Wednesday, November 3
12:00pm
Conference Registration
1:45 – 3:00pm: Panel Session I
Addressing the Unique Challenges of Regional Schools
Deeper & deeper learning: pathways to student well-being
Socially and Emotionally Competent Leadership for Social Change
Policy Update: New and Post-pandemic Issues
Culture Changes: Beyond Mascots and Graduation Gowns
3:15pm – 4:30pm: Panel Session II
Scheduling to Maximize Student Learning and Realize Staffing Efficiencies
Reimagining the brilliance of Black and Latinx students: The Calculus Project
A Systems Approach that Targets the Literacy Gap
Strengthening the School Committee/Superintendent Partnership
Collective Bargaining: Lessons we’ve Learned from COVID-19
4:30pm – 5:00pm
MASS Business Meeting
5:00pm – 6:30pm
Welcome Back Reception
6:30pm: Dinner Program (Ticket Required)
Keynote Dinner
Welcome: Tim Piwowar, Superintendent, Billerica / President, MASS
Featured Speaker: Jeffrey Riley, MA Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education
8:30pm – 9:00pm
New Conference Attendee Welcome and Orientation
Thursday, November 4
7:30am – 11:30am; 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Registration Open
7:30am – 9:00am
Continental Breakfast
9:00am -10:15am: General Session: School Districts at the Center of Polarized Community Debates
10:30am – 11:45am: Panel Session III
Public meetings: what have we learned and can leverage from our virtual experience
Anti-Racism in Practice: An Introduction to IDEAS (Initiatives for Developing Equity for All Students)
Supporting all families through an equity lens
Fidelity, Fiscal Cliffs, and Future Focus
Facilities/maintenance/capital planning
12:00pm – 1:30pm: Leadership Lunch (Ticket Required)
Topic: “Dark Money and the Attempt to Undermine Public Schoolsâ€
Guest Speaker: Guest Speaker: Maurice “Mo†Cunningham
1:30pm – 2:15pm: MASC Division Meetings
Divisions I & II Meeting
Division III Meeting
Division IV Meeting
Division V Meeting
Division VI Meeting
Division VII Meeting
2:30pm – 3:45pm: Panel Session IV
Legal Challenges in Human Resources
Equity audits
Promoting student social emotional well-being
Bussing blues
3:00 – 4:45pm (approximate)
Division VIII Meeting / Vocational-Technical Roundtable
4:00 – 5:15pm: Panel Session V
Proactive Communication: Telling Your District’s Story Effectively
Collaborative Approach to Recognizing and Addressing Implicit Bias
Communicating your budget
VIRTUAL ONLY: Organizational equity in the hiring process
VIRTUAL ONLY: Berkshire County Education Task Force Update
5:30pm – 6:30pm
Presidents’ Reception
6:30pm: Thursday Dinner (Ticket Required)
Guest Speaker: Rep. Steven Ultrino, Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Education; Jennifer Hedrington, MA 2021 Teacher of the Year
Award Presentations: Lifetime Achievement and All-State School Committee Members
Friday, November 5
7:30am – 11:30am
Registration Open
9:00am – 10:15am
General Session: Amplifying Student Voices During Complex Times
Guest Speakers include: Christopher Horan, Communications Consultant; Nadja Reilly, Associate Director, Freedman Center for Child & Family Development, William James College; Carolyn Casey, Executive Director, Project 351
10:30am – 11:45am: Panel Session VI
Rebuilding/reimagining mental health supports
Creating Consistency and Cohesion Across Your District
Rebuilding engagement and trust with your unions
Title IX regulations: Handling sexual harassment and misconduct complaints
What You Need to Know about Grants Funding
VIRTUAL ONLY: Get Yourself a D.R.E.A.M (Diversity, Respect, Equity, Action & Multiculturalism) Team: Moving Toward Anti-Racism in Schools
12:00pm – 1:30pm: Friday Lunch (Ticket Required)
Guest Speakers: Guest Speaker: Alan Charles Geller, Senior Lecturer-Social Health and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health