The Quality Services Audit Checklist measures from the Library of Michigan contain continuing education requirements for board members. We hope that you can encourage them or that they even adopt the QSAC measures or ones that are even stronger for their own development as trustees.

 

You can find QSAC information here: www.michigan.gov/qsac

 

Some of the QSAC measures include:

 

Category - Governance/Administration

 

ESSENTIAL - Elective

  1. First time board members attend a formal continuing education event offered by a library cooperative, a library association, Friends of Michigan Libraries Trustee Alliance (foml.org/trustee/) or the Library of Michigan, either in-person or online, within a year of appointment.

 

Enhanced - Required

  1. Library trustees will participate in at least one continuing education opportunity every three years. Such opportunities may include in-service programs, speakers or training at the library, the Michigan Library Association’s annual conference, or other Library of Michigan, Michigan Library Association (www.mla.lib.mi.us/), Friends of Michigan Libraries (foml.org/trustee/) or library cooperative sponsored workshops.

 

Enhanced ELECTIVE Quality Measures

  1. The library provides funds for an annual board development workshop or the board completes one annual continuing education activity at the local, regional, or state level. 

 

Excellent CORE Quality Measures - Required

  1. The director and board representatives regularly participate in statewide and local legislative activities relating to libraries.

 

  1. The library provides funds for an annual board development workshop or the board completes one annual continuing education activity at the local, regional, or state level. 

 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

 

Shannon

 

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Shannon D. White

Continuing Education Coordinator

Library of Michigan

702 West Kalamazoo, P.O. Box 30007, Lansing, MI 48909-7507

Ph: 517-373-9489; Fax: 517-373-5700

Toll free:  877-479-0021

whites29@michigan.gov

http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan

 

From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of Myla Stuart
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 12:02 PM
To: Michlib posting
Subject: [Michlib-l] Board Trustees:

 

Does anyone have a protocol or guidelines for Library Board members attending ALA or other professional conventions/meetings?  Do you reimburse costs for out of state conventions or conferences? 



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Myla-Jean Stuart, Director

  

Comstock Township Library

6130 King Highway

PO Box 25

Comstock, Michigan 49041

 

269-345-0136
stuartmyla@gmail.com