2010 AASB Annual Conference

Thank you to school board members and school districts who participated and contributed to making our 57th Annual Conference a success! AASB would also like to thank our sponsors and exhibitors for their support. Below are links to materials from the four-day event organized by day/date.

Photos: YLI; General Conf. (Flickr.com)
(for more photos of AASB events, click on the "sets" link at the top of the flickr page)

Thursday, Nov. 11
Experienced Board Members 

School Board Budgeting (pdf)
Sitka FY2011 Preliminary Operating Budget
Lon Garrison, Sitka School Board

Board's Fiduciary Responsibility (pdf) 
Joseph Reeves, AASB Associate Exec. Director

Board Member’s Role in Budget Preparation (pdf)
Reviewing the Budget (pdf)
Financial Case Studies (pdf)
Valerie Covel and Jim Nygaard, Cordova School District

Demystifying Budgets & How to Use Data to Make Budgetary Decisions (pdf)
Stewart McDonald, Superintendent Kodiak Island Borough School District

Friday, Nov. 12

Predicting academic success (or Failure) from Cradle to College (pdf)
Lynn Fielding keynote

Cyberbullying (pdf)
Ann Gifford, Faulkner Banfield, P.C.

Kindergarten Readiness: Supporting Families (pdf)
Lynn Fielding sectional (NAEYC)

Assessments and Curriculum (pdf)
Norm Wooten, Kodiak Borough School District

Bullying, Where do Your Students Fit? (pdf)
Jan Davis, Anchorage School District

Ethics Training (pdf)
Anchorage School District

AASB's Board Self-Assessment (pdf)
Tammy Fowler-Pound, Joseph Reeves

Saturday, Nov. 13

Southcentral Foundation (pdf)
Katherine Gottlieb keynote

Alaska's State Standards for Education: How are they measuring up? (pdf)
Erik McCormick, EED

Sunday, Nov. 14

Survival Tips on Robert's Rules (pdf)
Sue Hull, Fairbanks Borough School District

Reducing Dropouts through Improving School Climate (pdf)
Photos: List 1, List 2, List 3,
List 4, List 5
Hank Overturf, AASB Staff

more presentation materials to come as they are made available...