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Friday, April 11, 2025
Education>Course_Content

Available Courses

Education Committee

Ashley Larrison, Chair
989-255-4747
Email the Committee Chair
Linda Stevenson, Co-Chair
734-255-1589
Email the Committee Co-Chair
 

On-line Registration

With on-line registration, participants can use a credit card to pay for their course.  On-line registration ensures that you are registered and guaranteed a seat in the class.
* We accept all major credit cards.

MAA Members receive a significant savings in education and conference costs.  If you are not currently an MAA Member, consider joining now, before you register for a class, and save some money.  The cost of a one-year membership is only $95.00 and that's less than the additional fee to register as a non-member.


Educational Videos

Annual Summer Conference
 

Durk Ashley and Mark Mullet
Memorial Scholarship Funds

The purpose of these two funds is to assist Michigan Assessors Association (MAA) members whose employers provide no funding for education and who are financially burdened to self-fund educational opportunities.  The funding for these scholarships is made available by the Executive Board of the Michigan Assessors Association and private donations to provide greater opportunities for members to attend educational courses and seminars.  The funding is awarded to any MAA member who demonstrates a financial need, and intends to use the funds to complete an educational activity.

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Continuing Education Program

Available Educational Opportunities
Course Content & Descriptions

We use the Google Meets Webinar application to present our webinars. Attendee should
not need to download or install any application they will however need a compatible Browser and camera to participate in the webinar.

Indicates Classroom Instruction - Indicates Webinar Instruction

Monday, April 28, 2025; 8:00 am – 12:00 pm

 

THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL SITE VISITS
 (Registration Deadline: April 23rd 5:00pm)

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Wells Township Hall
6436 N 8th St.
Wells, MI 49894

(Near Escanaba)

 

Monday, April 28, 2025


Instructor: Sharon Frischman MMAO/4

Course Description: Commercial & Industrial Site Visit - What are You Looking At? Gain knowledge about what to look for during the site visit and what questions you may want to ask. Learn how to deal with different building heights and ages. Gain understanding about building class and quality as well as heating systems, etc. A simple calculator will be helpful (you can use your phone).

 

STC Approved 4 hours Continuing Education

This is NOT a tested course

Course Fee: Members: $65.00
Course Fee: Non-Members: $165.00

Package deal available if taking both Nuts/Bolts & Obsolescence classes, check registration form

Attendance limited to:  35 Students
Registration Deadline: April 23th at 5pm

*Must have a minimum of 15 students or class will be canceled

Class Code: MAANBIC

Monday, April 28, 2025; 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

 

OBSOLESCENCE IN MASS APPRAISAL APPLICATIONS
 (Registration Deadline: April 23rd 5:00pm)

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Wells Township Hall
6436 N 8th St.
Wells, MI 49894

(Near Escanaba)

 

Monday, April 28, 2025


Instructor: Sharon Frischman MMAO/4

Course Description: Identify and apply obsolescence for all types of property (residential, commercial and industrial) in a mass appraisal model. Learn to correctly identify all forms of obsolescence; how to determine the effect on an individual property and how to apply it in a mass appraisal model if applicable.

STC Approved 4 hours Continuing Education

This is NOT a tested course

Course Fee: Members: $65.00
Course Fee: Non-Members: $165.00

Package deal available if taking both Nuts/Bolts & Obsolescence classes, check registration form

Attendance limited to:  35 Students
Registration Deadline: April 23rd at 5pm

*Must have a minimum of 15 students or class will be canceled

Class Code: MAAOMAA

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 8:30 am – 12:30 pm

 

ROLLING IN THE NEW YEAR MOMENT BY MOMENT-VIRTUAL COURSE
 (Registration Deadline: May 9th; 5pm)

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VIRTUAL COURSE

through Google Meet

Tuesday, May 13, 2025


Instructor: Tina Fuller MAAO/3
 

Course Description: It is that time of year- The assessment rolls are once again “rolling over” into the new year and many of us find ourselves trying to remember “the steps” when taking on the task of starting a new year’s database. Especially, How we do it and WHEN!

STC Approved 4 hours Continuing Education

Attendance limited to: ~ 50 Students

Course Fee: Members: $50
Course Fee: Non-Members: $100

Registration Deadline: May 9th, 2025; 5:00pm

* Not a tested Course

 

Class Code: MAANYMM

Monday, May 19, 2025 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

 

LAND VALUES AND ECF DATABASE ADMINISTRATION
 (Registration Deadline: May 16th; 5pm)

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Creal Soccer Complex
511 Marshall Rd.
Coldwater MI 49036

Monday, May 19, 2025


Instructor: Anthony Meyaard MMAO/4, Lyndsey Shembarger MMAO/4
 

Course description: The goal of the class is to show participants how to analyze existing land value and ECF table structures within BS&A; to help them be more successful in passing PA 660 audits. This class will be a hands-on interactive class utilizing BS&A Assessing.net software to walk through dissecting the land table and ECF table structure within the participant’s database. Participants will work from their own database while being guided through creating custom exports to determine what land value and ECF rates are or are not be used, utilizing GIS to analyze sale data, run and analyze land value and ECF grids from BS&A.
*This is a workshop where students will be required to bring a laptop that has BSA Assessing.Net installed and have an active database loaded.

STC Approved 6 hours Continuing Education

Attendance limited to: 35 Students

Course Fee: Members: $100
Course Fee: Non-Members: $200

Registration Deadline: May 16th; 5:00pm

 

Class Code: MAALVED

Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm

 

LAND DIVISIONS
 (Registration Deadline: May 30th; 5pm)

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Cooper Township Hall
1590 D Ave W
Kalamazoo MI

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Instructors: Jason Rosenzweig MAAO/3

Description - This course will navigate the process of land divisions from application to approval to creating the new parcels. Extra focus will be on the steps necessary for the applicant to submit a completed application, and the land division administrator to approve or deny the division. Unique and complex circumstances that land division administrators will eventually encounter will also be discussed.

STC Approved 6 hours Continuing Education

Attendance limited to: 35 Students

Course Fee: Members: $100
Course Fee: Non-Members: $200

Registration Deadline: May 30th; 5:00pm

 

Class Code: MAALD

Wednesday-Friday, June 25-27, 2025 9:00 am – 4:00 pm; 8:00 am-12:00 pm

 

ASSESSMENT RECORDS SPECIALIST (ARS)
 (Registration Deadline: June 20th; 5pm)

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Novi City Hall

Novi MI

Wednesday-Friday, June 25-27, 2025


Instructor: Elizabeth Tobias MAAO/3, Stacey Bassi MMAO/4
 

Course description: This course focuses on “how to do your job accurately” as an entry-level office clerk/technician. At the end of this class, students will have a clear understanding of what an assessing office does, how it operates, and what part clerical employees generally play in the office’s overall function. Each section will provide material and/or situations that are representative of what an assessing clerk encounters daily and how they deal with that situation.
Using STC publications, as well as industry standards and best practices for material and testing, at the end of this 16 hour course, the student/participant should have the basic skills and knowledge of data entry, policies and procedures in an assessment administration office.

STC Approved 16 hours Continuing Education

Attendance limited to: 35 Students

Course Fee: Members: $210
Course Fee: Non-Members: $310
(includes test fee)

Registration Deadline: June 20th; 5:00pm

*Tested Course - must be an MAA member to receive accreditation.

Class Code: MAALVED

 

 

Upcoming 2025 Education Classes offered by MAA

The Michigan Assessors Association, offers a series of educational opportunities for Assessment Administrators and Appraisers.  Spring course curriculum consists of classes developed by the Michigan Assessors Association and Michigan State Tax Commission. The 2025 session curriculum (for 2026 certificate renewal) MAA will send an email to our members when registration is open for each class:

Virtual Sessions
 
  • Rolling in the New year
    - May 13, 2025 8:30AM-12:30PM - Tina Fuller- 4 HOURS
  • 18 Mill Exemptions
    - July 29, 2025- Shila Kiander- 4 HOURS
  • *Tentative*No Really How do we fix the Roads/Sewer/Water
    - September 12, 2025 8:30AM-5:00PM-Amy DeHaan- 8 HOURS
  • Agricultural Valuation
    - Topics and Issues- September 18, 2025 8:30AM-12:30PM-Tina Fuller- 4 HOURS
  • Poverty Exemptions
    - October, 2025 8:30AM-12:30PM- Stacey Kaake- 4 HOURS
In-Person Sessions
 
  • Nuts and Bolts of Industrial Commercial Site Visits
    - April 28, 2025 8AM-12PM Escanaba, MI- Sharon Frischman- 4 HOURS
  • Obsolescence
    - April 28, 2025 1PM-5PM Escanaba, MI-Sharon Frischman- 4 HOURS
  • Land Values & ECF Database Administration
    - May 19, 2025 9AM-4PM Coldwater, MI Tony Meyaard- 6 HOURS
  • Land Divisions
    - June 4, 2025 8:30AM-3:00PM Kalamazoo, MI Jason Rosenzweig- 6 HOURS
  • Assessment Records Specialist (ARS) Accreditation
    - June 25-27, 2025 Novi, MI W&TH-9am-4pm, F-8am-noon; Stacey Kaake & Elizabeth Tobias- 16 HOURS

 

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