Opportunity to Serve on MASSP Board of Directors

There are opportunities for members who wish to serve as President of the Association, Regional Representative or as a Commission Representative that represents middle level, high school and CTE regional center principals or assistant principals.

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 officers shall be nominated by petition. Candidates shall present petitions containing electronic signatures of at least ten (10) MASSP members. Candidates for a President Elect position shall present petitions containing the electronic signatures of at least twenty (20) MASSP members. Electronic signatures can be easily obtained through our online process. Petitions shall be submitted electronically no later than the close of the nomination process.

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 Delegate

• Running to become President-Elect

• The election process

• I want a nomination form! (PDF)