The Vermont School Boards Association is a non-profit membership organization serving school board members around the state. VSBA's sole mission is to improve, on an ongoing basis, high quality learning opportunities for Vermont students by supporting those locally elected officials responsible for overseeing the public schools. VSBA serves as an education resource, a provider of education, training and a variety of other services, and an advocacy voice for local school officials.

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NEW STREAMING VIDEO PRESENTATIONS!!

You may now view short presentions regarding frequently asked questions of school board members by visiting VSBA Online Academy . The videos are each between 3 and 9 minutes on topics from executive session to negotiations.

JUNE NEWSLETTER (FROM THE BOARD ROOM)

The June edition of From the Board Room has been released. We now have the newsletter available interactively. Please visit the June newsletter interactively or you may prefer the printer friendly version in Acrobat.

2008 AWARD NOMINATIONS

Nominations are invited for the 2008 VSBA Leadership Award. This honor may be presented by the Vermont School Boards Association to a school board member or an entire school board that has demonstrated extraordinary leadership.
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2008 RESOLUTION SUBMITTALS

Boards should complete this form to submit a resolution of your local school board presented to the VSBA to become a VSBA resolution.
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ORDER WORKSHOP DVDs

Order DVDs from any VSBA workshop. All VIT (Vermont Interactive Television) workshops are taped and edited into chapterized DVDs. This link contains a list of all workshops currently available as well as the workshops in the future that can be pre-ordered.

8th Annual Leadership Academy - August 5-7

How do we create a new education system when we cannot envision it? How can we be innovative and develop new programs and services while facing extensive regulations and severe budget constraints? These are just a few of the dilemmas we face in education. For more information, view the brochure or call the Vermont Principals' Association at 802-229-0547.

SUCCESS IN VERMONT SCHOOLS

This handout includes several talking points of public education in Vermont.

GRN REGISTRATION FORM

The GRN (Government Relations Network) representative is the legislative liason for each school board. Each board should have one liason to relay legislative issue to their board and (if need be) information to VSBA from their board. Register a member from you board today!

VSBA Negotiation Data

The VSBA collects teacher and para educator salary and benefit information from every district in the state. This information is password protected. The password is available to all school board members, superintendents and business managers. Please visit the negotiation log in page for more information.

MEMBER TO MEMBER

The VSBA realizeS the value of board members networking and asking and answering questions of one another. We have added a Member to Member page on our website. Does your board have a situation that other boards have probably faced in the past or may be currently working through? Why not place a question on the bulletin board for one of the other 1,487 board members statewide to respond. The questions and answers are anonymous. The answer can help your board and may help others with the same issue.

Important Links
School Board Standards
School Board Self Assessment Survey

Center for Public Education

Board Buzz
New National School Boards Association's daily web log of school board news
Vermont Education Leadership Alliance Web site

Last Updated 10/23/07

Web site Overview

Membership Updates Are you a new member? Do you have a new address? Have you been given a new 911 address? Please update it with us so that you may receive the information we send you quickly.		About Us Become more familiar with the Vermont School Boards Association staff and board of directors. This link includes email addresses and phone numbers for your easy access.
Workshops Professional Development for school board members. This link includes workshop and training dates, descriptions, costs locations and registration information. Come join us!		Vermont jobs Listing links to educational positions for teachers, principals and superintendent available within Vermont.
Roles The "Key Work of School Boards," roles of board member, administrator, & board officers		Policies VSBA model policies included a listing of recommended and required policies. Other national and locally used policies are available by calling the VSBA office.
Salaries Teacher salary and benefits report information including summary information for the previous 10 years and links to the complete spreadsheets for 2001-2002 and summary information.		Legislative This link includes the weekly Legislative Updates for the previous two years and the 2002-2004 VSBA Resolutions.
Custom Services VSBA custom services such as superintendent searches, self-assessments and goal-setting meetings.		Downloads Download documents including the School Board Member Code, School Crisis Response Procedures or PowerPoint presentations.
Newsletter Listing of links to VSBA monthly newsletters.		Insurance Insurance Programs for Schools. Learn about insurance programs available to VSBA member districts.

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