Professional Development Conference
Friday, September 28, 2018
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel
181 Boston Post Road, Marlborough, MA
The Conference for the Career School Professional!
Professional Development Hours: 6
Plan to attend the New England Private Career School Association’s (NEPCSA) Annual Professional Development Conference. The Conference will feature dynamic speakers, informative educational seminars, a graduate awards recognition program, as well as networking and interaction with key career school vendors. There is something for everyone at the NEPCSA Conference. Owners, directors, faculty, admissions, financial aid, career services and compliance personnel are all encouraged to attend.
Professional Development Hours: 6
Plan to attend the New England Private Career School Association’s (NEPCSA) Annual Professional Development Conference. The Conference will feature dynamic speakers, informative educational seminars, a graduate awards recognition program, as well as networking and interaction with key career school vendors. There is something for everyone at the NEPCSA Conference. Owners, directors, faculty, admissions, financial aid, career services and compliance personnel are all encouraged to attend.
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7:45 am - 8:45 am
Breakfast, Registration & Sponsor Visits 9:00 am - 9:15 am Annual Meeting | Board Elections | NEPCSA Update Jim Bologa, NEPCSA President President and CEO, Porter and Chester 9:15 am - 10:00 am Keynote Presentation Steve Gundersen, President and CEO Career Education Colleges and Universities 10:00 am - 10:30 am Networking Break and Sponsor Visits 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Every Student is a Success: Increasing Motivation to Learn Dr. Henry Johnson Sponsored by: McGraw Hill Who Should Attend? Faculty Sponsored by: McGraw Hill 10:30 am - 12:00 pm What Can You Do to Curb Stress and Burnout Right Now? David M. Grimes, Cyanna Education Services Who Should Attend? Owners, Directors, Administrators, Admissions and Career Services Staff |
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Sponsor Visits and Lunch and Networking 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Graduate Awards Presentation Do you have a recent graduate who has excelled in their studies, maximized his/her performance and demonstrated outstanding potential for post-graduation employment? Recognize them by submitting a nomination for the NEPCSA 2018 Outstanding Graduate Achievement Awards! Give your graduate the recognition they deserve! Submit their nomination form today. Click here to nominate your school’s 2018 outstanding graduate. 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Soft Skills, The Experience! Dr. Alvin S. Perry Who Should Attend? Faculty, Owners, Directors, Administrators, Admissions and Career Services Staff 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm The Role of the Admissions Office in Regaining Public Trust Dr. Jean Norris | Norton|Norris, Inc. Who Should Attend? Owners, Directors, Administrators, Admissions and Career Services Staff |
School Registration
Fees Register by September 1, 2018
and Save $50 Per Person! Member Fees: Before 9/1/18 = $125 After 9/1/18 = $175 Non-Member Fees: Before 9/1/18 = $225 After 9/1/18 = $275 
Hotel Information NEPCSA has reserved a block of rooms at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel. To make a reservation, please call (508) 460-0700.
The reservation deadline is August 29, 2018. The group rate is $129 + tax. |
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Sponsorship Opportunities
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Current Sponsors
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You can demonstrate your support for private career schools and increase your visibility in the New England marketplace by becoming a NEPCSA conference sponsor.
What Sponsors Get:
Platinum Sponsor: $1,000 Workshop Sponsor Fee includes four registrations Gold Sponsor: $750 Lunch Sponsor Fee includes three registrations Silver Sponsor: $500 Breakfast Sponsor Fee includes two registrations Bronze Sponsor: $300 Annual Meeting Sponsor Fee includes one registration Additional personnel can register for $50 per person. |
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Place your ad in the 2018 NEPCSA Annual Conference Booklet and increase your exposure to the New England private career school industry. Ad Sizes and Rates Half Page: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 $100 Back Cover: 8 1/2 x 11 $400 Full Page: 8 1/2 x 11 $200 Inside Front or Back Cover: 8 1/2 x 11 $300 |
Recent Educational Programs
Professional Development Seminars
Friday, April 27, 2018
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
NEPCSA conducted two concurrent professional development seminars on Friday, April 27, 2018. The seminars were held at the Porter and Chester Campus in Worcester, MA and featured one seminar for faculty and another for career services personnel and administrators.
Career Services Best Practices Roundtable Discussion
The NEPCSA Career Services Best Practices Roundtable Discussion covered placement verification requirements, third party verification documents, regulatory compliance, student achievement trends, as well as workforce preparation (resumes, interviews, and mentoring).
Moderated By: Greg Diamond, Director of Admissions, NETTTS (North Andover)
Panel:
Jocelyn Brotherton, Director of Career Services, NETTTS (North Andover)
Antoine Jones, Regional Career Services Director, Lincoln Technical Institute (Somerville)
Christopher Shepley, Regional Director of Career Services, Porter and Chester Institute
Paul Tavares, Director of Career Services, Universal Technical Institute
Readin’, Writin’, and Rithmatic’, -- Soft Skills Seminar
Change is the only constant in the lives of our students. How we teach and how we help them navigate through those changes determines their successes. This seminar was “hands on” with activities and ideas to implement immediately to help our students succeed and develop those elusive soft skills.
As educators, we must have the soft skills to be mentors to our students. Strong communication skills will help instructors and students break old habits and form newer healthier ones. Working across the curriculum and across disciplines are the beginnings of becoming critical readers, solid writers, and implementing math skills in the workplace. This session was fun, practical, and interactive.
Presented by: Dr. Connie Duke, Owner, Time Out
Sponsored by: McGraw-Hill Career College Division
Click here to view the photos!
Friday, April 27, 2018
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
NEPCSA conducted two concurrent professional development seminars on Friday, April 27, 2018. The seminars were held at the Porter and Chester Campus in Worcester, MA and featured one seminar for faculty and another for career services personnel and administrators.
Career Services Best Practices Roundtable Discussion
The NEPCSA Career Services Best Practices Roundtable Discussion covered placement verification requirements, third party verification documents, regulatory compliance, student achievement trends, as well as workforce preparation (resumes, interviews, and mentoring).
Moderated By: Greg Diamond, Director of Admissions, NETTTS (North Andover)
Panel:
Jocelyn Brotherton, Director of Career Services, NETTTS (North Andover)
Antoine Jones, Regional Career Services Director, Lincoln Technical Institute (Somerville)
Christopher Shepley, Regional Director of Career Services, Porter and Chester Institute
Paul Tavares, Director of Career Services, Universal Technical Institute
Readin’, Writin’, and Rithmatic’, -- Soft Skills Seminar
Change is the only constant in the lives of our students. How we teach and how we help them navigate through those changes determines their successes. This seminar was “hands on” with activities and ideas to implement immediately to help our students succeed and develop those elusive soft skills.
As educators, we must have the soft skills to be mentors to our students. Strong communication skills will help instructors and students break old habits and form newer healthier ones. Working across the curriculum and across disciplines are the beginnings of becoming critical readers, solid writers, and implementing math skills in the workplace. This session was fun, practical, and interactive.
Presented by: Dr. Connie Duke, Owner, Time Out
Sponsored by: McGraw-Hill Career College Division
Click here to view the photos!
Professional Development Webinars, Hosted by Cyanna
December 6, 2017 - 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
How to Overcome the Diverse Risk Factors That Impact Student Success
Students have a diverse range of personal characteristics, backgrounds, and mindsets that can negatively impact their college and career success. By identifying these common factors and discovering methods to help students overcome these behaviors and factors, you can bring success to the student, the classroom, and to the school.
February 7, 2018 - 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Diversity of Career College Students: Educating Different Types of Learners
Teachers today need to possess the skills necessary to provide a successful learning
environment to all students. In addition, teachers, as well as administration and staff, should promote an inclusive classroom. The goal of this will be to identify the diverse student population that makes up a class. Through this, teachers can determine appropriate ways to teach to the diverse-learner set, as well as properly utilize the student diversity to enhance the learning process.
April 4, 2018 - 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Teaching to Different Learning Styles
Understanding how students learn is paramount to success as an educator and an institution. This can help support certain types of teaching strategies, as well as give an understanding of why some students struggle and others succeed, when being presented the same material in the same format. To understand this phenomenon we must differentiate between learning theories and learning preferences. Throughout this Webinar, we will explore the differences between learning theories and learner preferences and how to effectively incorporate concepts, from both of these, into the classroom to meet the needs of all learners.
December 6, 2017 - 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
How to Overcome the Diverse Risk Factors That Impact Student Success
Students have a diverse range of personal characteristics, backgrounds, and mindsets that can negatively impact their college and career success. By identifying these common factors and discovering methods to help students overcome these behaviors and factors, you can bring success to the student, the classroom, and to the school.
February 7, 2018 - 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Diversity of Career College Students: Educating Different Types of Learners
Teachers today need to possess the skills necessary to provide a successful learning
environment to all students. In addition, teachers, as well as administration and staff, should promote an inclusive classroom. The goal of this will be to identify the diverse student population that makes up a class. Through this, teachers can determine appropriate ways to teach to the diverse-learner set, as well as properly utilize the student diversity to enhance the learning process.
April 4, 2018 - 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Teaching to Different Learning Styles
Understanding how students learn is paramount to success as an educator and an institution. This can help support certain types of teaching strategies, as well as give an understanding of why some students struggle and others succeed, when being presented the same material in the same format. To understand this phenomenon we must differentiate between learning theories and learning preferences. Throughout this Webinar, we will explore the differences between learning theories and learner preferences and how to effectively incorporate concepts, from both of these, into the classroom to meet the needs of all learners.
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September 29, 2017
Professional Development Conference Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, Marlborough, MA 8:00 am - 3:00 pm 7:00 am - 7:45 am Sponsor Tabletop Move-In and Set Up 7:45 am - 8:45 am Breakfast | Registration | Sponsor Visits 8:45 am - 9:00 am Annual Meeting | Board Elections | NEPCSA Update Jim Bologa, NEPCSA President President and Chief Executive Officer, Porter and Chester 9:00 am - 9:15 am CECU Update Kelley Blanchard, VP Professional Development Career Education Colleges and Universities Click here for the presentation 9:15 am - 10:00 am Keynote Presentation Changing the Game: Reinventing the Private Sector Education Reputation Mary Lyn Hammer, President and CEO Champion College Services, Author of Injustice for All Click here for the presentation 10:00 am - 10:30 am Networking Break | Sponsor Visits 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Crisis Response Training - How to Survive an Active Shooter/Violent Intruder Incidents Joe Solomon, Police Chief, City of Methuen, Massachusetts Click here for the presentation 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Sponsor Visits | Lunch 12:30 pm - 12:45 pm Graduate Awards Presentation 12:45 pm - 1:00 pm Look at What's New! Updates on the NEPCSA Online Training Center Jay Hollowell, MaxKnowledge, Inc. 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Keynote Presentation Getting your message to the right decision-makers about the difference you make in people's lives. Tony Cignoli, Political Consultant 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Two Concurrent Seminars Teaching the Adult Learner and Recognizing Barriers of the Adult Learner Linda Dahlin, Corporate Director of Academic Affairs, Stone Academy Roundtable Discussion with State Regulators Featuring: Charles “Chuck” Borstel, Commissioner Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure Clinton Dick, Executive Director Office of Private Occupational School Education Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure Bryan Mitchell, Senior Consultant Connecticut Office of Higher Education Deanna Velletri, Specialist Proprietary Schools and Special Academic Projects Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner Rhode Island Office of Higher Education 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Sponsor Breakdown and Move Out |
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April 28, 2017
Professional Development Seminar Series 8:30 am - 12:00 pm Porter and Chester, Worcester, MA 8:30 am- 9:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:00 am - 9:45 am Information Exchange: Insight on the New DPL Regulations Moderated by: Don Lane, NETTTS and Jim Bologa, Porter and Chester Don Lane is the Vice President of the MAPCS Board of Directors. He is also the MAPCS representative on the Office of Private Occupational School Education Advisory Board at the Division of Professional Licensure (DPL). Jim Bologa is the President of the MAPCS Board of Directors. Don and Jim led an informal information exchange pertaining to DPL ethics training for sales representatives and administrators prior to the presentation to be given by Clinton Dick, the Executive Director of the Office of Private Occupational School Education. 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Administering the New DPL Policies for Occupational Schools 9:00 am - 9:45 am Presented by: Clinton Dick, Executive Director, Office of Private Occupational School Education Division of Professional Licensure The Division of Professional Licensure (DPL) regulations for private occupational schools are now in effect. During this MAPCS Seminar Clinton Dick answered questions and provide information regarding the new regulations. 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Active Learning Strategies Presented by: Marinda Ashman, Associate Professor, Department of Student Leadership and Success, University College at Utah Valley University 10:00 am - 12:00 Noon This interactive session focussed on how educators can engage their students in their own learning through the use of active learning strategies. It also introduced the concept of resilience. Resilience is a new buzz word in academia. Resilience has a huge impact on how students can find success. We need to help our students identify their own capacity for resilience. |
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March 8, 2017
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