NEWS & INFORMATION:

Back-to-School Superintendents' Conference - Housing Information
Posted June 30, 2009
MDE and MASA are partnering on the Back-to-School Superintendents' Conference on August 12th! This conference is an early bird session to MSBA's Summer Seminar (August 13-14, 2009) at the Northland Inn in Brooklyn Park. To make your housing reservation: Click Here for the Housing Process and Click Here for Registration Materials  

2009-2010 MASA Board of Directors!
Posted June 16, 2009
All Board Members are committed to serving actively for the good of MASA and education. Please feel free to contact any member of the Board of Directors by clicking their email address.
Click Here for the 2009-2010 MASA Board of Directors

Save the Date!  …for the third annual Minnesota School Safety Conference
Posted June 10, 2009

A collaboration of The Minnesota School Safety Center and the Minnesota Association of School Administrators

Two full days, February 24-25, 2010
Radisson Hotel and Conference Center, Plymouth
The 2010 Minnesota School Safety Conference is an opportunity for K-12 educators, school administrators, emergency managers, law enforcement and others concerned with school safety to gather practical information and resources on current trends and best practice in school safety to prepare stakeholders in providing a safe and healthy environment for students to learn and staff to work.
Mark your calendar and watch for registration materials, coming this fall!

The Great Start Workshops- for new administrators
Posted June 10, 2009
Series of 5 Workshops • Various Locations • Whole Day and Half Day Formats
The Great Start Workshop Series is funded with the generous support of Springsted Incorporated.
Congratulations and welcome to your new Minnesota superintendency! The Minnesota Association of School
Administrators (MASA) and Springsted Incorporated invite you to participate in a series of five workshops designed
to get your school year off to a Great Start. Our sessions will feature the wisdom of experienced superintendents on topics that will give you practical and immediately applicable assistance as you begin your new year. There is no registration fee for these workshops, BUT YOU MUST REGISTER for them. 

Click Here for Registration Materials for one or for all five workshops. 

Click here for the agenda.

Specific agenda info will be available prior to each session. This workshop series is a wonderful opportunity to network with the other new superintendents in Minnesota and a chance for us to get to know you better.

If you need lodging for the Great Start Workshop I, please contact the Hilton Garden Inn City Center Hotel by making your reservation by calling the hotel directly at 651/291-8800 and ask for the “Minnesota Association of School Administrators Block.” Rooms are $129/night plus tax.  The hotel is located several blocks away from the Galtier Plaza Building.

 “The Fresh Start Series”

The Minnesota Association of School Administrators presents a professional development opportunity~ This program is offered to you through the gracious support of ATS & R Planners/Architects/Engineers www.atsr.com Session III - Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at the MASA offices- for directions click here

2010 National Superintendent of the Year Program
Posted May 14, 2009
Please join with other school communities in honoring outstanding educational leadership. Make this the year your district becomes involved in the National Superintendent of the Year Program.

The 2010 application forms are NOW AVAILABLE online at http://www.aasa.org/SOY. Applicants are able to download the forms to their computers, complete them, print and mail to AASA. 

On the Road Again ... Charlie is Out and About
Posted April 9, 2009
The weather might not be exactly balmy, but spring is here and spring region meetings have begun. Here is Charlie's region meeting schedule:

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Jump Starting the Economy in Southern Minnesota
Posted March 18, 2009
A document from the offices of Representative Tim Walz, this document provides information  the Federal Stimulus Package, including the plan for education. To view the document Click Here. 

TRA Fund Proposal Power Point
Posted February 16, 2009
The MN Teachers Retirement Association has a proposal to both stabilize the TRA Fund and to address the need to improve retirement benefits for teachers hired after 1989.  
Click Here to see a power point presentation explaining the TRA proposal.  This proposal has recently been introduced in the MN Legislature as SF 506/ HF 592
For additional information about the Teacher Pension Reform bill visit http://www.tra.state.mn.us/LEGISLATIVE/teacherpensionreform.htm.

2009 Legislative Mandate List
Posted January 20, 2009
To view the list Click Here.

Education Survey of the 2008 MN Legislative Candidates
Posted September 19, 2008
The three professional educational leadership associations, MASSP, MESPA and MASA joined in a partnership, to conduct a survey of Minnesota political candidates for the State Legislature and US Congress. The questions in the survey correspond to our legislative platforms. Those candidates who answered “Yes” to every question are designated as “highly rated education candidates” and are listed on the three web sites of our respective associations. Not all candidates responded to the survey. The questions follow, along with the responses of the political candidates, as a resource for you and your staffs both before and after the November 4th election. To view the survey Click Here

The Bridge to Higher Learning
Posted July 10, 2008
The new vision for Minnesota's high schools should be to prepare every student to earn a credential or a degree at a post-secondary educational institution — whether it is a technical school, two-year college, or four-year college or university. Click Here for more information.

MASA & MSBA Joint NCLB Platform
MASA and MSBA have jointly created a platform in response to NCLB. To learn more Click Here.

Make MASA Your Home Page!
Click Here for information on how to make MASA your home page.

MASA Office
1884 Como Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 651-645-6272
Fax: 651-645-7518