The Urban Boards Alliance (UBA) has invited you to their preconference day in Tampa, Florida. Before COSSBA’s Inaugural National Conference, UBA Day will provide professional development to urban, suburban, and rural boards with challenging environments. Join key speakers Dr. Donna M. Beegle, Poverty Expert, and Dr. Steve Gallon, III, Vice Chair and School Board Member of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, as they address topics of difficulty for students across the country. More information about the UBA Day can be found here.
To register for the Urban Boards Alliance Day, click here. Early-bird registration is $199. After January 28, 2023, the cost is $249. Hotels with shuttle capabilities are listed here.
We look forward to seeing you in Florida.
The Consortium of State School Boards Associations is hosting its Inaugural National Conference in Tampa, Florida. Join us for professional development for school board members and district leaders across the country. The agenda can be found here. Speakers include Amy Blankson, Chuck Underwood, and John Quinones. More information on them can be found here. The conference will be held in the Tampa Convention Center. A list of hotels that provide shuttles is listed here.
To register for the conference, please visit www.cossba.org. Early-bird registration is $549. After January 28, 2023, the cost is $599.
We look forward to seeing you there.
LIVE WEBINAR | Monday, May 15, 2023 | 12:00-1:00 PM
Join the Governmental Relations team to review what legislation made the General Assembly’s crossover deadline and which pieces did not.
Make plans to join us for our Summer Leadership Conference, June 12-16 in Wrightsville Beach. Participants are able to register for one day or all five days. The agenda will be available soon. Each day begins at 8 a.m. and concludes by 1 p.m. NCSBA has reserved a block of rooms for attendees. A draft agenda is available here.
Currently, the room block is full; however, registration is still open.
Hotel Information:
Lumina on Wrightsville Beach
1706 N. Lumina Ave.
Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480
Click the link to make a reservation: NC School Boards Association
Other area hotel:
Shell Island Resort
Please join us as we explore the issue of food insecurity and how it impacts children and families across the United States, along with practical steps that school districts can take to address opportunities in their communities. Roxanne Moore, executive director of the Stop Hunger Foundation, will guide an interactive conversation with a team of community, healthcare, and education experts to explore the root causes of food insecurity and examine the social, economic, and environmental factors that contribute to the problem.
The panelists will provide insights and share experiences about the challenges faced by individuals and families who lack access to affordable and nutritious food. We’ll then discuss how schools and their community partners operating as Nutrition Hubs, ones that operate federal child nutrition programs year-round, can help alleviate this issue while raising awareness, promoting dialogue and collaboration among stakeholders, and advancing efforts to ensure that all students have access to healthy, nutritious foods.
This is a FREE webinar to all COSSBA members. COSSBA’s Urban Boards Program is focused on supporting boards of education as they work to address the unique challenges students from challenging environments face daily. The program’s focus is identifying solutions, research-based practices, and best practices to support student success for every child, especially those who are challenged by barriers that have traditionally impeded their success.
Core Training is NCSBA’s foundational sessions for new and veteran board members. Participants learn to strengthen their governance skills and solidify their boardsmanship foundation.
This two-day session will cover leadership, advocacy, and the required ethics training for school board members. Core Training topics include the following. An agenda is available here.
- Leadership Training – basic boardsmanship dos and don’ts, board/superintendent roles and responsibilities, school finance, and school board liability.
- Advocacy Training – board members’ advocacy work, a legislative update on current issues, NCSBA’s member-approved legislative agenda, and a how-to talk on effectively engaging legislators.
- School Law Training – the required ethics training for school board members, maintaining legally compliant policies for schools, and access to NC’s open meetings law and public records law videos.
Hotel suggestions:
- Hampton Inn: 1229 Wake Towne Dr, Raleigh, NC 27609, (919) 831-4700
- Fairfield Inn: 6408 Capital Blvd, Raleigh, NC 27616, (919) 878-1120
- Courtyard Marriott: 3401 Sumner Blvd, Raleigh, NC 27616, (919) 645-0088
Our new Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) program is a partnership between NCSBA and each of the state’s education service alliances. Through this partnership, NCSBA plans to deliver regional training each spring and fall. The training this fall will include a legislative update and a board development session. The cost to attend is $79 per person.
To find the education service alliance for your school district, click here.
Information for each training is listed below. Click on agenda to view a draft agenda for the meeting.
| Education Service Alliance | Date and Time | Location |
| Northeast Regional Education Service Alliance |
Monday, August 14 2-5 p.m. agenda |
Sen. Bob Martin Eastern Agricultural Center NC Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services 2900 NC Highway 125 South Williamston, NC 27892-8107 |
| Southeast Education Alliance | Tuesday, August 15 8-11 a.m. agenda |
Eastern Regional Skills Center Burton Industrial Park 261 NW Corridor Blvd. Jacksonville, NC 28540 |
| Sandhills Region Education Consortium | Thursday, August 17 9-12 p.m. agenda |
Sandhills Community College Clement Dining Room 3395 Airport Road Pinehurst, NC 28374 |
| Southwest Education Alliance | Friday, August 18 11-2 p.m. agenda |
UNC Charlotte Cato College of Education Room 007 8838 Craver Road Charlotte, NC 28223 |
| Central Carolina Regional Education Service Alliance | Thursday, August 31 8-11 a.m. agenda |
NCSBA Assembly Hall 7208 Falls of Neuse Rd Raleigh, NC, 27615 |
| Piedmont-Triad Education Consortium | Thursday, August 31 4-7 p.m. agenda |
The Conference Center at GTCC 7908 Leabourne Road Colfax, NC 27235 |
| Northwest Regional Education Service Alliance | Wednesday, September 6 8-11 a.m. agenda |
Stone Center – Wilkes County Schools 613 Cherry Street North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 |
| Western Regional Education Service Alliance | Thursday, September 7 11-2 p.m. agenda |
WRESA Office 200 Ridgefield Court, Suite 206 Asheville, NC 28806 |
Save the date for the 2023 COSSBA Urban Boards Alliance Symposium slated for August 24-25 in Chicago, IL. Information will be shared when available.
2023 Fall Law Conference Agenda:
2023 Fall Law Conference Agenda
Register today!
NCSBA is gearing up for the 2023 Fall Law Conference. Register now to join us October 11-13 in Asheville.
Conference registration is $199 per day. Our draft agenda includes sessions covering school law topics designed for board members, school administrators, and board attorneys alike. Board members, please contact your board assistant to register.
Hotel
The deadline to book your room at the Renaissance Asheville hotel at NCSBA’s special rate is September 13.
Please note that rooms in the conference block are only for those registered for the conference. To ensure that conference registrants have the opportunity to stay at the conference hotel, individuals who are not registered for the conference by September 12 may be removed from the conference block.
Save the date and check back for conference details at www.ncsba.org/training/annual-conference.