New School Board Member Academy - Buffalo
1340 Millersport Highway
Amherst, NY 14221
New York State School Boards Association
2013 NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ACADEMY
Attend both days to complete your mandated training and receive a discounted rate!
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Governance
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Fiscal Oversight
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Both
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Pre-reg/Cancellation Deadline
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May 31
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June 1
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May 31 - June 1
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May 24
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Buffalo Niagara Marriott
1340 Millersport Highway Amherst, NY 14221 Phone: 716-689-6900 www.buffalomarriott.com |
July 19
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July 20
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July 19-20
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July 12
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Hilton Long Island Huntington
598 Broad Hollow Rd Melville, NY 11747 Phone: 631-845-1000 www.hilton.com |
August 2
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August 3
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August 2 - 3
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July 25
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September 20
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September 21
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September 20 -21
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September 13
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High Peaks Resort
2384 Saranac Ave Lake Placid, NY 12946 Phone: 518-523-4411 www.highpeaksresort.com |
November 15
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November 16
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November 15 -16
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November 8
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Cost: Board members will earn 10 points for each day of the academy in NYSSBA's School Board U Recognition Program |
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Course fee includes resource materials, continental breakfast, lunch and a non-refundable $50 administrative fee. |
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Attend NYSSBA’s New School Board Member Academy to learn board roles and responsibilities, understand your fiscal duties, and gain valuable governance information and tools. Take advantage of our special room block at each location. Call the appropriate hotel directly to make your reservation and mention the NYSSBA room block. School Board U provides the skills you need to meet the ever-changing challenges of board governance and fiscal accountability with a training program designed to enhance your leadership skills. For more information, visit www.nyssba.org/schoolboardu. Remember – Even if you haven’t taken office as a school board member, you’re still eligible to register for this must-attend academy. Contact your superintendent or clerk for more details. |
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| FRIDAY AGENDA Essentials of School Board Governance |
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| 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. | The Importance and Purpose of School Boards (Module A) Accounting for student performance outcomes is a primary responsibility of school boards. Understand the impact school board work has on student achievement. Find out how to best promote student achievement by setting direction, goals and continuous improvement for the district. Learn how to align and optimize district resources to ensure district goals are met, while creating a district culture that is conducive to learning. |
| 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | School Board Members’ Rights, Risks and Responsibilities, Part 1 (Module B) School boards do not operate in a vacuum. Various governing and administrative authorities, including the U.S. Department of Education, Board of Regents, and the New York State Education Department, shape the public education agenda. Discover how the various mandates, regulations and guidance established by these authorities impact your school board work. |
| 12:15 - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. | School Board Members’ Rights, Risks and Responsibilities, Part 2 (Module B) Whether taking action at regular board meetings, meeting in executive session or communicating between meetings, school boards must understand many aspects of the law, including Open Meetings Law, FOIL, student rights and responsibilities, collective bargaining, staff discipline, and more. Examine your legal and ethical responsibilities. |
| 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. | Policy and Board Operations (Module C) Policy and operating protocols define the board’s leadership authority and set operational parameters. Examine how policy and operations help school boards work as a team, in cooperation with their superintendent, to promote academic excellence in their districts. Partake in problem-solving exercises to learn how well-defined operating procedures, along with policy, keep the board a cohesive governance unit and focused on academic achievement. |
| 3:00 - 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 - 4:45 p.m. | Data Use for Accountability and Student Achievement (Module D) Student achievement is a fundamental measure of a school board’s leadership. Success is measured, not only in meeting standards, but also by demonstrating improvement. Learn how to utilize data from a variety of sources to make critical decisions for your district and evaluate the impact of those decisions on student achievement. Examine how to analyze comparative data, understand leading and lagging indicators, identify trends, and discover the right questions to ask to establish accountability and continuous improvement. |
| SATURDAY AGENDA Fiscal Oversight Fundamentals |
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| 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 10:50 a.m. | Safeguarding District Resources: Roles and Responsibilities (Module 1) Learn your board’s financial stewardship role and its fiscal oversight responsibilities. Understand the responsibilities of key financial positions such as the claims auditor and audit committee, and their relationship with the board. Examine the internal and external audit and how to utilize both to ensure proper safeguarding of district resources. Explore the attitudes and conditions conducive to fraud, waste and abuse and how preventative measures such as internal controls, policy and oversight that can protect district resources. Learn how to respond if the board or others suspect irregularities. |
| 10:50 - 11:00 a.m. | Break |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Building School District Fiscal Fitness (Module 2) Explore the principal sources of school district funds and major guidelines affecting disposition of funds from each source. Learn why the district prepares a budget, obtains voter approval and understand laws and rules affecting the budget process. |
| 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 - 2:45 p.m. | Managing School District Fiscal Fitness (Module 3) Study financial management and accounting practices that promote fiscal fitness. Discover how to project cash flow, execute budget transfers and more. Understand how mismanagement of fund balance and reserve funds can have an impact on your district. |
| 2:45 - 3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. | Monitoring District Fiscal Fitness (Module 4) Learn what information your board should receive regularly, in what form and from whom. Identify elements of financial reports that warrant special attention to ensure the district’s financial health. Understand key indicators of a financially stressed district. |
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Added Bonus! You will receive two publications:
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