"On the Road w/ Charlie".... positions opening up

This message is directed to the members of the Minnesota Association of School Administrators (MASA) from Executive Director, Charlie Kyte.

The audio podcast is 6 1/2 minutes long.

MASA ELECTIONS COMING UP SOON

Nominations for MASA Officers, Board positions and AASA Governing Board members closes this week. By next week we will share the slate of members running for each position. Campaigns can be mounted in February and ballots will be sent out about March 1. We will know the election results by the time of the MASA Spring Conference.

MASA SPRING CONFERENCE

Mark your calendars for April 3 & 4. The spring conference will be at the Bloomington Sheraton Hotel and registration materials will be coming out in the next couple of weeks. Mia Urick, the MASA Conference Manager has a really good conference coming together.

IT'S "CLEAR AND COLD" TODAY

30 degrees below zero in northern Minnesota along with -50 degree wind chills. Blizzard conditions in south eastern Minnesota. I wish the AASA National Convention, scheduled for Tampa, FL in mid February was being held right now!

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS ARE OPENING UP

We expect to see 60-70 Superintendent positions open tis year along with quite a few central office administrative positions. The search firms are meeting with school districts and are actively recruiting prospective candidates. A number of you have called me to indicate an interest in making a move and if there are others thinking about a move, please call me. I will help to make sure the search firms know that you are interested.

PRE-LEGISLATIVE SESSION ACTIVITY

It almost seems like the session has begun. Valerie Dosland, MASA's ace lobbyist has me meeting daily with legislative leaders as we explain the positions of MASA. In addition we are going to various caucus fundraisers and meeting with many of the other lobbyists that try to influence the legislators on education related subjects.

WATCH FOR THE NEW MASA BLOG

Within 2 or 3 weeks MASA will create a new Blog site. This new site will provide you with messages in 3 formats.... text, audio and video. The staff is all working together to get the new technology to work. If you are interested in Blogging to your staff or community, give us a call and we will help you get going.