Session Tracks Help You Design Your Professional Development

Design your own conference schedule to fit your professional development needs! All Annual Meeting sessions — including Workshops and Seminars— are aligned with ASBO International’s School Business Management Professional Standards to highlight the areas of interest that most affect you as a school business official.

Search Discussion Groups, Other Daily Sessions in ASBO's Itinerary Planner

ASBO's Itinerary Planner can help you search the 2012 session listings online, choose your favorites, and send your schedule — complete with room numbers — to your Outlook account and PDA. You can search by topic, date, or speaker to find the professional development that meets your needs.  Or, you can also browse the complete list for all sessions related to a particular track.  Bookmark this page — the Itinerary Planner will be available soon!

Educational Enterprise
Focuses on public policy, intergovernmental relations, and the legal frameworks that affect schools.
 

Financial Resource Management
Provides expertise on the effects of financial management on budgeting, financial planning and reporting, accounting, investments, debt management, and business technology.
 

Human Resource Management
Addresses personnel management concepts and leadership styles, including personnel and benefits administration, professional development, labor relations, and employment agreements.


Facility Management
Focuses on the latest in school planning and construction, school maintenance, and the environmental aspects of school operations.
 

Property Acquisition and Management
Focuses on purchasing, supply and fixed-asset management, and real estate management.
 

Information Management
Deals with critical information on strategic planning, instructional support programs, and management information systems.
 

Ancillary Services
Addresses issues involving transportation, risk management, and food service.
 

International Aspects
Focuses on global school business management issues.
 

Leadership Development
Focuses on aspects of developing leadership skills in the field of school business management.


Social Responsibility
Addresses a principle that integrates social, environmental, and financial successes into operations and policies. SR is building green school facilities, purchasing local produce for the cafeteria, creating volunteer tutoring programs, encouraging quality of life for your employees, explaining your budget to your community.  Look for this icon in the Annual Meeting Program Book distributed at the registration desk.

 Economic Recovery/Stimulus
Sessions directly related to the economic stimulus (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) and/or featuring revenue generating or cost saving strategies to aid your district’s economic recovery and promote education reform. Look for this icon in the Annual Meeting Program Book distributed at the registration desk.

   Look for CPE Credits
Some educational sessions offer Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits. ASBO International is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. Get complete information on CPE and CEU Credits here.