Leadership Development
WSSDA offers training programs, events and tools developed to maximize leadership and governance abilities for improved student learning. These services provide practical strategies and resources to help your board and superintendent function as a high-performing team. Because WSSDA is the only organization representing the…
Policy & Legal
WSSDA can help your district stay on track with the most current policies and legal developments. We offer a variety of services and publications to support effective school district governance. Free Member Services Staff members are available via telephone and email to provide timely…
Strategic Advocacy
Led by education policy professionals, WSSDA’s strategic advocacy branch exists to: WSSDA’s advocacy platform is comprised of legislative and permanent positions adopted at General Assembly that reflect the beliefs, values, and interests of Washington’s 1,477 school board members.To support all Washington school boards, WSSDA’s…
Keynote Recordings
These are the keynotes from the 2019 WSSDA Annual Conference held November 21-24. Day 1 Keynote: John Norlin Day 2 Keynote: Erin Jones Day 3 Keynote: Robert Hand
WSSDA Trust Lands Advisory Committee continues to make an impact
This week, the Washington State Board of Natural Resources (BNR) adopted two major strategies that affect the K-12 common school trust and specific districts with forest board lands within their borders. Leading up to BNR’s strategy adoption, WSSDA’s government relations team and Trust Lands Advisory Committee (TLAC) worked…
Big changes for the WSSDA website
Upgrading the technology behind WSSDA’s website had long been on the to-do list. But, in early November, it became clear that it couldn’t wait until January. The content management system and subscriber database were growing increasingly unstable, so an urgent upgrade was made to…
Results from Director Area Election Meetings at the 2019 Annual Conference
This morning, every WSSDA director area held an election meeting at the 2019 Annual Conference. At these meetings, school directors selected from among their peers to fill open positions on select WSSDA committees and the WSSDA board. Here are the results: WSSDA Board of…
WSSDA announces 2019 Boards of the Year
At WSSDA’s 2019 Annual Conference, Mabton, Riverside, and Clover Park School Districts have been named Boards of the Year in the categories of small, medium, and large school districts, respectively. Picked from among 34 Boards of Distinction, these boards were particularly successful at showing…
2019 Boards of Distinction announced
For the fifth year in a row, applications have increased to the Boards of Distinction program organized by the Washington State School Directors’ Association (WSSDA). This year, 37 school boards applied compared to 34 last year. “Awarded or not, for a board to go…
Crafting a legacy
The WSSDA Board of Directors has spent the last six months working on an equity statement to guide WSSDA’s work. In February the WSSDA Board unanimously approved the following statement: “Equity is foundational to the work of WSSDA. Educational equity can only exist when…