December 2005

Opportunity to Serve on MASSP Board of Directors

Members who wish to serve on the MASSP Board of Directors as President of the Association, Regional Representative or as a Commission Representative representing middle level and high school principals or assistant principals should find this information helpful.

Membership on the MASSP Board of Directors is a professional experience that is both challenging and rewarding. It is an opportunity to serve education through a leadership role in Michigan’s largest building administrator organization. The effective presence of MASSP as a positive influence on Michigan’s secondary schools depends in large measure upon the guidance of a highly qualified, well-informed Board of Directors and professional staff.

Regardless of race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age or disability or veteran status, every professional member principal or assistant principal of MASSP is eligible to become a candidate for membership on the Board of Directors. Members of the Board take justifiable pride in the leadership they provide to the extremely divergent membership, as well as for the thousands of middle level and high school youth. Board members must be aware of, and attuned to, the regional needs and concerns of Michigan; the variety of job responsibilities of individual members; rural, urban, and suburban education; minority considerations; and MASSP’s relationship with other professional organizations and our state government

Commitment to Serve on Board of Directors

The Board of Directors shall consist of the President, President-Elect, the Immediate Past President, Commission Officers, Regional Representatives, and Members At-Large. The Executive Director, the Michigan Association of Middle School Educators Representative, and the Michigan Alternative Educators Organization Representative shall be ex-officio members of the Board of Directors without a vote. (History: amended 9/30/2003)

All Commission Officers and Regional Representatives shall be nominated by petition. Candidates for a Commission shall present petitions containing signatures of at least thirty (30) members. Candidates for a Regional Representative position shall present petitions containing the signatures of at least twenty (20) members from the Region in which they are seeking election. Petitions shall be submitted to the Executive Director no later than 48 hours prior to the Nomination Committee meeting.

A minimum of four meetings per year shall be held:

Expenses. MASSP covers all reasonable travel expenses incurred in the performance of Board responsibilities including travel to and from Board meetings. It does not include registration for conventions or conferences.

Commitment. It should be clear that a prime requisite of candidates who wish to serve on the MASSP Board is a strong commitment to serve. It is also necessary that the candidate’s superintendent, board of education, other building administrators, faculty, and family support the candidate through their term on the Board.

The Board of Directors shall:

1. establish policies and goals of the Association.
   
2. employ an Executive Director to be the Chief Executive Officer of the Association and the Secretary-Treasurer for the Board of Directors and define his or her duties and responsibilities.
   
3. be responsible for establishing time and place of the annual meeting.
   
4. establish and structure Association dues.
   
5. approve annual Association budget.
   
6. prepare and publish policies for the operation of Association Committees consistent with these Bylaws.
   
7. establish Association Committees as needed, and advise the President in the appointment of members and chairs of such Committees.
   
8. specify the duties of the officers.
   

Tell me more about:

• Running to be a Commission Representative?
  
  
• Running to be a Regional Representative?
  
  
• Running to become President-Elect?
  
  
• What’s the Election Process?
  
  
• I want a nomination form! (PDF)