BIPOC Leadership Group

    2024-25 MASA BIPOC Leadership Group Sessions

    Facilitated by Dr. Bernadeia Johnson
    Nine Sessions | September 2024 - May 2025 | 8 - 9 am via Zoom

    MASA members and our fellow educational leaders the 2024-25 BIPOC Leadership Group. The goal of this group is to gather with your colleagues for collegiality, discussion, and ideation, focusing on issues of particular interest to BIPOC leaders.

    If you have any colleagues who would benefit from this group, please encourage them to attend!

    We are pleased to announce that Dr. Bernadeia Johnson will again be facilitating the group!


    Session Dates & Topics

    All sessions are 8 - 9 am Central hosted via Zoom!

    • September 17, 2024 | Open to MASA and non-members
    • October 15, 2024 | MASA members only
    • November 19, 2024 | Open to MASA and non-members
    • December 17, 2024 | MASA members only
    • January 21, 2025 | Open to MASA and non-members
    • February 18, 2025 | MASA members only
    • March 18, 2025 | Open to MASA and non-members
    • April 15, 2025 | MASA members only
    • May 20, 2025 | Open to MASA and non-members

    Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
    CEUs have been requested from the Minnesota Board of School Administrators (BOSA). Participants must attend the sessions synchronously to be eligible for CEUs. Sessions will NOT be recorded.

    If you experience issues where you can't access the meeting and it keeps taking you to the zoom registration page, it is most likely because you have an outdated zoom application downloaded on your computer.

    If zoom is not downloaded on your computer, you want to join the meeting from the web browser and not install zoom on your computer. Note this historically has occurred with Osseo Area Schools email accounts.

    If you would like to be added to the email list for the MASA BIPOC Leader Group, please enter your information here: ​https://forms.gle/Uw7AurZECtzMvNAu7


    2022-23 MASA BIPOC Affinity Group Dates

    The Minnesota Association of School Administrators extends a warm invitation to the BIPOC Affinity Group.

    MASA members who identify as BIPOC are invited to join the MASA BIPOC Affinity Group and gather with your colleagues for collegiality, discussion, and ideation, focusing on issues of particular interest to BIPOC leaders.

    We are grateful to Dr. Bernadeia Johnson for facilitating this group.

    Below are the dates for the 2022-23 BIPOC Affinity group and the registration links. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. We are asking you to register so we can keep the group’s contact list current.

    All meetings will be virtual and take place from 7:30 - 8:30 am.

    Upcoming Sessions

    There is no cost to participate.
    October 11, 2022 | Speaker: Lisa Sayles-Adams, Superintendent, Eastern Carver County Schools
    November 15, 20220 | Speaker: Dr. Theresa Battle, Superintendent, Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District | Topic: School Board Governance 
    ​December 13 | Speaker: Astein Osei, Superintendent, St. Louis Park Public Schools | Topic: Leading for Racial Equity Transformation
    January 17 | Speaker: Dr. Michael Thomas, Superintendent, Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools
    February 14 | Speaker: Dr. Bryan Bass, Assistant Superintendent, Osseo Area Schools
    March 14 | Speaker: Dr. Carlondrea Hines, Associate Superintendent, Eden Prairie School District
    April 11 | Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Burrage, Chief Equity Officer, State of Minnesota
    May 9 | Speaker: Dr. Brenda Cassellius, Founder & CEO, LeaderProof LLC, Former Commissioner of Education and Superintendent
    June 13 | Speaker: Dr. Bernadeia Johnson | Topic; Strategies for Taking Care of Mental Health | Slides

    Session Dates & Topics

    September 19, 2023 - Leadership
    October 17, 2023 - Values and Ethics
    November 21, 2023 - Curriculum and Instruction for All
    December 19, 2023 - Equity and Judgement Problem Solving
    January 16, 2024 - Political Influence and Governance
    February 20, 2024 - Policy and Law
    March 19, 2024 - Organizational Management
    April 16, 2024 - Community Capital
    May 21, 2024 - Community Relations
    June 11, 2024 - Communications