Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development

“Classes of members or stockholders ascd offers several membership opportunities sure to meet the needs of every educator. Each membership category comes in either print/online or online-only format. The online-only membership categories offer the same valuable benefits and deep discounts on ascd professional development resources as their print/online counterparts. Where the print/online and online-only membership categories differ is with the delivery method of benefits. Educational leadership and education update are delivered only electronically for online-only members. Additionally, the member books are provided as downloads in e-book format for premium online and select online members.”

“Election of members and their rights ascd's nominations committee develops the slate of candidates for the board of directors election. The general membership then votes to elect the members of the board of directors.”

“Decisions subject to approval of members. Changes to the governance of the organization are subject to approval by members.”

“Organization's process to review form 990 a copy of form 990 is provided to the board of directors after it is filed with the internal revenue service due to the incompatability between the timing of the completion and due date of the return with the board of directors regular meeting schedule.”

“Each board member at the start of their term is required to read and agree by signing the conflict of interest policy. The policy states the following: there may be times in your role as a board member that you could encounter a conflict of interest. The following guideline are available to help you in such a situation. "to avoid a conflict of interest, at the time an action or policy is under consideration, each officer and all elected or appointed officials and staff members inform the leadership council or board of directors members of any position currently held or held in the past, of any investment, and of any business or a vocational activity that may result in a possible conflict of interest or bias for or against the particular action or policy. Officers, directors, or staff members abstain from participation in the review of or from voting on any action in which they have a direct or indirect interest. The person having the conflict retires from the room in which the leadership council or board of directors is meeting but provides any and all relevant information. The minutes of the meeting reflect that the conflict of interest was disclosed and that the interested person was not present during the final discussion and did not vote. I agree that i will follow the above guidelines and if in doubt about a situation, i will bring it to the attention of the other officers for clarification."”

“Process for determing compensation of the ceo, executive director, and top management officials: the ascd board of directors' compensation committee (comprised of the board officers) is responsible for reviewing compensation survey data annually. The compensation committee makes a recommendation to the full board of directors. The full board approves the executive director's compensation at the annual board meeting in april 2016. Process for determing compensation for key employees: the senior director, human resources annually reviews the associate executive director's, chief officers', and key staff's compensation using compensation surveys as a benchmark. The senior director, human resources may or may not make a recommendation for equity adjustments based on the survey data. Anchored with the annual salary budget and information from the senior director, human resources, the executive director determines and approves annual increases for the associate executive director, chief officers, and key staff. 2017 was the most recent year in which the process included review and approval by independent persons, comparability data, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision.”

“Governing documents are available upon written request or by telephone. Ascd provides copies to the requester within thirty days of receiving the request.”

“The purpose of ascd is the general improvement of education through the promotion of programs and practices that will facilitate the wholesome development of all persons involved in educational efforts. Specifically, the association will: 1. Provide human resource development experiences to promote professional leadership and cooperative curriculum planning and development by all persons involved in and affected by education at all levels. 2. Provide human resource development experiences to improve supervisory skills and leader behavior that focus directly on assisting instructional personnel in achieving instructional goals. 3. Review and disseminate information about educational practice, media, research, and materials for improving education. 4. Develop and sustain communication among all of the groups of professionals directly involved in the improvement of curriculum and instruction. 5. Identify, study and evaluate issues in supervision, curriculum and instruction and express the association's position on them, including the impact that forces outside of the school have on the learner. 6. Encourage research, evaluation and theory development in the areas of curriculum, supervision and instruction. 7. Strive for balance in the curriculum and maintain a perspective of the total education program. 8. Demonstrate leadership in dealing with the current and emerging education issues in order to ensure equal and quality educational opportunities for all students. 9. Ensure all children get a world class education that prepares them to participate fully in a global economy and a global society.”

“Editors, technology services, consultants, and presenter: program service expenses 4,301,353. Management and general expenses 2,212,231. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,513,584.”

“Gain on interest rate swap 234,362. Investment loss from sgc, llc -298,657.”