High School Reform measures and graduation success will be the emphasis of MASA’s 2008 Fall Conference, September 24-26, at the Grand Traverse Resort.

MASA will once again provide a pre-conference for new superintendents, which takes place for a day and a half starting on Tuesday, September 23.

Clinic sessions will include:

• An Algebra Support Program that is working in Fraser Public Schools
• True Success, a non-profit corporation for 5^th through 8^th grade students providing materials for English Language Arts that match the content expectations
• National Standards for Family and School Partnerships, with focus at the secondary level from PTA
• Sharing from our Superintendent of the Year, 2008
• A system look at dealing with Food Allergy and Asthma
• Cyber bullying and internet challenges
• How the Carnegie Learning System is working at the High School Level
• The Whole Child Initiative
• Capital Project Funding
• The Michigan eLibrary and the Michigan Educators’ Resources
• MASB Negotiations Services-Keeping Up to Date
• Michigan Mathematics Program Improvement MMPI
• Courageous Journey Cohort sessions
• And others still are being confirmed.

We will also have the latest in products and services for schools at the Exhibit Show.

Something new!
As an additional way to share and gain from each other, we will provide an ongoing opportunity at the conference to ask questions related to our theme and emphasis on secondary education as well as a place for all to share resources, ideas, and practices that you are utilizing in your district. Two stations will be set up to collect Questions & Issues and Success Stories & Ideas. What you share will be compiled and formatted to make available to all our members after the conference. Watch for more details on this and how the rest of our conference is shaping up to serve you in our future editions of the Leader and on our website.

Registration information is on our MASA website.