Current Job-Alike Programs
Administrative Assistants Job-Alike Group
New Group – more details will be available soon
Dates & Times: TBD
Audience: Administrative Assistants, Executive Assistants at the school and district level
Location: TBD
Facilitator: TBD
Cost: $200 ACCEPT members / $240 non-members
provide Curriculum Directors/Assistant Superintendents an opportunity to network, learn together, share resources and ideas and to build a community. Please join colleagues in an active pursuit of collaborative professional development. Our model will focus on collegial sharing of effective strategies to address current challenges in district instructional leadership. Topics of discussion will be identified and facilitated by participants, with the goal of strengthening individual practice to benefit districts overall.
Lunch will be provided at each In Person meeting.
Dates & Times: Thursdays, 12:00pm – 2:00pm
- September 14, 2023 @ ACCEPT
- October 19, 2023 – via Zoom
- November 30, 2023 @ ACCEPT
- January 11, 2024 – via Zoom
- February 8, 2024 @ ACCEPT
- March 14, 2024 – via Zoom
- April 11, 2024 @ ACCEPT
- May 16, 2024 – via Zoom
Audience: District Curriculum Leaders and Assistant Superintendents
Location: Hybrid format, alternating between ACCEPT Collaborative, 4 Tech Circle in Natick and virtual meetings
Co-Facilitators: Gabrielle Abrams, Assistant Superintendent, Medway Public Schools & Gina Flanagan, Deputy Director for Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment & Professional Development, ACCEPT Collaborative
Cost: $200 ACCEPT members/ $240 non-members
This Job-Alike group will provide DEIB Directors an opportunity to network, learn together, share resources and ideas and to build a community. Experienced Directors as well as Directors new to the role are welcome to join the group to work with colleagues in an active pursuit of collaborative professional development. Our model will focus on collegial sharing of effective strategies to address current challenges in district instructional leadership. Topics of discussion will be identified and facilitated by participants, with the goal of strengthening individual practice to benefit districts overall.
Dates & Times: Group will meet approximately 5 times per year, Dates & Times TBD
Audience: DEIB Directors
Location: TBD
Facilitator:
Earn: 10 PDPs
Cost: $200 ACCEPT members/ $240 non-members
This Job-Alike Group will provide individuals in an Instructional Coaching role an opportunity to build a collaborative professional learning community. We will focus on student-centered coaching models, creating more effective partnerships with teachers, styles of communication, ways of tracking data, providing colleagues with feedback, and how to balance all of the demands of the role. The role of an Instructional Coach is a journey of supporting colleagues and continuously learning from each other so it is helpful to also have the opportunity to interact with others in job-alike conversations.
Dates & Times: Wednesdays, 9:00am – 10:30am; 10/9, 11/13/24; 1/8, 3/12, & 5/14/25
Audience: K – 12 Instructional Coaches in all content areas
Location: The first session will meet in person at ACCEPT Collaborative; the remaining sessions will meet virtually via Zoom with the possibility of in person sessions
Facilitator: Karen Wolfson, K – 8 Mathematics Curriculum Coordinator, Sudbury Public Schools
Earn: 10 PDPs
Cost: $200 ACCEPT members/$240 non-members
This Job-Alike Group will provide individuals in an Instructional Technology role an opportunity to build a collaborative professional learning community. The goal of this group is to learn from one another about best practices. Discussions may include: what it means to be a 21st century learner, online tools that support student choice and voice, strategies for increasing student engagement, the role AI has in education and how to support teachers, as well as member generated topics.
Dates & Times: Tuesdays, 9:00am – 11:00am; 10/10, & 11/14/23; 1/9, 3/12 & 4/9/24
Audience: K – 8 Instructional Technology Specialists
Location: The first session will meet in person at ACCEPT Collaborative and the format for the remaining sessions will be determined
Co-Facilitators: Liz Kerrigan, Middle School Instructional Technology Specialist, Sudbury Public Schools
Shannon Famigletti, Elementary School Instructional Technology Specialist, Sudbury Public Schools
Earn: 10 PDPs
Cost: $200 ACCEPT members/ $240 non-members
This Job-Alike Group will provide occupational therapy and physical therapy practitioners an opportunity to collaborate, network, share resources and ideas, learn, and problem solve together to build a community centered on improving/evolving school-based practice. Discussion topics will be identified by participants and framed in best practice with a focus on sharing effective strategies to address current practice challenges. This group will meet monthly for 10 months over the 23/24 school year. The facilitator will provide structure and support productive discussion ensuring alignment with professional practice standards, education laws, and best evidence-informed practice.
Dates & Times: Tuesdays, 2:45pm – 4:15pm; 10/8, 11/12, 12/10/24; 1/14, 2/4, 3/11, 4/15, 5/13 & 6/10/25
Audience: K – 12 Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants working in school settings.
Location: Virtually via Zoom
Facilitator: Dr. Jan Hollenbeck, OT, OTD, OTR, FAOTA has over 30 years in public schools as an occupational therapist and special education administrator. She co-founded PASS, LLC, and shares her expertise in school practice, secondary transition, and leadership through professional development, consultation, and authoring. Dr. Hollenbeck is MAOT liaison to MA DESE, first author of the Guidelines for Provision of Occupational Therapy in Massachusetts Schools, and co-facilitator of the AOTA State Leaders in School Practice Community of Practice.
Earn: 10 PDPs
Cost: $200 ACCEPT members/ $240 non-members
Please contact Dana Mullaley with any questions – [email protected].
This Job-Alike Group will give Special Education Directors an opportunity to network, learn together, share resources and ideas and to build a community. Please join colleagues in an active pursuit of collaborative professional development. Our model will focus on collegial sharing of effective strategies to address current challenges in district instructional leadership. Topics of discussion will be identified and facilitated by participants, with the goal of strengthening individual practice to benefit districts overall. This group is open to ACCEPT member districts only.
Dates & Times: Fridays, 12:00pm – 2:30pm:
Lunch is available at 12pm, the meeting begins at 12:30pm
- October 6, 2023
- November 3, 2023
- December 1, 2023
- January 5, 2024
- February 2, 2024
- March 1, 2024
- April 5, 2024
- May 3, 2023
- June 7, 2023
Audience: ACCEPT Member Districts’ Special Education Directors
Location: ACCEPT Education Collaborative, 4 Tech Circle, Natick, MA
This Job-a-like Group will provide Team Chairs an opportunity to network, learn together, share resources and ideas and to build a community. Please join colleagues in an active pursuit of collaborative professional development. Our model will focus on collegial sharing of effective strategies to address current challenges in district instructional leadership. Topics of discussion will be identified and facilitated by participants, with the goal of strengthening individual practice to benefit districts overall.
Dates & Times: Fridays, 10:00am – 12:00pm:
- September 22, 2023
- October 13, 2023
- December 8, 2023
- January 19, 2024
- February 9, 2024
- March 8, 2024
- April 12, 2024
- May 10, 2024
Audience: Team Chairs
Location: ACCEPT Collaborative, 4 Tech Circle, Natick MA
Facilitator: Kim Merrick, Director of Student Services, ACCEPT Collaborative
Earn: 10 PDPs
Cost: $200 ACCEPT members/ $240 non-members
WITHDRAWAL POLICY
Written withdrawals addressed to ACCEPT via mail, fax or email will be accepted without penalty ten (10) business days prior to the workshop. After that time, there will be no refunds or billing adjustments, however, you may send a substitute if approved by your supervisor. Once the class begins Districts are responsible for the cost of the program regardless of attendance.