Leadership Conference 2008
The annual NSBA Leadership Conference brings together the executive and elected leaders of the NSBA Federation to meet and discuss current issues in education and state school boards association leadership. The 2008 Leadership Conference was held February 1-3 in Washington, DC.
This year's Leadership Conference included a range of topics of interest to Federation executive staff and officers exploring the importance of school boards in our American democracy and building skills to be effective change agents for pubilc education.
For more information, contact Elizabeth Partoyan, NSBA director of Research, Training, and Member Services, at epartoyan@nsba.org or 703-838-6734.
Resources
- Concurrent Session - Current Research from the Center for Pubilc Education
[PDF 380,105kb]
Latest topics from the Center for Public Education and strategize how state associations can best make use of it (PowerPoint Handout).
For More information on the CPE, please contact Patte Barth (pbarth@nsba.org) or Jim Hull (jhull@nsba.org).
- Concurrent Session - Giving Them Voice: Supporting Student Leadership and Civic Engagement [PDF 244,347kb]
Learn ways that school boards and state associations can promote civic-mindedness among students through service learning and leadership development opportunities (PowerPoint handout).
- Civic Engagement Resource List [PDF 315,786kb]
Companion to the Giving Them Voice PowerPoint presentation.
- Concurrent Session - School Governance at a Crossroads? The Viability of School Boards Today [PDF 37,340kb]
Consider the role of state school boards associations in combating the erosion of local school board authority.
- Results from the School Governance at a Crossroads? The Viability of School Boards Today [PDF 10,714kb]
Ideas from attendees of the School Governance at a Crossroads? The Viability of School Boards Today sessoin with Tim Kremer, executive director, NYSSBA and Scott Plotkin, executive director, CSBA.
- Concurrent Session - Building 21st Century Skills [PDF 93,193kb]
Learn about the needs of today's students and how state associations can support boards in ensuring their schools are 21st century centers of excellence.
- Concurrent Session - Building 21st Century Skills for Students [PDF 237,226kb]
Learn about the needs of today's students, from a student perspective, how state associations can support boards in ensuring their schools are 21st century centers of excellence.