2023 VSBA Year At A Glance
January
January 30 & 31 – Capital Conference
Board members and superintendents annually meet when the General Assembly is in session to be briefed on education issues before the General Assembly and to learn effective lobbying techniques. This seminar provides participants with the opportunity to be personally involved in the legislative process.
January 31– New Chair and Vice Chair Orientation
This comprehensive day-long conference is designed specifically to give new Chairs and Vice Chairs an overview of the basics of boardsmanship.
January 31 – New School Board Member & Superintendent Orientation
This comprehensive day-long conference is designed specifically to give new school board members and superintendents an overview of the basics of boardsmanship.
March
March 15 – Hot Topic Conference
This conference will be focusing specifically on multiple hot topics in education.
April
April 13 – Hot Topic Conference
This conference brings together dynamic speakers addressing issues that are important and relevant to every school division.
April 27 – Clerks Spring Conference
Join us for the annual school board clerks spring conference. This conference will feature important topics of interest to both new, and seasoned school board clerks and will involve interactive discussion groups for attendees.
June
June 2 – School Law Conference
Designed to provide an update on basic principles of school law and emerging issues, this conference is vital to school board members, superintendents, and school board attorneys. It is held annually during the first week of June.
July
July 13 – VSBA Conference on Education
The program includes a general session speaker and a multitude of mini-workshops on current educational issues.
September
September 21 – Legislative Advocacy Conference
This conference offers participants the opportunity to learn about upcoming issues for the legislative session, best practices in state-level advocacy, and hot topics in education policy.
November
November 15-17 – VSBA Annual Convention
Held each fall, this is the largest gathering of school board members in the state. This conference offers general session speakers, seminars, regional meetings and the annual business meeting of the Association’s Delegate Assembly.
2023 VSBA Meetings and Conferences