About WASDA

WASDA ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITIES

MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY
Any person who is legally certified as a public school administrator, a CESA administrator or an administrator of a County Handicapped Children's Education Board and who serves as the chief administrator of either a public school district, a CESA Agency or a County Handicapped Children's Education Board in the state of Wisconsin, and who is responsible directly to a board of education, is eligible to become a full voting member of this association. One additional central public school office administrator designated by the district's chief school administrator may become a voting member providing he/she is certified as a school administrator and is designated to serve the district in that capacity in the absence of the chief school district administrator.

GOVERNSHIP
Management of the affairs of this Association shall be vested in a Board of Directors. Board members shall be elected from within the voting membership in accordance with the provisions of the Bylaws.

OFFICERS
The officers of the Association shall be the President-elect, the President and the Past President. The officers shall serve as an Executive Committee of the Board of Directors.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Board of Directors shall hire an Executive Director who shall also act as Treasurer of the Association.

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ALLIANCE
WASDA, the Association of Wisconsin School Administrators, the Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials, and the Wisconsin Council of Administrators of Special Services  have united in their legislative efforts to promote the improvement of education for the children of Wisconsin. In these politically volatile times it is essential that all school administrators work together to take a leadership role in educational reform.

LEGAL COUNSEL AND ASSISTANCE
The WASDA maintains a policy whereby assistance will be provided to members in order to assure that due process is followed at the local school district level when members find themselves in conflict with the school board. The assistance is provided both through a visitation team program established with the WASB and the other administrative associations, as well as through direct financial assistance for legal counsel.

COMMITTEES
The WASDA operates under the committee structure and looks to the action, activities and recommendations of the committees when developing policies. The following committees have been established by the WASDA:

• STANDING COMMITTEES
  Awards Committee
  Constitution, Policies & Resolutions Committee
  Ethics & Administrator-Board Relations Committee
  Jt. Convention Booth & Planning Committee
  Legislative Committee
  Mentor Committee
  Professional Improvement Committee
  Retirement Committee
  Small Schools Committee
  Teacher/Principal of the Year Committee
• AD HOC COMMITTEES
  Administrative Salaries & Fringe Benefit Committee
  Child Advocacy Committee
  Education for Employment Committee
  Gifted & Talented Committee
  K-8 Administrator Issues Committee
  Liaison With Higher Education Committee
  Management Team Committee
  School Facilities Committee
  Special Education Committee

WASDA IN-SERVICE PROGRAMS
The WASDA provides a variety of professional improvement seminars and workshops such as: New Administrators Workshops, Annual Summer Bill Kahl Seminar, Annual Political Seminar, Annual Women in Administration Conference, WASDA Winter Seminar, seven Drive-in conferences, a group trip to the Annual AASA National Convention, Annual Small School Conference, and the Annual Educational Conference.

ETHICS
The WASDA has established and adopted a Code of Ethics that should be adhered to by all WASDA members.

AASA
The WASDA maintains a charter membership in the AASA and also enjoys a close working relationship with the American Association of School Administrators.