2025-2026 CALENDAR JULY 2025
OCTOBER 2025
July 11: Roles & Responsibilities Orientation (Montgomery)
Oct. 5 & 6: Fall Academy Core Conference - Leadership for Academic Achievement (Montgomery)
July 12: Effective Boards & Relationships Orientation (Montgomery)
Oct. 6: Fall Post-Conference Workshop: Social Media Survival Guide (Montgomery)
July 23: Webinar - Chronic Absenteeism
AUGUST 2025 Aug. 15: All-State School Board Award Nominations Due
NOVEMBER 2025 Nov. 6: AASB Webinar - Topic TBA Nov. 12 & 13: State Board of Education Panel Discussion/Dinner & Advocacy Day (Montgomery)
Aug. 18: District 4 Meeting (Montgomery)
Aug. 21: District 7 Meeting (Tuscaloosa) Aug. 25: District 3 Meeting (Ozark) Aug. 26: District 2 Meeting (Selma)
SEPTEMBER 2025 Sept. 4: District 8 Meeting (Decatur) Sept. 7 - 9: Consortium of State School Boards Associations (COSSBA) Federal Advocacy Institute (Washington, D.C.) Sept. 11: District 5 Meeting - (Birmingham) Sept. 15: District 6 Meeting (Jacksonville)
Sept. 16: District 1 Meeting (Saraland) Sept. 18: AASB Webinar - Topic TBA Sept. 22: District 9 Meeting (Madison)
DECEMBER 2025 Dec. 4: Pre-Convention Workshop Artificial Intelligence (Montgomery) Dec. 4 - 6: AASB Winter Convention & Delegate Assembly (Montgomery)
WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES State law requires annually 6 hours of total training (includes 2 whole board training hours for all board members). The law also requires orientation courses for new school board members. AASB’s two-part orientation fulfills the state’s orientation requirement as well as the state ethics course requirement for public officials. Orientation hours count toward fulfilling 4 hours of the state’s 6-hour annual training requirement.
JANUARY 2026
APRIL 2026
Jan. 9: Roles & Responsibilities Orientation (AASB Office, Montgomery)
April Workshop: Date & Topic TBA (Montgomery)
Jan. 10: Effective Boards & Relationships Orientation (AASB Office Montgomery)
MAY 2026
FEBRUARY 2026 Feb. 3: AASB Legislative Advocacy Day Districts 6, 7, 8, 9 & CSFOs (Montgomery) Feb. 12: AASB Webinar -Topic TBA Feb. 24: AASB Legislative Advocacy Day Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & CSFOs (Montgomery)
MARCH 2026 March 6: Pre-Conference Poverty Simulation Workshop (Auburn) March 6: Pre-Conference Early Bird Workshop - Communicating with the Media (Auburn) March 6 & 7: Spring Academy Core Conference - Leadership for Developing a Highly Effective Staff (Auburn) March 13-15: Consortium of State School Boards Associations (COSSBA) Annual Conference (Lexington, Ky.) March 18: AASB Legislative Advocacy Committee Day (Montgomery) training@AlabamaSchoolBoards.org
May 7: AASB Webinar - Topic TBA
JUNE 2026 June 19 - 21: AASB Annual Summer Conference (Gulf Shores)
ONLINE LEARNING AASB's online learning platform, School Board U, is a self-paced leadership development portal that provides convenient access to training materials, courses and other resources to grow skills and improve effectiveness. All core courses within AASB's School Board Member Academy are available in School Board U, as well as a host of electives and archived webinars. Courses range from 30 minutes to 8 hours, and several options are free!
IMPORTANT REMINDER June 30, 2026, is the end of the 2025-2026 training year. All board members must have completed a total of six state-mandated annual training hours by this date. Two of these hours must be Whole Board Training hours. 800.562.0601 | fax 334.270.0000
AlabamaSchoolBoards.org/Training