Based on popular demand, we have added another Board 101 event in the NW Region (Findlay) on: Saturday, February 3 & Sunday, February 4, 2024.

Board 101: A comprehensive professional development experience for the first year of office

As you've taken the first steps to becoming one of your school district's key leaders and a member of its board of education, you understand the responsibility and possibility that awaits. Successful school board leadership --- now more than ever --- demands members be able and willing to work collaboratively, support district policy, govern ethically and professionally, and set the standard for other school and civic groups within the community.

Experienced OSBA staff have designed a weekend program full of the key information necessary to give new board members the confidence and tools to flatten the learning curve. Board Member 101 will include sessions on governance, collaboration, legal parameters, parliamentary procedure, meeting management, policy management, legislative understanding, district advocacy and school financing. The program is designed to allow new board members to ask questions, network with others and discover the many resources OSBA offers to district members.

The Boardmanship book will be included in this registration.

A special negotiated rate of $112.00 per night at the Findlay Inn & Conference Center located at 200 E Main St, Findlay OH 45840. To make reservations please contact the hotel at (419) 422-5682 and tell the agent you're with the OSBA Board 101 event to get the negotiated rate.

Registration will close on Monday, January 29, 2024. Cancelations for full refunds must be made by noon on Monday, January 29, 2024.

Please contact Scott Clay sclay@ohioschoolboards.org for late registrations or cancelations.

Saturday February 3, 2024

8:15 a.m.
Registration, breakfast and networking
9 a.m.
Welcome, overview and housekeeping
9:15 a.m.
Getting to know your region
9:30 a.m.
Member Engagement
10 a.m.
Break
10:15 a.m.
So now I'm a board member. What's my role?
11:45 a.m.
Lunch
12:30 p.m.
Legal resources, issues and other hot topics
2 p.m.
Break
2:15 p.m.
Legal resources, issues and other hot topics
4 p.m.
Adjourn

Sunday February 4, 2024

8:30 a.m.
Breakfast and networking
9 a.m.
Governing through policy: a framework for success
10:30 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m.
Leadership Q & A - The Road from Here
11:30 a.m.
Lunch
12:15 p.m.
Oops! They did it again
12:45 p.m.
Why legislation and advocacy are so important
1:30 p.m.
Break
1:45 p.m.
School Finance
3 p.m.
Adjourn