Teachers, school administrators, district leaders, and other PK-12 educators are invited to register for the IDEAS Annual Educator Conference: “Reimagining Equity through Relationship and Responsibility.”
🗓️ Friday, November 13
🕗 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
📍 Bentley University, Waltham
Dr. Tracey Benson, CEO and Founder of the Anti-Racism Leadership Institute, will deliver the keynote address.
Dr. Benson has written extensively about structural and systemic racism in K-12 systems, including:
📘 Author, “Antiracism Phobia: Overcoming the Fear and Getting to Work”
📗 Co-author, “Unconscious Racial Bias in Schools: A Developmental Approach to Exploring Race and Racism”
✒️ The closing session will feature Massachusetts Poet Laureate Regie Gibson.
📋 Agenda, including breakout sessions: bit.ly/4jJgEDx
🐦⬛ Register by October 20 for the early bird rate of $350.
➡️ Register: bit.ly/4ybzdUl
Our latest Superintendent Spotlight features Dr. Irwin Blumer, former Superintendent of Concord Public Schools, Concord-Carlisle Regional School District, and Newton Public Schools.
After a 60-year career in K-12 public education and higher education, Dr. Blumer recently stepped down from the M.A.S.S. Executive Committee. He is a former M.A.S.S. President and Massachusetts Superintendent of the Year.
Dr. Blumer has been a mentor, advisor, and friend to countless leaders of schools, districts, and M.A.S.S. itself. We are incredibly grateful for his decades of service to the profession, the association, and students, families, and staff in communities across the Commonwealth.
Read the profile: bit.ly/4rO9Qq7
M.A.S.S. released a position paper today on the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, urging Governor Maura Healey not to opt in to the program.
The position paper, approved by our Executive Committee, asserts that the new law was designed to favor private schools and essentially will function as a school voucher.
If adopted in Massachusetts, the program would have a significant negative impact on public schools, particularly if it exacerbates the declining enrollment that many of our school districts are already experiencing.
“At first blush, it could appear that public and private schools alike stand to gain from an influx of donations,” said Mary Bourque, Executive Director of M.A.S.S. “But a closer read of the law affirms that the deck is heavily stacked against public schools.”
#FSTC
➡️ Read more: bit.ly/4iPCWDf
🌩️ We’re pleased to present “Leading in Turbulent Times,” a five-part professional learning module focused on political leadership, communications, and equity. It is open to M.A.S.S. members who are Assistant Superintendents and other central office administrators.
🍎 The series is led by Kenneth Salim, Ed.D., a coach/facilitator in the New Superintendent Induction Program (NSIP) and former Massachusetts superintendent.
📚 Drawing on contemporary case studies and concepts from Amanda Ripley’s book “High Conflict,” participants will apply political leadership frameworks to their work and practice communication strategies that can be used when a community is divided by complex and polarizing issues.
🗓️ The series will be offered in the winter and spring, with each section limited to 10 participants. Each section will include a three-hour in-person session, followed by four 90-minute virtual sessions.
❄️ Winter Session (November - March): bit.ly/4iUh8WY
🌼 Spring Session (February - May): bit.ly/4r0MiOD
Job Posting: Director of Teaching and Learning - Northampton Public Schools
Director of Teaching and Learning - Northampton Public Schools - M.A.S.S.
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The Director of Teaching and Learning serves as the district’s chief instructional leader under the direction of the Superintendent. The Director provides strategic leadership for teaching, learning...