45 p.m. -
Evening on your own
Saturday, Dec. 10
7:30 a.m. -
Registration Opens
7:30 a.m. -
Breakfast
7:30 a.m. -
Alabama Caucus of Black School Board Members Meeting
8:30 a.m. -
General Session
10:30 a.m. -
Convention Adjourns
EXHIBITORS' SCHEDULE
Thursday, Dec. 8
EXHIBIT HOURS:
3 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• Committee meetings
• Pre-conference workshop
• Welcome reception
• Delegate assembly
Friday,
Dec. 9
EXHIBIT HOURS:
7:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
• Buffet breakfast
• General session
• Clinic sessions
• 30-minute break
• Lunch
Exhibit Decorator: The George F. Fern Co., Chuck Adams, 2101 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd.
North, Birmingham, AL 35203;
205/458-8741
Fax: 205/458-8742
Mystery Exhibitors!
AASB will award $25 each to two friendly convention-goers who are the 25th people to shake hands with either of two mystery exhibitors. The winners will be announced during the general sessions on Friday. All breaks will include refreshments in the exhibit areas.
AASB 2011 Convention
Dec. 8-10, 2011
Effective Boards and Relationships Orientation
Dec. 8, 2011
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Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011
Delegate Assembly
AASB’s annual business meeting, the Delegate Assembly, will determine the association’s legislative agenda. The Bylaws Committee Hearing begins at 3:30 p.m., followed by the Resolutions Committee Hearing at 4 p.m. and Delegate Assembly at 6 p.m. Convention participants can enjoy a welcome reception at 5 p.m., featuring light refreshments courtesy of The Wynfrey Hotel and AASB. It’s a great opportunity to mingle with fellow Alabama school board members prior to the association’s business meeting. It’s also a great opportunity to get an early look at the annual exhibition, a virtual shopping mall of school products and services, which opens at 3 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 9, 2011
Leaders Take the Stairs
Rory Vaden is a self-discipline strategist whose insights have been shared on Oprahradio and featured in Success Magazine. Success is different for each of us, but the path to get there has the same obstacles: fatigue, rejection, failure, distraction, burnout, complacency and countless others. Yet there is one universal trait that virtually every single successful person must have before they add anything else - discipline. This inspiring program shares critical insights and erases common misconceptions about how to build self-discipline.
Friday, Dec. 9, 2011
On the Horizon: Legislative & Policy Issues that May Impact You
A panel of the state’s top political and education leaders will gaze into their crystal balls to give you an insider’s understanding of the issues state legislators and the state Board of Education are likely to tackle in 2012. Invited panelists are Gov. Robert Bentley, House Speaker Mike Hubbard, Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, state Board Vice President Randy McKinney and the incoming state superintendent of education.
Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011
The Need for a Strong System of Public Education
Michael Thurmond is a distinguished attorney,author, lecturer and public servant. Currently an attorney with a major law firm, he served in the Georgia General Assembly and was elected to three terms as Georgia’s Labor Commissioner. This session promises to be motivational, thought-provoking and honest.
Dress Casual!
Casual attire is encouraged for convention activities. Don't have anything to wear?
AASB T-shirts from
past events are available for sale.
Ask us to bring you one.
It Pays to Attend!
You can’t lose. All convention-goers will be winners with the knowledge they gain from the general sessions and clinics. Convention participants present at the end of each general session will be eligible to win a special attendance prize for their local school system.
AASB Staff Contact:
Meeting/Marketing Coordinator
Phone: 334/277-9700 or 800/562-0601
Fax: 334/270-0000
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