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 ONLY 4 WEEKS LEFT to reserve HOUSING at special rates for Leadership Conference 2009: Education is Minnesota's Life Saver- Join us Thursday, Jan. 15, and Friday, Jan. 16, 2009 for the 88th Minnesota School Boards Association Leadership Conference at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
- Keynote Speakers include Author Jason Ryan Dorsey, who will inspire you with his story of how educators changed his life; and Wavelength, an award-winning acting ensemble that uses humor and improvisation to train education professionals.
- MSBA also offers a long list of training workshops, a huge exhibit hall, and recognition of outstanding board members. The best thing is: IT'S FREE!
- Register before Dec. 12th to get a discounted rate on hotels near the conference. To make your hotel room reservation, click here.
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Applications Now Accepted for 2008-09 Local Government Innovations Award MSBA, in cooperation with the Humphrey Institute, is again participating in the Local Government Innovations Award program. This program recognizes school districts that work cooperatively with other city, county or other agencies to increase efficiency, use collaboration or improve management processes. All applications must be e-mailed to Susan Earle at the Humphrey Institute by Friday, Jan. 16.
Click here to download the 2008-09 Local Government Innovation Award application.
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Attention Delegate Assembly Members! Housing Now Available. The MSBA Delegate Assembly is scheduled for Sunday, December 7 and Monday, December 8, 2008 at the Doubletree Park Place Hotel (1500 Park Place Boulevard) in St. Louis Park. To make your housing reservations, click on the DA housing link (to the left). To ensure availability and to access the group rate, you must make your housing arrangements at the DoubleTree no later than Saturday, November 22. (Please don't confuse the DA housing link with the 2009 Leadership Conference housing link elsewhere on this site.)
Watch for the Delegate Assembly program in the coming weeks!
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MSBA To Offer Another Round of Free PaySchools™ Online Demonstrations PaySchools™ (online payment system) has scheduled four more free demonstrations! Previous web demonstrations were well-received and interest remains high, so MSBA, MASA and many of your area Service Cooperatives, together with PaySchools™, are inviting you to join us for an hour long demonstration of the PaySchools™ system. Pat Ricci, PaySchools’ National Marketing Director, will lead the discussion and demonstrate the system.
PaySchools™ provides schools with an easy and efficient method to collect fees and receive electronic payments for school lunches, field trips, registrations, prom tickets, apparel, fundraisers, donations and any other school-related fees. PaySchools™ makes it possible for all schools to offer parents the convenience of online purchasing and payment without incurring large administration or setup costs. And there is good news for SMART Finance users. PaySchools™, in cooperation with the folks at SMART Finance, has been customized for Minnesota school districts that use SMART Finance!
Simply Click Here to register for your desired PaySchools™ web demo. Choose from one of four dates to experience this online payment system.
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Reducing Energy Costs in Local Government Conference Registration is now open for the 2009 Reducing Energy Costs in Local Government Conference 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, at the St. Cloud Civic Center. MSBA has joined with several government groups to offer ideas on energy savings. Tuition is $40. Register by FAX or mail before Jan. 16.
For more information and to register, click here.
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Linking Learning and Health Interview with Dr. Howell Wechsler MSBA's Greg Abbott interviews Dr. Howell Wechsler of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about how schools can develop policies to link learning with healthy life choices. Wechsler was the keynote speaker for the MSBA-Minnesota Department of Education conference Linking Learning and Health.
To see the interview with Dr. Wechsler, click here.
To see Dr. Howell Wechsler's Powerpoint on Linking Learning to Health, click here
For a list of Health Resources, click here.
For information on the SHIP plan, click here
For information on the November Health Webcast, click here.
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