Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE)

Educational Personnel Advisory Council

2022-23 Educational Personnel Advisory Council (EPAC) Meeting Schedule:

November 16, 2022 from 3:30–5:30 (virtual)
January 18, 2023 from 3:30–5:30 (virtual)
March 15, 2023 from 3:30–5:30 (virtual)
May 10, 2023 from 3:30–5:30 (In- Person: Location TBD)

Under state law, all meetings of this advisory council are open and accessible to the public. The first three 2022-23 EPAC meetings will be held virtually, see the following information for the Zoom meetings for those that would like to attend: https://zoom.us/j/3799177895/ and Meeting ID: 379 917 7895.

FY2022-23 Educational Personnel Advisory Council (EPAC) Members

(in no particular order)

Name	Role	Organization
Jill Flanders	Elementary Committee Member	Massachusetts School Administrators Association (MSAA)
Priya Tahiliani	Superintendent, Everett Public Schools	Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents (MASS)
Desiree Ivey — EPAC Chair	Executive Director of Teacher Training & Recruitment	Shady Hill School
Robert Spiegel	Human Resources Director, Arlington Public Schools	Massachusetts Association of School Personnel Administrators (MASPA)
Lianna Pizzo	Associate Professor, UMass-Boston	Massachusetts Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (MACTE)
Paul Tritter	Director of Professional Learning, Boston Teachers Union	American Federation of Teachers (AFT), MA
Michael Lavelle	Assistant Principal, Oxford Middle School	Massachusetts School Administrators Association (MSAA)
Noah Berger	Interim Director — Center for Education Policy and Practice	Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA)
Elijah Heckstall	School Principal, Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School	Boston Public Schools
Takeru Nagayoshi	Director, Community Events at Panorama Education	2020 MA State Teacher of the Year
Jennifer Hedrington	Peabody Elementary Assistant Principal, Cambridge Public Schools	2021 MA State Teacher of the Year
Ray Lewis	Dean, Worcester State University	Standing Committee on Preparing Educators, Public University System (SCOPE)
Danubia Camargos Silva	Early Childhood Program Officer, The Boston Foundation	Parent/Family Representative
TBD		K–12 Student Member

2020-2021 Annual Report

2020-21 Annual Report

Contact Information

Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Liaison

Elizabeth Losee
Director of Educator Effectiveness Policy
Office of Educator Effectiveness
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
75 Pleasant Street — First Floor
Malden, MA 02148-4906
E-mail: elizabeth.c.losee@mass.gov

Last Updated: March 8, 2023