Massachusetts Education Partnership Conference 

8:00 – 8:30 Registration; Breakfast Buffet

8:30 -8:40 Welcome

• Glenn Koocher, Executive Director, Massachusetts Association of School Committees
• Paul Toner, President, Massachusetts Teachers Association

8:40 – 9:45 Massachusetts Education Partnership Activities: the First Two Years

• Thomas A. Kochan, Co-Director, Institute of Work and Employment Research, MIT
• Barry Bluestone, Director, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University
• Chad d’Entremont, Executive Director, Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy
• Nancy E. Peace, Executive Director, Massachusetts Education Partnership

9:45 – 10:00 Break

10:00 – 11:00 Plenary Session: Greg Anrig, Vice President, The Century Foundation, “Beyond the Education Wars: Evidence that Collaboration Builds Effective Schools.”

11:10 – 12:30 WORKSHOPS

1. Piloting PARCC: Lessons from District-/School-wide trial in Burlington and Revere
2. Collaborating to Expand Teacher and Student Time in School: The Impact of Expanded Learning Time Across Massachusetts
3. Why You May Want to Consider Using an Interest-Based Approach When Negotiating Your Next Collective Bargaining Agreement.
4. DCP Working Session 1 (Planning Time for Members of DCP District Teams)
5. Making Space: The Importance of Building Structures for Teacher Collaboration

12:30-1:30 LUNCH SESSION
A Conversation about Education Policy:

Moderator: Chad d’Entremont, Executive Director, Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy
Panelists:

• Maura O. Banta, Chair, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
• Tom Gosnell, President, American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts
• Glenn Koocher, Executive Director, Massachusetts Association of School Committees
• Tom Scott, Executive Director, Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents
• Paul Toner, President, Massachusetts Teachers Association

1:40-3:00 WORKSHOPS

6. District Capacity Project: What Does It Mean to Build Capacity and How Can It Drive Student Success in Your School District?
7. The Role of Community Partners in Fostering and Sustaining Collaborations to Support Students, Families and Educators
8. A Look Under the Hood: MEP’s Interest Based Bargaining Training Program
9. Leveraging Labor-Management Working Groups to Support Educator Evaluation Systems
10. Kids can do a whole lot more than you thought! Collaboration is key to getting there!

3:10-3:30 Future Directions for MEP: a Structured Dialog with Conference Participants

• What MEP programs should be continued?
• What else might MEP do to improve collaboration and student achievement?

(Participants will work together in small groups with a facilitator.)

3:30 Conference adjourns