2024 MASA Fall Conference

The election is over. With your new board members sworn in and at the table, what’s next? Please join former board members and current school board association professionals from the Michigan Association of School Boards (MASB) as they discuss the next steps for you and the rest of your governance team. Topics of discussion will include the onboarding of your new board members, team building exercises, and board self-assessment, just to name a few. Bring your questions and be ready for a lively discussion directed at maintaining what’s best for the students and staff in your district, a focus on good board governance. Takeaways: 1. Importance of onboarding new board members. 2. Understanding of Board Self-Assessment Process. 3. Understanding of Governance Roles.

Equitable family engagement has emerged as a primary predictor for student academic success. Studies of family engagement in education reveal large associations between family engagement and success for students. Child outcomes improve considerably when schools and families collaborate on individual children’s needs, goals, programs, and progress. Promoting family engagement through effective home to school collaborations supports the continuity of learning and outcomes for children and families. This session will provide relevant equitable family engagement practices that will help schools and agencies support families. Takeaways: Attendees will learn evidence based equitable family engagement practices that can be used prenatal through postsecondary to improve outcomes for students and their families. Attendees will be introduced to the new MiFamily Engagement Center work currently being done to support schools and agencies around the state. Finally, attendees will gain access to the early literacy administrative briefs that can be used to guide family engagement literacy efforts.