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On a school committee, the chair has special responsibilities well beyond those of his or her colleagues. This School Committee Chair’s Guide is designed to help explain these responsibilities and to offer insights into effective board leadership.
Those who govern and administer the Commonwealth’s public schools must share a vision, a clear purpose, and the ability and courage to lead. The Center for Public School Leadership has merged educational reform and Massachusetts Department of Education guidelines to create a document reflective of current school governance in Massachusetts.
Annual Forms Booklet Every Spring we send membership a packet of very important material relating to election of officers of
MASC advocates on behalf of Massachusetts school committees in all legislative and regulatory arenas, including at the state and federal levels. The issues that are followed by Association staff, the MASC Board of Directors, MASC’s Legislative Committee and representatives to the Federal Relations Network have a direct impact on school district budgets, employer-employee relations, and the governance authority of every school committee in the Commonwealth.
The MASC Member Handbook provides detailed guidance on the challenging yet rewarding responsibilities of school committee membership.
New to the school committee? Find commonly asked questions and answers.
Watch this second installment of the NSBA video series on How to Lobby Your Member of Congress. See Part I