2007-2008 Annual Report of Service - Shippensburg University

32 Shippensburg University
The Institute for Municipal Secretaries,
Clerks and Administrators and the
Master Municipal Clerk Academy
Mary Lehman, Director
Cristy Lentz, Clerical Support
Susan Lee, Clerical Support
The Institute for Public Service sponsored
the 24th annual Institute for Municipal
Secretaries, Clerks and Administrators and
Master Municipal Clerk Academy held
March 26-28, and September 17-19, 2008
This institute is a professional continuing education
program for administrative staff in the
public sector. Participants have included local
elected officials, managers, and administrative
staff from cities, boroughs, and townships.
Graduates of the Shippensburg University
program earn 60 of the 100 points needed to
gain the Certified Municipal Clerk (CMC)
designation. Institute graduates may also apply
the 60 credit hours of course work toward the
educational requirements of the Pennsylvania
Local Government Secretaries Association’s
Certified Government Secretary (CGS).
The institute curriculum consists of 100
hours of course work in professional development,
financial management, administration
of human resources, community development,
intergovernmental relations, and personal development.
Each year, the institute schedules a
variety of courses that participants may select
from to fit their professional needs.
Fifty-two participants attended the 2008
institute representing fifty local governments
from twenty-one counties in Pennsylvania.
Over a five-year period almost 400 elected
and appointed officials, from fifty-seven
of the Commonwealth’s sixty-seven counties
have participated in one or more of the
Institute for Municipal Secretaries, Clerks and
Administrators educational programs.
The institute is co-sponsored by the
Pennsylvania Local Governmental Secretaries
Association and conducted with the technical
and financial support of our educational
partners: the Governor’s Center for Local
Government Services of the Department of
Community and Economic Development, the
Pennsylvania State Association of Township
Supervisors, and the Pennsylvania State
Association of Boroughs.