Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE)

Parent and Community Education and Involvement Advisory Council

The Parent and Community Education and Involvement Advisory Council (PCEIAC) advises the Commissioner, Department (DESE), and Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (Board) on matters pertaining to the development of parent and community engagement in education. Its function is to help inform and advise the Department on policy issues that relate to the enhancement of the educational achievement of Massachusetts students. Specifically, the Council will:

assess statewide trends and needs;
seek public and professional input;
analyze information regarding parent and community education and engagement;
advise and make recommendations regarding legislation, regulations, and program guidelines; and
provide other programmatic recommendations as it deems necessary to fulfill the goals for parent and community engagement established by the Board of Education.

School Year 2023-2024 Meeting Schedule

Date	Time	Location
Thursday, October 12, 2023	10:00 AM – 12:00 PM	virtual/online meeting
Thursday, January 25, 2024	10:00 AM – 12:00 PM	virtual/online meeting
Thursday, May 23, 2024	10:00 AM – 12:00 PM	To be determined

Contact Olga Lopez for agendas and login information if interested in attending a meeting. Meeting minutes are available upon request.

2023-2024 Council Members

Name (Last, First)	Title	Organization (if any)
Udea, Adanma K. (Co-Chair)	Regional Director	New England-Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
Cureton, Kathresha (Co-Chair)	President Elect	Massachusetts Parent-Teacher Association
Alves-Hunter, Terry	Multicultural Outreach Coordinator	Parent, Professional Advocacy League
Brady, Kathleen	Parent
Carballo, Ivelisse	Executive Director	CPLAN Brockton
Corwin, Jessica	School Committee Member	Sunderland
Cureton, Kathresha	Vice President of Leadership	Massachusetts Parent-Teacher Association
Falk, Audrey	Chair, Department of Applied Human Development and Community Studies,	Merrimack College
Fernandez, Luisa	District Parent Coordinator	Fitchburg
Figueroa, Sandra	Parent Liaison	Revere High School
Johnston, Kat	Manager of Professional Learning	The Teacher Collaborative
Marte, Joselyn	HiSET Advisor	Lawrence Adult Learning Center
McWilliams, Lorette	Professor	School Counseling Department, Assumption University
Mendes-Sheldon, Adriana	Director of Community Partnerships	Project Bread
Mittal, Kelly	Parent Member	myKidzDay, LLC
Rodriguez, Magda L.	Senior Director of National Strategy	Families First
Silva, Donalda	Family and Community Resource Center Coordinator	Atlantis Charter School
Singh, Shivpreet	Parent Member

Contact Information

Olga Lopez, Liaison
Phone: 781-338-6315
Email: Olga.M.Lopez@mass.gov

Last Updated: January 26, 2024