Over the two days, key agenda items include:

• Strategic Planning: Refining the 3-year strategic plan with a focus on the "Connect and Grow" mantra, aligning goals with member needs, celebrating MoASSP's 100-year legacy, and setting strategies for advocacy, membership growth, and leadership development.
• Financial Updates: Reviewing regional membership checks and the financial health of MoASSP.
• Presentations and Discussions: Exploring topics such as "Rewriting Your Organizational Story," and "Drawing & Keeping Your People: Focus on prioritizing hope and purpose strategically to address organizational turnover and effectuate change."
• Approval Items: Discussing and approving minutes from prior meetings, the IRS Form 990, approving exhibitor and conference fees for 2025-2026.

This meeting is an opportunity for the Board to reflect on progress and strategize for continued success in serving Missouri’s secondary school principals.

Be on the lookout for an envelope marked with RED Missouri Scholars 100 information. Inside, you’ll find details on how to nominate your student(s) for this prestigious honor. Now in its 31st year, the Missouri Scholars 100, sponsored by MoASSP, continues to recognize outstanding academic excellence across the state. Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate your school’s top scholars!

There is a workaround. Here is a guide on how you can do it.

Prefer a video tutorial? You can find that here.

To protecting student data,
William Grube

PS - If you haven't heard, we have a new AI curriculum for 11th and 12th graders. Last week, I made a video about it for a group of superintendents. Here that is. It is being brought in by many next fall. To get included, email william.grube@gruvyeducation.com with the word “curriculum.”

Yesterday, Mike Kehoe was officially sworn in as the 58th Governor of Missouri, emphasizing a commitment to advancing tax relief, strengthening education, and addressing crime across the state.

The 2025 Legislative Bulletin, packed with updates on the start of the legislative session, was sent out yesterday morning. As we enter the new year, remember that the Bulletin will now be delivered on Monday mornings during the session instead of Fridays.

This week’s edition highlights the election of new legislative leaders, insights from their opening-day speeches, and important dates to keep on your radar. It also includes a comprehensive list of tracked bills and valuable school finance resources.

If you didn’t receive your copy, please contact us at moassp@moassp.org so we can ensure you stay informed and engaged throughout the session!

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This week's quotes and articles come from Victor Frankl, One Useful Thing, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The New York Times, Building Thinking Classrooms, Edutopia, YouGov, Cult of Pedagogy, Principal, School Library Journal, and AI for Education.

1. David Brooks on young people becoming the best versions of themselves
2. Adam Grant on the limits of effort
3. Peter Liljedahl on giving students a "navigation instrument"
4. Can teacher evaluation be a positive experience?
5. How good are people at estimating population groups?
6. Intriguing technology tools for teachers
7. Look-fors in ed tech purchases
8. Recommended young adult novels about African-American kids in love
9. Integrating GenAI with literacy instruction

• If you want an HTML version of this week's Memo, please click here.
• To listen to a podcast of last week's issue (#1069), click here.
• For a podcast of this week's Memo, just log in at www.marshallmemo.com later this week and click Podcasts.

To log in to the Members' Area, Go to https://marshallmemo.com/index.php. Type in Missouri for email and Principals for the password.

MoASSP Member Login information is as follows:

• Go to http://www.marshallmemo.com
• Type in Email Box: Missouri
• Type in Password Box: Principals

You will find detailed information on the following:

• A detailed rationale for the Marshall Memo
• Publications (with a count of articles from each)
• Article selection criteria
• Topics (with a running count of articles)
• Headlines for all issues
• Reader opinions
• About Kim Marshall (bio, writings, consulting)
• A free sample issue

Subscribers have access to the Members’ Area of the website, which has:

• The current issue (in Word and PDF)
• All back issues (Word and PDF) and podcasts
• An easily searchable archive of all articles so far

The vision of MoASSP is to serve ALL middle level and high school administrators.

The mission of MoASSP is to improve secondary education through positive leadership and the enhancement of student performance.

Email: moassp@moassp.org
Website: https://www.moassp.com
Location: 207 Peach Way, Suite 102, Columbia, MO 65203, USA
Phone: 573-445-5071
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MoSecondaryPrincipalsAssociation/
Twitter: @MoASSP