MASE New Leaders Cohort

May 11, 2022
Prior the MASE Best Practices Conference
Madden's on Gull Lake, Brainerd
Golf Villa A
Entire Group:  9 am – 2:30 pm
Directors of Record:  2:30 pm – 4 pm

​Participant List
Presenter Bios

Facilitated by

• Amy Ernst, Director of Special Education, Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools
• Melanie Kray, Executive Director of Special Services, SW Metro Intermediate District 288-06
• Holle Spessard, Director of Special Services, Tri-City United Schools

​
9-10:15 am
Reflective Leadership
presented by Jill Skarvold, MASE Retiree
Endings...Beginnings PPT
Reflection Tuning Protocol
​Solution Circle
​
10:15-11:15 am
Creating empowered people; confident and competent to solve problems: Build Your Team 
Janell Bullard, Superintendent, Paynesville Area Schools | previously Executive Director of MAWSECO
Building Your Team PPT
​
11:15-11:30 am
Break

11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Managing Conflict
Christina Bemboom, Sr. Dir. of Student Support Services, Eden Prairie School District
Managing Conflict PPT

12:30-1:15 pm
Lunch Break (provided by MASE)
Golf Villa B (next door)

1:15-2:45 pm
Student and Family Mental Health
Jeff Jorgensen, Director of Special Services, Edina Public Schools
Slides PPT

2:45-3:00 pm
Break for New Directors/New Leaders End

3:00-4:15
New Directors of Record Only Session
Cohort Driven Agenda
Amy Ernst, Director of Special Education, Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools
Melanie Kray, Executive Director of Special Services, SW Metro Intermediate District 288-06
Holle Spessard, Director of Special Services, Tri-City United Schools