Advantages of Membership
It is anticipated that ABSA School membership will enable member schools to:
- Be enriched by national input into regional boarding matters and enriched by regional input into national boarding matters.
- Have an input into national and state boarding policy as well as local and regional boarding policy.
- Enjoy the service of an organisation that is able to provide a perspective from employers as well as a perspective from employees in the boarding industry.
- Promote the benefits of boarding to the general community.
- Share in a global network of national boarding organisations.
- Access professional development material both on-line and in print form.
- Advertise their boarding institution and job vacancies via the ABSA web-site.
- Enjoy discounted conference and workshop fees.
- Access a national base-level training course for boarding staff, and have this course marked. Successful candidates will then be accredited by Australia’s peak school boarding body.
- Receive the ABSA quarterly magazine Lights Out.
- Maintain membership of existing regional boarding staff associations whilst also gaining membership of the national boarding association.
- Participate in professional development activities organised by state and territory divisions.
- Benefit from professional consultancy by ABSA personnel and services such as the inspection of boarding facilities.
- Ability to seek advice from the Secretariat on boarding matters.
