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2009 CASB Annual Convention

DVDs

If you would like DVD copies of Saturday afternoon’s General Session with Dr. Phillip Boyle or Sunday’s General Session TABOR debate with Ken DeLay and Barry Poulson, please fill out the form below and fax/mail to CASB.

DVD Order Form

Session handouts

The slides from Dr. Boyle's governance session are available below. The slides are divided in half due to file size.
Following is the contact information for the general session presenters:
If you would like handouts of any breakout presenters, please contact Renée Combs, to get a copy of materials.

Share what you learned

We encourage everyone to take what you learned and share it with your community. Discuss it in board of education meetings. Let school staff know how you are incorporating information from the Convention in your board and district work. Inform the community through newsletters, public meetings and your Web site the value of attending the CASB Convention. Be prepared to share what you and the district gain from Convention with those who might question the cost of attending.

Again thank you for attending, and if you have additional comments about your Convention experience, please contact us.

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December 3-6, 2009
The Broadmoor Hotel
Colorado Springs
Robust and well-functioning school boards are more important now than they have ever been. Preparing students for the global economy begins at home, and local leadership makes a real difference for our students and communities. The role of the school board has changed.  Boards can no longer simply respond to administrative directives; they are now required to govern.  They must create, collaborate and communicate.  They must balance competing values and meet diverse needs.  They must make data-driven policy decisions and use scarce resources wisely.  They must work with the superintendent as a highly functioning governance team. CASB’s 2009 Convention offers essential tools that empower boards to excel at governing their districts…tools that lead to tangible change. 

The 2009 Annual Convention will be filled with opportunities for boards to build skills to strengthen their board roles and capabilities.

Preconvention sessions will provide you with:

  • New Board Member Track, to bring new board members up-to-speed and to prepare them for the upcoming challenges.
  • PR Academy Track, to build your skills in strategic communications, community engagement, and finance, elections and crisis communications.
  • Student Achievement Track, to help you govern more effectively by increasing student achievement and utilizing CDE's Growth Model in a meaningful, results-oriented way.
  • Superintendent Track, Larry Cuban to talk about sustainability of reform and the role that funding plays in keeping a federal, state or district reform alive and kicking.
  • Key People Track, to enhance skills for superintendents' secretaries and secretaries to the board that will support their key role.

General Sessions will include:

  • Mark Scharenbroich, to provide you ideas for gaining community support and strengthening board team connections.
  • Dr. John Medina, to open the door to your brain, helping you understand how it can work best, and how his 12 Brain Rules can be applied to education in the classroom.
  • Sunday’s session, providing an undoubtedly riveting debate on TABOR and whether it helps or hinders representative democracy.
  • NEW this year – An in-depth session with Phil Boyle! In response to member requests for more opportunity to focus on important board governance work, CASB will be offering an intensive governance workshop on Saturday afternoon. Led by governance guru Phil Boyle, members will learn how to balance competing values of your constituency, address key board leadership challenges, make sustainable policy decisions through the use of practical principles and craft integrative policy solutions that satisfy many of the values of your constituents.

Student Leadership Strand is back!

 
This strand, for high school student leaders grades 10-12, runs concurrently with the convention. A popular event every year, students will have the opportunity to learn from each other, policymakers and education leaders in a fun, supportive environment.  Space is limited, so register early!

We hope to see you there!


Annual Convention Brochure  (3.5 MB)

Convention Program  (4.5 MB)

Agenda At a Glance  (472 KB)

The Broadmoor Map


Hotel Information

The Broadmoor Hotel reservations will be available online only at CASB’s Web site on Monday, October 5 at 9:00 a.m. The Broadmoor has agreed to offer the same hotel room rates as last year!


General Convention information

     School District Banners (Display yours at the Convention)

     CASB Student Art Exhibit

Business Opportunities

     Exhibiting

     Sponsorships

     Convention Program Advertising