May 23/24, Edmonton

Collective bargaining:
A legal view

Join the ASBA legal team for a 2-day look at collective bargaining from a legal perspective. Explore the employer’s role; the union’s role; trends in collective bargaining; bargaining in bad faith and writing collective agreements.
Registration
Agenda  

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June 4 /5, Red Deer

Trusteeship 2.0:
Leading in a digital world

Parkland School Division’s George Couros will talk about trends in society; their impact on schools and outline how trustees and senior administrators can learn and lead in this digital context. AB’s former privacy commissioner Frank Work will provoke with his session: Wildly indignant about nearly everything. Register before: May 25, 2012.
Session choices
Online registration
Golf tournament (DOC–142K)
Budget and bylaws bulletin 2012 (PDF–1.0M)

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Sept. 30/Oct. 2, Banff

Time for a Student Health Revolution conference

Join us at the Fairmont Banff Springs for this student health conference with keynote speakers: André Picard, public health reporter, Globe and Mail; Dr. Mark Tremblay, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Dr. Bruce Perry, Child Trauma Academy, Houston and Dr. Kim Raine, University of Alberta. Reserve your room at the Banff Springs Hotel today. Call 1.403.762.6866 and ask for the Alberta School Boards Association group block to get the preferred rate.
Conference Information and Registration

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Law and education for educators/trustees

The ASBA offers 4 different vehicles to learn more about the law and public education.
Videoconferences

vis-à-vis legal newsletter
Heads-up: Toronto school board adopts concussion policy
Mar. 2012
Pay-per-view videos
In camera meetings:
What – if anything – should be private?

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Milestones

2010-11 Annual Report

A new governance model for school boards, tackling trustee acclamation rates, celebrating excellence in teaching and school boards, learning from one another...it's all in a year's work. Read our story. (PDF–7.2MB: Best viewed in full-screen mode)

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Community engagement
for school boards

Resources and research for school boards who want to connect with their communities.