Masters in Governance now has 1,000 grads

Maria Diaz-Slocum, a member of the Redwood City Elementary School District and a Region 5 representative in the association’s Delegate Assembly, now also holds the distinction of being the 1,000th graduate of CSBA’s Masters in Governance program—or MiG, as it’s known.

Davis Campbell, president of the Governance Institute which developed and runs the innovative program, praised all the graduates and the other thousand or so board members and superintendents who have attended portions of the unique training. MiG’s curriculum, with 60 hours of integrated instruction in effective governance, including policy analysis, student learning and achievement, school finance, community relations and advocacy, and other topics, is offered in a series of two-day trainings at locations around the state.

Other states have governance training programs—some of them mandatory—but “Not one of them has a self-contained program” such as MiG, Campbell observed.

“The program shows no signs of slowing down,” he added. In many districts, he said, a culture has developed that strongly encourages board members and superintendents to go through MiG’s 60 hours of instruction together; the Masters in Governance Honor Roll, which recognizes school districts and county offices of education where a majority of current members of the governance team are MiG graduates, will soon be updated to reflect 2007 honorees.

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Learn more about Masters in Governance and see its 2008 class schedule @ www.csba.org/mig.aspx