2024-25 MASA BIPOC Affinity 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 who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) are invited to join the 2024-25 BIPOC Affinity Group. The goal of this affinity 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!
Register for all the sessions here: https://forms.gle/8BWUYsurXL2TouvD7. You will be registered for the sessions based on your MASA membership status.
Session Dates & Topics All sessions are 8 - 9 am Central hosted via Zoom!
September 17, 2024 | Open to MASA and non-members | Add to calendar October 15, 2024 | MASA members only | Add to calendar November 19, 2024 | Open to MASA and non-members | Add to calendar December 17, 2024 | MASA members only | Add to calendar January 21, 2025 | Open to MASA and non-members | Add to calendar February 18, 2025 | MASA members only | Add to calendar March 18, 2025 | Open to MASA and non-members | Add to calendar April 15, 2025 | MASA members only | Add to calendar May 20, 2025 | Open to MASA and non-members | Add to calendar
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.
Technical Issues w/ Zoom Information
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can't access the meeting and it keeps taking you to the zoom registration page, it is most likely because you have an outdated zoom application downloaded on your computer.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 Affinity Group, please enter your information here: https://forms.gle/Uw7AurZECtzMvNAu7
2022-23 Sessions
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