MASC/MASS 2021: Conference Schedule

Conference Information

The following is a partial/tentative schedule for the 2021 MASC/MASS Joint Conference. Sessions, speakers and details will be added as they are confirmed. The schedule and sessions are subject to change.

Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Wednesday, November 3

12:00pm
Conference Registration
1:50 - 3:00pm: Panel Session I
MARS/MASBO: Details to be determined
Deeper & deeper learning: pathways to student well-being
Creating & sustaining a culture of transformative inclusive education leadership
Grants management
3:25pm - 4:30pm: Panel Session II
Scheduling: How to schedule to maximize student learning and realize FTE efficiencies
Reimagining the brilliance of Black and Latinx students: The Calculus Project
Addressing equity: closing the literacy gap
School committee/superintendent relations
Human Resources: leaves/collective bargaining/legal challenges to be aware of/updates on arbitration cases
4:30pm - 5:00pm
MASS Business Meeting
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Welcome Back Reception
7:00pm: Dinner ProgramTicket Required
Wednesday Keynote Dinner

Thursday, November 4

7:30am - 11:30am
Registration Open
9:00am -10:15am: Opening General Session
10:30am - 11:45am: Panel Session III
Public meetings: what have we learned and can leverage from our virtual experience
IDEAS: more information to follow
Supporting all families through an equity lens
Using your ESSER dollars wisely: long term/multi-year planning
Facilities/maintenance/capital planning
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Thursday Lunch Program Ticket Required
Learning Lunch
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Registration Desk Open
2:00pm - 3:15pm: Panel Session IV
Financial outlook: SOA/Federal dollars
Equity audits
Promoting student social emotional well-being
Career and technical roundtables: PART 1
Bussing blues
3:30pm - 4:45pm: Panel Session V
Organizational equity in the hiring process
Community engagement: rebuilding trust and relationships
Berkshire County roundtable
Communicating your budget
Career and technical roundtables: PART 2
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Presidents' Reception
6:30pm: Thursday Dinner ProgramTicket Required
Awards Banquet

Friday, November 5

8:00am - 11:30am
Registration Open
9:00am - 10:15am
General Session
9:00am - 10:15am: Panel Session VI
Rebuilding/reimagining mental health supports through family
Culture changes: beyond mascots and gowns
Rebuilding engagement and trust with your unions
Title IX regulations: Handling sexual harassment and misconduct complaints
Get yourself a D.R.E.A.M team (Diversity, Respect, Equity, Action & Multiculturalism)
12:00pm: Friday Lunch Program Ticket Required
Featured Lunch Program
2:00pm - 3:15pm: Panel Session VII
Future of testing
Creating consistency and cohesion across your district
Backlash on critical race theory/Parents Defending Education
Virtual Education: Changing the paradigm of the public school experience
3:30pm - 4:45pm: Panel Session VIII
Sped issues: recovering from the pandemic
Don’t be afraid to play
Recovery learning
Taking control of health care
Time TBD: MASC Reception and Dinner Ticket Required
Details to Be Announced

Saturday, November 6

9:00am: MASC Delegate Assembly
Please note: there will be NO other programming besides the Delegate Assembly on Saturday, November 6.