Dear Massachusetts School Business Administrator,

The structure for the MASBO School Business Administrator's Bookshelf is supplemental to the ASBO International's Professional Standards and geared specifically to Massachusetts. "ASBO International's Professional Standards" were developed for school business officials by ASBO's Professional Standards Committee. These standards organize the various duties and responsibilities of our profession. This web site is the toolkit, file cabinet, or bookshelf of what every Massachusetts School Business Administrator must reference on a regular or sometimes infrequent basis.

The Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials have made available the past issues of its bi-monthly newsletter for reference.

MASBO MATTERS

The Professional Standards are grouped into the following seven areas:

Educational Enterprise;
Financial Resource Management;
Human Resource Management;
Facility Management;
Property Acquisition and Management;
Information Management; and
Ancillary Services (Risk Management, Transportation, and Food Service)

Also included are examples of within this web site or links to the Members Only section of the web site.

ASBO created Professional Self Assessments to direct and assist the gaining of knowledge by school business administrators nationwide in the above standards. Their web site will direct you through the process of self evaluation, peer evaluation, or superintendent evaluation using an objective evaluation instrument.

"Using ASBO International's Standards to Map Your Professional Growth and Development Plan" ASBO published the article in the October 2002 issue of School Business Affairs magazine. Click here to find a download of this article . by Susan Stratton, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Leadership in Educational and Sport Organizations at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.

"Professional Self-Assessments - Mapping Skills, Charting a Course for Growth" ASBO published the article in the April 2003 issue of School Business Affairs magazine. Click here to find a download of this article by By Mark J. Aronstein ASBO International's Web Manager.

The Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials, Mentorship Committee hopes that you find this format helpful, not only for your day to day needs, but also to provide a context for completing and maintaining professional licensure as required by the Massachusetts Department of Education. The Mentorship Committee would appreciate any feedback on the effectiveness of this format for you as a School Business Administrator. Please let us know of any additions you would like to see in the future.

Contact information and requests for content to be added may be made through the MASBO Executive Director or the site originator. Please contact the site originator if you find a web link broken.

Sincerely,

MASBO Mentorship Committee
Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials
84 Brick Kiln Rd.
Chelmsford, MA 01824

Nota Bene: This is a vendor advertising free site. Content is generated through MASBO member volunteers who take content knowledge presented in a wide variety of arenas and synthesize it to meet the needs of the membership. When possible, links to other sites containing published materials will be used to maintain the integrity of copyrite. It does not mean this web site or the Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials have endorsement agreements. Presentations housed on this site have the expressed permission from the author and presenter and understand that it is an open educational forum.

Site Originator : Mary Ellen Dunn (contact information available through MASBO membership directory)