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Massachusetts ASCD19C Oak Street
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About the Association |
The Massachusetts Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development supports instructional and curriculum leaders - school and college teachers, department heads, principals, curriculum directors, assistant superintendents and superintendents - in many ways. |
Influence & Advocacy |
MASCD maintains dialogue with policy makers on issues affecting education and provides information to inform their thinking. Most recently, MASCD published FOCUS on Teacher Quality...Using Student Work to Ensure High Quality Teaching, and MASCD SPEAKS, to articulate the Association’s position on the History/Social Science Curriculum Framework and the need for curriculum frameworks to be in place for five years before the content becomes part of the MCAS.
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Licensure |
MASCD, MSSAA (the Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators' Association), and Teachers21 sponsor an innovative program to license principals/assistant principals and supervisors/directors (LLP), and superintendents/assistant superintendents (LLPS in partnership with READS Collaborative). The Leadership Licensure Programs are rigorous, comprehensive programs built on the knowledge base on effective teaching and learning and the best practices of effective instructional and organizational leadership. Designed with the practicing educator in mind, the programs include summer and weekend coursework, a practicum, a performance assessment, and beginning administrator induction. Highly skilled educational leaders teach the curriculum modules, while district-based mentors and program supervisors support participants’ work in the practicum. These unique programs feature an integrated approach to learning and doing and offer an effective framework for collaboration and reflection. The Leadership Licensure Programs begin in June and conclude the following May. The LLP offers a masters degree option from Endicott College. The LLPS offers a Ph.D. option from Lesley College. Graduates of the LLP may also be eligible for the Ph.D. option. The LLP and LLPS include an induction program for new administrators after they are licensed. For more information and to sign up go to http://www.mssaa.org/LLPhomepage.htm
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Professional Development Programs |
MASCD
sponsors professional development programs and continued dialogue on teacher
leadership, curriculum development, and effective instruction and assessment. College credit is available for most of the programs offered by
MASCD. MASCD
also collaborates with other professional organizations and the Massachusetts
Department of Education toward the improvement of student learning. MASCD has
received funding from the Massachusetts Department of Education for
administrator training in support of beginning teachers, mentor training for
National Board Certified Teachers and the MASCD summer Curriculum Leadership
Institute.
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Publications |
MASCD publishes a
newsletter and books, and moderates listservs for curriculum leaders and for
beginning teachers and their mentors. Perspectives
newsletter provides a forum for idea exchange and updates on new developments
in education. MASCD books include Using
State Frameworks to Develop Quality Curricula for Massachusetts Schools, 1996, Beyond Technology...Learning With the Wired Curriculum, 1998, and Teaching: A Career, A Profession, 1999. Beyond Technology and Teaching
have received the ASCD Special Affiliate Publication Award.
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Governance |
MASCD is governed by a
board of directors comprised of 23 curriculum and instructional leaders. Volunteers
assist in many ways. A strategic plan guides the Association’s work.
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ASCD |
MASCD is an affiliate of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), a diverse international community of educators forging covenants in teaching and learning for the success of all learners. |
Membership |
All educators and
friends of education are invited to join MASCD upon payment of annual dues.
MASCD members receive four issues of Perspectives, copies of FOCUS and MASCD SPEAKS,
complimentary membership to the curriculum listserv and/or beginning
teacher/mentor listserv, and discounts on programs and publications. Dues are
$45 per year; $15 for students or retirees. A special rate of $25 for two years
is offered to beginning teachers in their first three years of service and to
mentors. Complete the membership application and send with check or purchase
order to MASCD, 19C Oak Street, Wellesley, MA 02482, or pay MASCD dues when
renewing your ASCD membership.
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