2025 First-Term Board Member Webinar Series
Registration for all webinars is now open!
Whether you’re just getting started on your board, or want to brush up on the basics, AASB’s First Term Board Member Webinar Series is for you! Click the links below to register.
Miss a webinar? Recordings and resources from completed 2025 First-Term Board Members Series webinars can be accessed on AASB Connect.
NOTE: Member login for AASB Connect is required to access recorded videos.
Questions? Contact Katie Oliver.
Webinar Schedule
All meetings are from 12:00–1:00 pm on Tuesdays
Welcome to the Board and AASB Board Standards
Presented October 29, 2024
Join AASB staff as we welcome all newly elected School Board Members to your new role! During this session, we’ll touch on the AASB Board Standards, which all member districts of AASB have adopted. This will help provide a basic understanding of what is entailed in School Board membership.
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Conducting Effective Meetings & Roberts Rules of Order Basics
Presented November 19, 2024
Do your board meetings run smoothly? Does everyone get an equal chance to participate? Does your meeting agenda make sense, and is it effective? Are you new to using Robert’s Rules of Order? This webinar will help new and more experienced members gain a better idea of how meetings should proceed and what you can do to help!
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The Funding Formula with DEED
Presented December 17, 2024
The Alaska Funding Formula can be intimidating when one first joins the school board. This special presentation on the funding formula by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development staff members Jared De Lara, Foundation program specialist, and Lori Weed, School Finance Manager, will help you better understand what goes into the funding formula so you can better understand the development of your district’s budget.
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School Law Basics
Presented January 7, 2025
Join AASB and Clint Campion, Attorney, Sedor Wendlandt Evans & Filippi, as we explore the basic laws that govern and regulate public education in Alaska. Clint’s practice focuses on litigation, education law, health care law, and employment law. His prior litigation experience focused on criminal jury trials and military courts-martial. Clint has expertise in representing service members and peace officers in need of legal representation. This informative hour with Clint will cover state and federal statutes and practices affecting a school board’s role and responsibility.
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School Board and Superintendent Team
January 21, 2025 | 12-1 pm
The relationship between the school board and the superintendent is a critical one if you are to be successful in achieving the goals of the board and the vision of education for your district. This webinar, hosted by an AASB staff member and an experienced superintendent, will explore what it takes for each board member to establish and maintain a working and communicative relationship with the superintendent. The superintendent is a key leader and member of your board team. Find out how you can learn what their role and your role is and how you can foster a productive relationship!
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Effective Advocacy
February 4, 2025 | 12-1 pm
Delve into the dynamics of the legislature and explore strategies designed to help education advocates effectively navigate the upcoming legislative session. We’ll examine ways to engage in productive conversations with legislators, the importance of civil discourse in today’s polarized political climate, and harnessing the power of data-driven storytelling to highlight the urgent needs of our schools.
Community Engagement Strategies
February 18, 2025 | 12-1 pm
Please join our exceptional Conditions for Learning (CFL) team as they lead a discussion on the board’s role in supporting and working to improve community engagement with the district. AASB will look at how community engagement is an integral part of a well-functioning board and has direct connections to the five AASB Board Standards: Vision, Structure, Accountability, Advocacy, and Conduct/Ethics.