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April 27 , 2007
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Speaking of Leading
 "Monday is my favorite day of the week because I have 5 more days to get things done. Remember on weekends I have to clean house, grocery shop and do laundry...not exactly my favorite things."
-Jeanne Oakes , superintendent of Mason-Lake ISD and Oceana ISD

MASA Director working with MPSERS to clarify retirement rules
MASA Executive Director William Mayes continues to work with the Michigan Public School Employee Retirement Service (MPSERS) to clarify policy and resolve concerns regarding the office's service to retired administrators and reportable compensation for retirement purposes. More>

Berrien County ISD wins Michigan's 2007 National Civic Star Award
Last month, the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) and Sodexho USA announced that Berrien County ISD's Project Great Start Berrien is Michigan 's recipient of the 2007 Civic Star Award.  More>

Did you know?
The 2007 National Teacher Appreciation Week is May 7-11. The event is sponsored by the National Parent Teacher Association to raise national and local awareness of the importance of teaching in our society, a profession that touches the lives of millions of Americans. Get ideas for celebrating it locally at www.pta.org

Highlighted Services -
 MASA Edlines

Each morning, MASA members receive e-mail digests of the previous day's news stories. In two separate e-mails, members receive the Political Pulse, a collection of the top stories in Michigan politics; and MASA Morning News, a digest of Michigan news stories featuring our members and other hot topics of interest to public school leaders.

For those of you who find it hard to read the daily e-mails, MASA posts each week's top stories are also posted to the MASA Edlines page at www.michiganedusource.org/gomasa/Edlines.htm.


MILAF+ grows and improves
The Michigan Liquid Asset Fund Plus was designed to provide Michigan Public agencies a way to pool their investment funds to seek the highest possible investment yield, while maintaining liquidity and preserving capital. More>

Evaluation renewal assistance
A major goal of MASA this year is to provide members with resources that can assist them as they consider how to establish or renew their evaluation process with their school boards. More>

SET SEGSET will return $250,000 of life insurance dividends to members
Eligible members in good standing will soon receive their share of $250,000 of Assurant Life Insurance surplus! More>
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