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Agenda

MASBO 51^st ANNUAL INSTITUTE (May 17-19, 2017), Sea Crest Beach Hotel, Falmouth

Wednesday’s Events

8:00 am:  Golf Tournament

8:30 am:  Bike Ride

10:30 am: Edwin Refresher – Free in Computer Lab (Pre-registration Required)

12:00 noon:  Conference Registration Begins

Concurrent Sessions:

1:00 pm

·       Managing Multi-Year Grants

·       A Day in the Life of Receivership

·       OSD Update:  5 Key State Contracts Every Business Manager Should Know and Use

·       Quarterly Financial Reports

·       Changes to the End-of-Year Financial Report (EOYR)

2:00 pm

·       Supplement Not Supplant Under ESSA

·       MTRS Annual Legislative Update and Administrative Issues

·       It’s Challenging Times for Student Health Services

·       Regional School Update

·       Bad People Want Your Student, Staff and District Data!

3:00 pm

·       The Do’s and Don’ts of Early Retirement Incentives

·       MAPT Transportation Reviews:  How to Save Money

·       Can Inter-District School Choice Enrollment Be Predicted?

·       Using Data to Drive Student Success

·       Streamlining Fee Payment by Integrating Your Student Information Management System with Your Fee Processor

4:05 pm – Special General Session!

·       Financial Literacy Outreach by NE REG, a Consortium of Financial Companies

4:00 pm – Hotel Check In

5:00 pm – Golf & Bike Awards

5:15 – 7:15 pm - Vendor Social

7:30 – 9:00 pm – MASBO v. CASBO Olympics and Pizza Party

9:00 pm – Beach Fire, S’mores & Olympics Awards

Thursday’s Events

7:00 am – Breakfast Buffet

8:00 am - Registration

8:30 –12:00 pm General Sessions:

Welcome

·       Dave Verdolino, MASBO Executive Director

·       Sharon Bruce, CASBO Executive Director

·       Anne Gulati, MASBO Conference Chair

·       Eva Gallupe, CASBO Conference Chair

·       Avery Embry, ASBO Representative

·       Robert Sanborn, Superintendent, Cape Code Regional Technical High School

Special General Session - Lessons Learned “Beyond Sandy Hook”

·       Dr. Joseph Erardi, Newton Connecticut School Superintendent

·       Dan Jewiss, Instructor, Team Training Associates

·       Natalie Hammond, Assistant Principal, Willard Elementary School, Berlin CT

·       Michele Gay, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Safe & Sound Schools

12:00 pm - Lunch

Concurrent Sessions:

1:30 pm

·       Student Loan Forgiveness Program for Public Sector Employees

·       Making Cent$:  Restructuring Food Service in a Collective Bargaining Environment

·       Best Practices in School Transportation and What Can be Done to Increase Competition and Bidding

·       SFO Certification – Is it Right for You?

·       Enhancing Communications to Employees & the Public

2:40 pm

·       Smarter School Budgeting

·       Crisis Planning – School Threat Assessment & Response System (STARS) Toolkit

·       Fiscally/Socially Responsible Food Services Account Collection

·       Is Outsourced Cleaning Right for Your District?

·       Department of Revenue Update

·       Preparing E&D Financial Statements for Regional Schools

3:50 pm

·       Build an Elementary Schedule

·       New AED Mandate – How to Be Compliant

·       Implementing a 1:1 Initiative and the Use of Google Classroom

·       Warning Intersection Ahead:  Where 504 and IDEA Meet

·       Maximizing Retirement Options Available to School District Employees

5:15 pm – President’s Reception

6:00 pm – MASBO Banquet & Awards

7:45 pm – MASBO & CASBO Joint Sunset Dessert Reception

8:45 pm – Trivia Challenge

Friday’s Events:

7:00 am – Breakfast Buffet

General Sessions:

8:30 am - MASBO Annual Business Meeting

9:30 am – Noah Berger, President, Massachusetts Budget & Policy Center

10:45 am – Jeff Wulfson, Deputy Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education

11:00 am – Hotel Checkout

11:45 am – Concluding Remarks