Member Portal FAQ

You can access the member portal at members.masb.org or click on the Member Login button on MASB’s website. Enter your email and password to login. If this is your first time accessing our member portal, click on the Forgotten Password link. It will ask you to enter the email address you have on file with MASB to receive an email to set your password and access your account.

If you're not sure what email you have on file, please contact us here or call 517.327.5900.

Once you have a password set, you can click the Remember me box so it will save your username and password for future visits.

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If you are logged into the member portal, click on your name in the top right of the screen or click on Edit Your Member Record under the Member menu. Scroll to the bottom of the page and enter your current password along with a new password. Be sure to hit the Save button for your changes to be submitted.

If you have forgotten your password and cannot login, click on the Forgotten Password link. Enter the email address you have on file with MASB and you’ll receive an email with a link to set a new password.

After you log in, access the Member Portal and click Register for Events under the Member menu. Alternatively, you can browse the event calendar on MASB’s website and click Register Now to be directed to that event’s registration page.

On the Register for Events page, select your name from the Contacts drop-down and select the event you would like to register for in the Event drop-down. On the right side, select the session or sessions, if there are multiple options like for a CBA Weekend, you would like to register for, then click the Add Registration to Cart button.

Once you have added all the events you wish to register for, select your payment type and click the Continue button.

If you select Bill Me Later, we will follow-up with an invoice. If you select Credit Card, you’ll be taken to the Checkout.

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The main menus in the member portal are Home, Member, District (which is only seen by those in the superintendent secretary role) and Directories.

The Member menu contains pages and information specific to you. You can edit your own member record, register yourself for events, view a summary of events you’ve already been registered for, access your transcript, submit credits, which is called tally sheet submission, and view district information.

Superintendent secretaries can access the District menu to edit the district’s information, update district member contact information, register their board members for events and access their board member transcripts.

There are also buttons along the top to access the Learning Portal for self-led online classes or recorded webinars, the Bookstore to order publications, and to logout.

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After you log in, click on Member Portal, then click Access Transcript, under the Member menu. This page will show you all the EDU/CBA Credits associated with your record along with the award levels achieved. You can export your Transcript to a PDF to keep a copy for your records.

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Self-paced courses and recordings completed in the Learning Portal will be posted to your transcript immediately upon completion. Live events will be posted within 30 days of the date of the event. Online tally sheet submissions will be posted as the Registrar’s schedule allows.

The following events are tracked by MASB and are automatically posted to your transcript:

• Annual Leadership Conference
• NSBA Annual Conference, Advocacy Institute and Equity Symposium
• Board Presidents Workshops
• Board Member Certification Classes (CBAs)
• Council of School Attorneys
• Delegate Participation in Delegate Assembly
• Institutes
• Labor Relations Conference
• Legislative Conference
• Local Board Workshops led by MASB
• MASB Board of Directors, Committee or Task Force Member
• MASB Conference Moderator, Panelist, Presenter or Speaker
• MASB Preconference Sessions
• MASB Webinars including the New Board Member Series, Views From the Capital and Member Matters
• MCSA Annual and Spring Conferences
• Service as an officer on a Local School Board or CASBA
• Special Services Workshops led by MASB

All other activities should be submitted in the member portal for EDU credits. Activities must occur on or before Dec. 15 of the current calendar year. Submissions are due each year by Dec. 31, but activities can be submitted at any point during the year.

MASB’s Board Member Awards Program has seven individual award levels and seven whole board award levels. There are also two specialty certifications—Advocacy Skills and Data Skills.

The requirements for each level and specialty certifications can be viewed here.

Your transcript will be updated with your award level within one day after the posting of the last needed requirement. Recognition for award levels takes place in the spring for any awards earned in the previous calendar year.

You can earn EDU credits through professional development programs, leadership service and other experience. These activities can be submitted for EDU credits as you complete them in MASB’s member portal. You will need to provide the program name or activity, exact date and include copies of registration confirmations, programs, letters or other proof of attendance or participation.

Please note that your attendance at MASB conferences, academies, early birds, workshops, seminars and CBA courses are already on record.

Activities must occur on or before Dec. 15 of the current calendar year. Submissions are due each year by Dec. 31, but activities can be submitted at any point during the year.

• Half-day activities receive five credits; Full-day activities receive 10 credits.
• Two-day conferences receive 20 credits; four-day conferences receive 40 credits, etc.
• Officers, committee positions, speakers, moderators, etc., receive five credits.
• Speeches, letters, articles, radio, TV, testimony etc., receive five credits.

For approved training, the Michigan Department of Education can reimburse school districts up to $100 per course completed by individual school board members.

Many of MASB’s course offerings are eligible for reimbursement and the list of approved trainings can be viewed here.

Only a local district is eligible for reimbursement from MDE through the state aid payment system.

To apply for reimbursement from MDE, superintendent secretaries should follow the steps in MASB’s training reimbursement checklist. You’ll need a GEMS/MARS account with MDE to get started.