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Speaking of Leading
"It's a real team effort here and that's why we are proud. I truly believe it is because of several outstanding factors within our school district."
- Peg Stowers, Superintendent of Dowagiac Union Schools, in the Dowagiac Daily News 9.21.06 regarding the district’s status as an “outperformer” as determined by Standard & Poors.

""Congratulations to Michigan’s 43 “outperforming schools” 
Standard and Poor's School Evaluation Services in New York last month recognized 43 Michigan school districts that are academic "outperformers." More>

Proposal 5Proposal 5 campaign sprints to the finish
Expect to see a burst of activity in television and radio spots from both sides of the Proposal 5 campaign starting the last weekend in October... More>

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Instant surveyShould high school sports start later?
Now that most public schools are starting classes later in the year, some parents and staff are calling for changes to school sports calendars as well. HSAA is looking for your input on this issue. You can take a quick (4-question) survey by clicking this link. Take survey>

Winners' CircleWinners’ Circle Award highlights promising practices
Have you built a “better mousetrap” when it comes to leading your district to success? More>

SET SEGSET educates HSA/HRA users
SET SEG has recently taken steps to equip our subscribers with the tools to become better health care consumers. Many Michigan school districts have enrolled their employees in the cost-effective... More>

eRate Filing Window
Schools and libraries hoping to receive funding next year under the $2.25 billion-a-year eRate will have from November 14, 2006 to February 7, 2007 to submit their applications... More>

Highlighted Services -
Conferences & events

Each year members are invited to join us at the Fall and Mid-winter conferences. In addition, MASA sponsors special events including the New Superintendents’ Conference, Legislative Days, Drive-ins, Webinars, and Board-Superintendent Workshops. Topics address current and controversial issues in education.

  • Speaker presentations and video highlights are now available online for the 2006 Fall Conference. If you didn’t get to see it, don’t miss hearing from your colleagues about what they took away from conference around our three focus areas: Raising student achievement, inspiring your team for continual improvement, and taking care of yourself. There is some real wisdom—and a little fun—that you won’t want to miss!
  • Check out our upcoming Webinars, including a 4-part series targeted specifically for superintendents in their first or second year on the job.

“Focus, focus, focus, focus on student achievement…. There will always be distracters…but you have to make student learning part of the system you have in place. It has to be what you talk about at board meetings. It’s what you talk about at administrative meetings. It’s what you read about in your spare time. And you have to get the other stuff done as quickly and as efficiently as possible so you don’t let it burden you to the point you can’t focus on our real business, which is moving student achievement ahead.”

–Vicki Markavitch, Superintendent of Oakland Schools, in the MASA 2006 Fall Conference Highlights Video

 

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