The Master Board Program is a voluntary program and is sponsored and designed by the Florida School Boards Association. The program provides opportunities for the leadership team to engage in training that enhances its capabilities to provide the visionary leadership for the school district. The program concentrates on the leadership team's governance roles for enhancing student achievement, fostering connections and empowering collaboration between schools and the community, and creating a learning organization to advance excellence in public education. The leadership team completed 40 hours of learning activities in state-wide forums and onsite workshops to earn this distinction.

Wayne Saunders was recognized as a Certified Board Member (CBM) at the conference. He earned this distinction by completing a minimum of 96 hours of training in 11 areas which focus on the governance roles and responsibilities of school board members. The Certified Board Member Program is a voluntary training program for individual board members and is offered by the Florida School Boards Association. Saunders is one of only 96 school board members in Florida to achieve this prestigious award.

The CBM Program provides leadership training for school board members as they strive to enhance student learning opportunities in their communities and to advance excellence and promote equity in public education. Training topics in the CBM Program include: student learning, school finance, legislative processes, policymaking, strategic planning, school law, community involvement, advocacy for public education, diversity, employee relations, and current trends and issues.

Source: The Chipley Bugle