Annual Goals
(approved by R6 Executive Committee October 7, 2022)
Region 6 Focus Areas: Membership and Communication
Issue: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Objective: Provide engaging, career-long leadership development opportunities for all members.
By 2023:
- A strategy has been developed to identify and support personal and professional leadership development along a career pathway – from pre-certification through retirement.
- Implementation of supports at each career stage is underway.
- A system is in place that leverages the collective expertise of members to support development of leadership in others.
- Enlist superintendents in the region to be key collaborators in membership recruitment including conversations of supporting membership dues
- Create affinity groups for co-administrators and classified leaders
- Select alternate region leadership positions (Board of Directors)
- Offer a mentor (formal or informal) to each new member
- Share personal stories in newsletters
- Offer monetary incentives or complimentary registration
- Reach out to new administrators and credential students
- Survey non-members on their reasons of not being members
Issue: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT – DELIVERY/REINFORCEMENT
Objective: Improve member access to convenient, ongoing development opportunities that reflect the latest trends in professional learning.
By 2023:
- Members are recognized when they gain new competencies and reach new professional development milestones.
- Continue virtual workshops
- Collaborate with partners/sponsors
- Offer workshops that support members’ personal needs (e.g. retirement, insurance)
- Recognize Academy graduates, advance degrees, other awards
- Partner or co-sponsor with other administrators groups (e.g. CASBO, CAAASA, CALSA)
- Open PD’s to non-members
Issue: MEMBER COMMUNICATION
Objective: Raise member awareness of ACSA benefits, services and initiatives, and the overall value of ACSA membership and engagement.
By 2023:
II.A more comprehensive member database is being developed to better target member interests and preferences for communication.
- Welcome (Onboard) each new member by Vice President of Membership and Ambassador (notes, phone calls, visits, etc.)
- Highlight more about ACSA legislative actions and focus on equity in newsletters
- Send one monthly communication specifically through superintendents for sharing
- Feature an administrator a month that includes their reasons for joining ACSA (through Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
- Increase public visibility (e.g. public comments at Board meetings, media releases)
- Provide printed copies of talking points about ACSA benefits, shared through charters and districts