Greetings!

Hurricane Sandy is gone and we sure did take some waves across the bow, but everything seems to be ship shape at the moment!  Still hoping for far winds and following seas!  or is it far seas and following winds?  Hmm

I know that this is early but it really is never too early to begin making plans for the summer!!  Please make some time to go to "Connecting for Success" Summer Conference and Pre-Conference  It will be held this year at Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School  on  June 25 - 27, 2013 because  Assabet is going to be involved in a 3 year building project and will be unavailable.

MAVA is looking for assistance with the planning of the sessions for this summer's conference.

• Volunteers to become steering committee members.  A teacher or administrator currently working and can attend a meeting once a month
• Best practices that could become sessions at the summer conference
• Suggestions for pre-conference topics - topics that lead to licenses, certifications, and or need multiple hours of training

Time to start thinking!

Just a reminder that there will be a Vocational Teacher Technical Literacy Test (VTEL) prep course for those instructors that still need to take the VTEL.  It is scheduled for 2 Thursdays;  November 8, 15  at 4:00 pm - 7 pm and one Saturday November 10, 8:30 - 2:30 pm at Tri-County.  There is still room!  Go to MAVA.us  for registration and further information  The VTEL is scheduled for November 17

How are your budgets coming?  A followup to my email on November 1 about the draft frameworks.  Do you need any new equipment or supplies to comply with new frameworks?  That should be worked onto you budget also!!  :)

Deb