Arkansas School Boards Association ~ Helping Arkansas School Boards Improve Student Achievement



	ASBA Boardmanship Program ASBA encourages the efforts of board members to enhance their personal boardmanship skills and to promote their local boards and the Arkansas School Boards Association. ASBA has set up a Boardmanship Program in which individual board members and entire school boards are recognized for their training and service. Individual Board Member Recognition Program The Arkansas School Boards Association encourages the efforts of board members to enhance their personal boardmanship skills and to promote their local boards and the Arkansas School Boards Association. The ASBA certifies the completion of in-service training and recognizes other activities by members that promote good school governance through the ASBA Boardmanship Awards Program. School Board Recognition Program ASBA recognizes Arkansas school boards for achieving educational excellence and ethical service to the students of their districts. The awards are designed to recognize boards that operate through a team effort, a shared vision, and a unified commitment to provide the best possible climate for, and program of, educational Arkansas School Boards Association Boardmanship Awards Program opportunity to their local communities. Receiving Boardsmanship Credit A boardmanship credit form will be available to register earned hours at all ASBA functions. Forms may also be requested for participation in other activities not directly sponsored by, but accepted by ASBA. These must be validated by your superintendent and ASBA staff. Dr. Daniel L. Pilkinton Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education Do you have an outstanding colleague on your board, administrator, teacher, school attorney, or any person in your school community who you feel is worthy of a state award? If so, nominating this person for ASBA’s Dr. Dan Pilkinton Award would indicate your appreciation of his or her accomplishments. Criteria for the award and a nomination form is available below. Please complete one for each nominee. Feel free to reproduce as many forms as needed. The criteria for the award is also included with the form. ASBA will present the annual award named after Dr. Dan, which will recognize outstanding service to public education. The award will be presented at the ASBA Luncheon during our annual ASBA Conference in December. Criteria to be used for selection of nominees are: The nominee must have made some significant contribution to Arkansas public education or to education in any of its communities through meritorious service in roles as an outstanding educator, which may include, but not be limited to: school board member, administrator, teacher, school attorney, other school employee, legislator, elected official or school patron. The nomination need not be restricted to the year in which the award is given, but may be for a singular experience in any one year or for cumulative experiences over a period of years. Nominations may be valid for up to three years after submission. Nominations may be made by Arkansas school boards which are ASBA members, the superintendent of any ASBA-member district, or by individual school board members. The nominating data should include the name of the nominee, the contributions upon which the nomination is based, and any supporting data relative to the nominee and his/her qualifications for the award. Nomination deadline is October 30. Mail the completed forms to: Award Committee, ASBA, 808 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Little Rock, AR 72202-3646. You also may fax the materials to the ASBA office at (501) 375-2454. Related Links: ASBA Boardmanship Program ASBA Scholarship Program Arkansas Study Circles Project District Insurance Member Services Related Downloads (pdf): Dr. Dan Nomination form ASBA Boardmanship Program ASBA Scholarship Application ~ MSWord version