sort | Day | Start Time | End Time | Event | Room | Presenters | Event Category |
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1 | Wednesday | 11:00am | Registration Desk Open | Lobby | Registration 1 | ||
2 | Wednesday | 11:00am | 3:00pm | Delegate Registration | Ballroom | MASC Delegate Assembly | |
3 | Wednesday | 12:30pm | 1:40pm | Regional School: Operations Update | Cape Cod | Perry Davis, Christine Lynch, Ellen Holmes, Mindy Kempner, Barbara Ripa, Stephen Hemman | Panel Session 1 |
4 | Wednesday | 12:30pm | 1:40pm | Work/Life Balance: How to Manage Both | Hyannisport West | Devin Sheehan, Mary Czajkowski, Wendy Rua, Todd Gazda | Panel Session 1 |
5 | Wednesday | 12:30pm | 1:40pm | Difficult Conversations | Hyannisport East | Jim Hardy | Panel Session 1 |
6 | Wednesday | 12:30pm | 1:40pm | Coordinated Services for Children | Barnstable I | Geoffrey Swett, Kimberly Shaver-Hood, Judith Styer, Beverly Hugo | Panel Session 1 |
7 | Wednesday | 12:30pm | 1:40pm | What School Committees Should Ask from their School Business Officer | Barnstable III | Brian Allen, Tracy Novick, Allen Himmelburger | Panel Session 1 |
8 | Wednesday | 12:30pm | 1:40pm | Bringing Global Citizenship to Local Middle/High Schools | Centerville | Nadine Ekstrom, Karen Molnar, Diane Tucceri, Bennett Milliner, Steven Pacheco, Elinor Martinez | Panel Session 1 |
9 | Wednesday | 12:30pm | 2:30pm | Chapter 70: Where We Are, Where We Need to Go | Ballroom | David Tobin, Patrick Francomano, Luc Schuster, David Verdolino, Brian Allen | Featured Panel |
10 | Wednesday | 1:50pm | 3:00pm | Defining Engagement: The Impact on Alternative and Special Education | Orleans | Keith Wortzman, Thomas Anderson, Maria Lopes, Thea Stovell | Panel Session 2 |
11 | Wednesday | 1:50pm | 3:00pm | Creating Space for Teacher Leadership Together | Cape Cod | John D'Auria, Jill Berg | Panel Session 2 |
12 | Wednesday | 1:50pm | 3:00pm | School Committee Self-Evaluation | Hyannisport West | Dorothy Presser, Nick deKanter | Panel Session 2 |
13 | Wednesday | 1:50pm | 3:00pm | Smart Succession Planning / Smooth Transitioning | Hyannisport East | Joan Connolly, Mary DeLai, Margaret Kane, Bonny Gifford, Chris Oliver | Panel Session 2 |
14 | Wednesday | 1:50pm | 3:00pm | Virtual Schools of the Future | Barnstable III | Carl Tillona, Christina Powell, John Lunt, Daryl Essensa, Ruth-Ellen Verock-O'Loughlin | Panel Session 2 |
15 | Wednesday | 1:50pm | 3:00pm | Future Search: Engaging the Community for Vision, Commitment and Action | Centerville | Judith Paolucci, Tyler Keenan | Panel Session 2 |
16 | Wednesday | 3:30pm | MASC Resolutions Clinic | Ballroom | MASC Delegate Assembly | ||
17 | Wednesday | 3:00pm | Exhibit Hall Open | Exhibit Hall | Exhibit Hall | ||
18 | Wednesday | 3:25pm | 4:30pm | Global STEM Education Programs: Programs, Policy, Funding Outcomes. | Cape Cod | Isa Zimmerman, Brian Carey, Carol Woodbury, Michael Fitzpatrick, Joseph Hall, Larisa Schelkin | Panel Session 3 |
19 | Wednesday | 3:25pm | 4:30pm | Basics of Policy | Bass River | Mike Gilbert | Panel Session 3 |
20 | Wednesday | 3:25pm | 4:30pm | Effective Use of School Foundations | Barnstable I | Paulette Van der Kloot, Ed Hill, Rick Iacobucci | Panel Session 3 |
21 | Wednesday | 3:25pm | 4:30pm | Cost Savings and Efficiencies: Best Practices | Barnstable III | David Verdolino, Gary Costin, Sandra Guryan | Panel Session 3 |
22 | Wednesday | 3:30pm | 3:55pm | Emergency Response Plan for School Districts (CrisisGo) | Centerville | Chuck Pirello, Jim Spicuzza | Partner Presentations |
23 | Wednesday | 3:30pm | 3:55pm | E-rate 2.0: A new game with new rules and more funding for ALL schools (TECedge) | Orleans | Marcia Kaplan | Partner Presentations |
24 | Wednesday | 3:30pm | MASC Delegate Assembly | Ballroom | MASC Delegate Assembly | ||
25 | Wednesday | 5:00pm | 6:30pm | Reception with Exhibitors (Sponsored by Kopelman & Paige) | Exhibit Hall | Exhibit Hall | |
26 | Wednesday | 7:00pm | Wednesday Keynote Dinner (Sponsored by Scholastic) | Bass River | Andre Ravenelle, John Tuttle, John D'Auria | Meals | |
27 | Wednesday | 9:00pm | 11:59pm | Meet Your Colleagues Social w/ Musical Guest the Cape Cod Sl ackers | Bogey's Restaurant | Receptions | |
28 | Thursday | 7:30am | 11:30am | Registration Desk Open | Lobby | Registration | |
29 | Thursday | 7:30am | 3:00pm | Exhibit Hall Open | Exhibit Hall | Exhibit Hall | |
30 | Thursday | 7:50am | 8:40am | Meaningful Family and Community Engagement (Scholastic) | Orleans | Gwendolyn Paquette | Partner Presentations |
31 | Thursday | 8:10am | 8:35am | Learn, Share and Partner (The College Board) | Barnstable I | Jenny Caccavale | Partner Presentations |
32 | Thursday | 8:10am | 8:35am | Fuel Your Budget and Your Students with School Breakfast (NE Dairy and Food Council) | Barnstable III | Dianne Kroll | Partner Presentations |
33 | Thursday | 8:10am | 8:35am | Keep Student Enrollments in Your Schools (Edgenuity) | Centerville | Partner Presentations | |
34 | Thursday | 8:45am | 10:00am | Vocational Education: Best Practices | Bass River | Deborah Davis, John LaFleche, Judith Klimkiewicz, Gabriella White, Luis Lopes, Robert Dutch, David Aguiar, Tom Silvia | Panel Session 4 |
35 | Thursday | 8:45am | 10:00am | Recovery High School | Hyannisport West | Joanne Haley Sullivan, Fran Rosenberg, Ryan Morgan, Michelle Lipinski, Susan Strong | Panel Session 4 |
36 | Thursday | 8:45am | 10:00am | Cultural Proficiency | Hyannisport East | Denise Hurst, Kharis McLaughlin, Ron Walker | Panel Session 4 |
37 | Thursday | 8:45am | 10:00am | Meeting the Needs of Students Living in Poverty | Ballroom | Andre Ravenelle, Margaret McKenna, Mary Bourque, Meg Mayo Brown, Melinda Boone | Featured Panel |
38 | Thursday | 10:00am | 10:35am | Division VIII Meeting | Bass River Alcove | Division Meetings | |
39 | Thursday | 10:00am | 10:35am | Division IX Meeting | Hyannisport East | Division Meetings | |
40 | Thursday | 10:00am | 10:45am | Coffee with Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall | Exhibit Hall | |
41 | Thursday | 10:45am | 12:00pm | Making the Most of your School Breakfast Program | Cape Cod | Andrea Silbert, Tom Minichiello, Mary Ellen Kirrane, Julie Hackett, Julia St. Martin, Donna Lombardi | Panel Session 5 |
42 | Thursday | 10:45am | 12:00pm | School Law 101 | Hyannisport East | Naomi Stonberg, Esq., Jonathan Sclarsic, Esq., David Giannotti | Panel Session 5 |
43 | Thursday | 10:45am | 12:00pm | Board-Superintendent Relationships | Barnstable III | Jim Marini, Ruth Gilbert-Whitner, Robert Hayes | Panel Session 5 |
44 | Thursday | 10:45am | 12:00pm | Strategies for Children | Barnstable I | Christopher Martes, Amy O'Leary, Titus DosRemedios, Laura Healey | Panel Session 5 |
45 | Thursday | 10:45am | 12:00pm | Creating a Safe School Climate: Supporting LGBTQ Students | Centerville | Jeff Perrotti, Roger Bourgeois, Patrick Daly, Cyndy Taymore | Panel Session 5 |
46 | Thursday | 10:45am | 12:00pm | Making the Most of Your Collaboratives | Orleans | Panel Session 5 | |
47 | Thursday | 10:45am | 12:00pm | PARCC/Common Core Update | Ballroom | Patrick Francomano, Jeff Wulfson, Christopher Malone | Panel Session 5 |
48 | Thursday | 12:15pm | Buffet Networking Lunch (Sponsored by LEGO) | Bass River | Meals | ||
49 | Thursday | 1:00pm | 2:00pm | Ice Cream Social with Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall | Exhibit Hall | |
50 | Thursday | 1:15pm | 2:15pm | Improve Teacher and Student Communication and Assessment (Microsoft) | Centerville | Tiffany Thompson | Partner Presentations |
51 | Thursday | 1:15pm | 2:15pm | Measuring Social and Emotional Learning (Panorama Education) | Barnstable I | Aaron Feuer | Partner Presentations |
52 | Thursday | 1:15pm | 2:15pm | Why Partner with a Facilities Management Company? The Pros and Cons (Sodexo) | Barnstable III | BJ Mandelstam, Phil Bornstein, R.D. | Partner Presentations |
53 | Thursday | 1:15pm | 2:15pm | Carnegie Learning Presentation | Orleans | Sue Hamilton | Partner Presentations |
54 | Thursday | 2:00pm | 5:00pm | Registration Desk Open | Lobby | Registration | |
55 | Thursday | 2:30pm | 3:45pm | General Session | Ballroom | Dr. William Pollack, Ron Walker | General Session |
56 | Thursday | 4:00pm | 5:15pm | Strategic Leadership in Challenging Times | Cape Cod | Beverly Hugo, Salvatore Menzo, Roxanne McKay | Panel Session 6 |
57 | Thursday | 4:00pm | 5:15pm | Advancing Social/Emotional Learning in Your Community | Hyannisport East | Ellen Gibson, Lisa LaCava, Dan Futrel, Donna Traynham, Carol Nolan | Panel Session 6 |
58 | Thursday | 4:00pm | 5:15pm | District Governance Program | Hyannisport West | Dorothy Presser, Tari Thomas, Margaret Driscoll | Panel Session 6 |
59 | Thursday | 4:00pm | 5:15pm | Improving Early Education for All Students | Ballroom | Luc Schuster, David Verdolino, Christopher Martes, Tom Weber, Anthony Pierantozzi | Panel Session 6 |
60 | Thursday | 4:00pm | 5:15pm | Planning for Success | Barnstable I | Carrie Conaway, Lori Likos, David DeRuosi, John Doherty, Ruth Gilbert-Whitner, Barbara Malkas, Andrew Kelley, Robert Sanborn, Chris Scott | Panel Session 6 |
61 | Thursday | 4:00pm | 5:15pm | Impact of Policy Makers on Regional School Districts | Barnstable III | Ellen Holmes, Maureen Marshall, Stephen Hemman | Panel Session 6 |
62 | Thursday | 4:00pm | 5:15pm | Rethinking the Role of the Library and Librarian in the 21st Century | Centerville | Geoffrey Swett, Susan Givens | Panel Session 6 |
63 | Thursday | 4:00pm | 5:15pm | NSBA National Connection Program | Bass River Alcove | Mark Bonjavanni, Mike Gilbert | Panel Session 6 |
64 | Thursday | 4:00pm | 5:15pm | How to Build Capacity in Schools to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse | Orleans | John Hockridge, Eric Conti, Jetta Bernier | Panel Session 6 |
65 | Thursday | 5:30pm | 6:30pm | Presidents' Reception (sponsored by Carnegie Learning) | Lobby Lounge | Receptions | |
66 | Thursday | 6:30pm | Thursday Night Banquet with Guest Speaker Jack Gallagher | Bass River | Jack Gallagher | Meals | |
67 | Friday | 7:30am | 11:30am | Registration Desk Open | Lobby | Registration | |
68 | Friday | 7:30am | 9:30am | "Grab 'n Go" Breakfast (Sponsored by NE Dairy Council) | Ballroom Foyer | Meals | |
69 | Friday | 8:10am | 8:35am | Improve Students/Teachers/Admin. thru Managed Services/Staff Augmentation (ePlus) | Centerville | Kelly Raymond | Partner Presentations |
70 | Friday | 9:00am | 3:00pm | COSCAP Fall Conference | Grand | COSCAP | |
71 | Friday | 9:00am | 10:15am | Model Language for Knotty Problems: Do's and Don’t's of Collective Bargaining | Cape Cod | David Katseff, Elizabeth Valerio, Esq., Marc Terry, Esq. | Panel Session 7 |
72 | Friday | 9:00am | 10:15am | Superintendent Evaluation | Hyannisport East | Dorothy Presser, Jodi Fortuna, Allyson Hay, Nick deKanter | Panel Session 7 |
73 | Friday | 9:00am | 10:15am | Virtual Learning Academies | Barnstable I | Elizabeth McGonagle, Moira Rogers, Theresa Craig, Paul Zinni | Panel Session 7 |
74 | Friday | 9:00am | 10:15am | Turnaround Work: Moving Underperforming Schools to Excellence | Barnstable III | Pia Durkin, Jason DeFalco, Bruce Oliveira, Josh Amaral | Panel Session 7 |
75 | Friday | 9:00am | 10:15am | The New NEASC: Helpful, User-Friendly | Centerville | Paulette Van der Kloot, Jon Sills, Jake McCandless, George Edwards, Joel Stembridge | Panel Session 7 |
76 | Friday | 9:00am | 10:15am | Working with DESE | Orleans | Charlene McEntee, Brooke Clenchy, Jass Stewart | Panel Session 7 |
77 | Friday | 9:00am | 10:15am | Efficient Meetings: Yes, You Can Have Them | Osterville A | Marta Montleon, William Hawkins, Fallon Boragine, Marrisa Morrison, Collin Bulgara, Elijah Moniz, Julia Leamy | Panel Session 7 |
78 | Friday | 9:00am | 10:15am | State and Federal Issues Update | Osterville B | Stephen Finnegan, Esq., Rep. Alice Peisch, Rep. Steven Ultrino, Sen. Patricia Jehlen | Panel Session 7 |
79 | Friday | 10:30am | 11:45am | General Session | Ballroom | Suzanne Bump, Yong Zhao | General Session |
80 | Friday | 12:00pm | 1:45pm | Leadership Lunch with Rep. Jay Kaufman (Sponsored by Deutsch Williams) | Bass River | Jay Kaufman | Meals |
81 | Friday | 1:45pm | 2:30pm | Division 1 Meeting | Hyannisport East | Division Meetings | |
82 | Friday | 1:45pm | 2:30pm | Division 2 Meeting | Hyannisport East | Division Meetings | |
83 | Friday | 1:45pm | 2:30pm | Division 3 Meeting | Hyannisport West | Division Meetings | |
84 | Friday | 1:45pm | 2:30pm | Division 4 Meeting | Barnstable I | Division Meetings | |
85 | Friday | 1:45pm | 2:30pm | Division 5 Meeting | Barnstable III | Division Meetings | |
86 | Friday | 1:45pm | 2:30pm | Division 6 Meeting | Centerville | Division Meetings | |
87 | Friday | 1:45pm | 2:30pm | Division 7 Meeting | Bass River Alcove | Division Meetings | |
88 | Friday | 1:45pm | 2:15pm | What Kind of Robot Could You Build in Only 6 Weeks from a Limited Box of Parts? | Cape Cod | Featured Panel | |
89 | Friday | 2:30pm | 3:45pm | STEM Inspiration through Robotics | Cape Cod | Christine Miska | Panel Session 8 |
90 | Friday | 2:30pm | 3:45pm | School Budget and Finance | Hyannisport East | Jim Hardy, David Verdolino | Panel Session 8 |
91 | Friday | 2:30pm | 3:45pm | Special Education Update | Barnstable I | Colleen Dolan | Panel Session 8 |
92 | Friday | 2:30pm | 3:45pm | School Law 201 | Osterville B | Patrick Francomano, Stephen Finnegan, Esq., Michael Long, Esq. | Panel Session 8 |
93 | Friday | 2:30pm | 3:45pm | Less Testing. More Learning. | Orleans | Alain Jehlen, Julie Hackett, Sen. Patricia Jehlen, Tracy Novick | Panel Session 8 |
94 | Friday | 2:30pm | 5:15pm | Media and Advocacy Communications | Bass River | Glenn Koocher, Christopher Horan, John Creed | Double Sessions |
95 | Friday | 2:30pm | 5:15pm | New Member Orientation: Part 1 | Centerville | Mike Gilbert, Jim Hardy, Pat Correira | Double Sessions |
96 | Friday | 2:30pm | 5:15pm | Goal Setting and Strategic Planning | Osterville A | Dorothy Presser, Kiersten Warendorf | Double Sessions |
97 | Friday | 4:00pm | 5:15pm | Monitoring and Tracking Student Activity Funds | Barnstable I | Jay Sullivan, David King, Joel Lovering | Panel Session 9 |
98 | Friday | 4:00pm | 5:15pm | Promoting Positive Student Culture | Orleans | Shawn Armacost, Michael Case, Laurie Casna, Charlie Bradshaw | Panel Session 9 |
99 | Friday | 4:00pm | 5:15pm | Charter School Reform Update | Osterville B | Patrick Francomano, Kathleen Skinner, Patrick Murphy | Panel Session 9 |
100 | Friday | 4:00pm | 5:15pm | Difficult People: Keeping Conflict at a Minimum | Grand | Jim Hardy | Panel Session 9 |
101 | Friday | 4:00pm | 5:15pm | MASC Past Presidents Council Meeting | Room 104 | MASC | |
102 | Friday | 4:00pm | 5:15pm | MASC Life Member/Award Recipients Reception | Hyannisport East | Receptions | |
103 | Friday | 4:00pm | 5:15pm | MASC Life Member/Leadership Awards Dinner | Bass River | Patrick Francomano | Meals |
104 | Saturday | 9:00am | 11:45am | New Member Orientation: Part 2 | Hyannisport East | Saturday Double Sessions | |
105 | Saturday | 9:00am | 11:45am | Multigenerational Community Engagement and Social Media | Cape Cod | Dorothy Presser, Jim Hardy | Saturday Double Sessions |
106 | Saturday | 9:00am | 10:15am | Advocacy Academy | Bass River | Christopher Horan | Saturday Sessions 1 |
107 | Saturday | 9:00am | 10:15am | Developing Future Technology Leaders in a Student-run Help Desk | Hyannisport West | Junnifer Judkins, Sarah Perkins, Janice Alper, Kathleen Dario, Michaela Carroll, Dana Landry | Saturday Sessions 1 |
108 | Saturday | 9:00am | 10:15am | Parliamentary Procedures | Barnstable I | William Gilmeister | Saturday Sessions 1 |
109 | Saturday | 9:00am | 10:15am | Superintendent Contracting: Do's and Don't's | Barnstable III | Glenn Koocher, Elizabeth Valerio, Esq. | Saturday Sessions 1 |
110 | Saturday | 10:30am | 11:45am | Great Chairs/Great Mentors | Barnstable III | Dorothy Presser | Saturday Sessions 2 |
111 | Saturday | 10:30am | 11:45am | What Would Your Students Say? | Hyannisport West | Alex Pratt, Beverly Griffin Dunne | Saturday Sessions 2 |
112 | Saturday | 10:30am | 11:45am | Collective Bargaining for Student Achievement | Barnstable I | Glenn Koocher | Saturday Sessions 2 |
113 | Saturday | 12:00pm | 1:00pm | Student Voices Luncheon | Bass River | Tyler Keenan | Meals |
MASC and MASS host MA's largest annual gathering of education leaders, featuring a program of nationally known panel sessions offering professional development opportunities and in-depth discussion of the critical education issues of today, plus a host of vendors and exhibitors, demonstrations on instruction and management best practices and a chance to network with other school leaders! Last year's conference included a wide variety of popular workshops and panel sessions on cost-savings issues, PARCC, Common Core, labor relations, educator evaluations, leadership development and legal/legislative updates, plus innovative ideas as described by MASC event partners. Don't miss the premier annual education event in Massachusetts!
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