Feb
9
Thu
Board Assistants Conference @ NCSBA Assembly Hall
Feb 9 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Plan to come for training that focuses on your work assisting North Carolina’s boards of education. This day-long workshop is a wonderful opportunity to network and learn from fellow board/superintendent assistants. Click here to view the conference agenda.

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
Mar
23
Thu
Spring Law Conference @ Virtual Event
Mar 23 @ 8:30 am – Mar 24 @ 12:00 pm

The Spring Law Conference will be a virtual event held on March 23-24 via Zoom. Sessions are designed for board members, school administrators, and board attorneys, and will cover topics including parents’ rights, working with your school board attorney, and revisiting book challenge processes. Take a look at our agenda.

Board members and school administrators who attend the full conference will receive 6 hours of continuing education credit. We have applied for attorneys attending the entire conference to receive 6 hours of CLE credit. Important note: this conference will not be recorded.

Jun
12
Mon
Summer Leadership Conference @ Lumina on Wrightsville Beach
Jun 12 @ 8:00 am – Jun 16 @ 1:00 pm

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

Jul
17
Mon
Core Training @ NCSBA Office
Jul 17 @ 10:00 am – Jul 18 @ 3:00 pm

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
Aug
24
Thu
Urban Boards Alliance Symposium @ Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk
Aug 24 @ 12:00 am – Aug 26 @ 12:00 am

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.

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