May 30, 2025

Middlesex Community College, Campus Center & North Academic Building

591 Springs Road, Bedford, MA 01730

8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast & Check-in Campus Center, Main St./ Cafe East 

9:00-9:25 Welcome Campus Center, Cafe East 

• Kari Suderley, President, NEACEP Board of Directors

• Phil Sisson, President, Middlesex Community College 

9:25-10:10 Keynote Speaker Campus Center, Cafe East 

• Dr. Amanda Sterk,  author,  The College UnMazed: Your Guide to Dual Enrollment

10:15-11:00 Concurrent Session One 

• Credits, GPAs, and College Eyes: Early College Transcript Practices (ADVISING STUDENTS), Amie Capodanno, Early College Program Manager, Waltham Public Schools North Academic Building 117

• Navigating Early College: How the University of Maine System’s Website Supports Students, Families, and Educators (OPERATIONS), Christy Alley, Early College Advising & Success Coordinator, University of Maine System North Academic Building 211

• Enhancing Youth Leadership and Civic Engagement through Early College Programming (DATA), Christine Knight, Director of Early College, University of Maine at Augusta North Academic Building 217

• From Data to Action: How Massachusetts' Early College Data Dashboard Supports Student Success (DATA OUTCOME), Renee Poisson, Early College Program Specialist & Kristen Hunt, Senior Director of Early College Policy and Planning, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education North Academic Building 202

11:10-11:55 Concurrent Session Two 

• Building Belonging: Supporting Dual Enrollment Students Through Connection, Celebration, and Community (STUDENT SUPPORTS), Carol King, Dean of College and Career Pathways & Veronica Guay, Executive Director, High School Dual Enrollment Programs and Partnerships, Qunisigamond Community College North Academic Building 117

• From Participation to Purpose: Centering Equity in Dual Enrollment at New Haven Public Schools. ADVISING STUDENTS), Suzanne Lyons, Program Associate, Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy, New York University & Dina Natalino, Supervisor of College and Career Pathways, New Haven Public Schools North Academic Building 211

• Elevating the Voice of the Concurrent Enrollment Instructor (EDUCATORS/ FACULTY), Teri St. Pierre, Director of Early College, University of Maine at Presque Isle North Academic Building 202

• Something More Than Dual Credit: Student Engagement and Meeting Learners where they are Developmentally (STUDENT SUPPORTS), Dan Cocchiola, Director of Career Pathways and Workforce Development & Taylor Van Antwerp, Career-Connected Learning Coordinator, EdAdvance, Connecticut North Academic Building 217

• Middlesex Community College Student Panel (STUDENT PERSPECTIVE), Phil Sisson, President, Middlesex Community College Campus Center, Cafe East

11:55-12:55 DualEnroll-sponsored Lunch & visit sponsor tables Campus Center, Main St/ Cafe East 

1:00-1:45 Concurrent Session Three 

• Leveraging the Dual Enrollment Survey of Student Engagement (DESSE) to Promote Dual Enrolled Student Success (DATA), Anthony Perez, Program Manager, Center for Community College Student Engagement, University of Texas, Austin North Academic Building 117

• Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities in Dual Enrollment Math Courses (STUDENT SUPPORTS), Amy Bigelow, UConn Early College Experience Math Instructor, Franklin Academy, CT North Academic Building 211

• Expanding Student Access to Dual Credit: Leveraging Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships as a Talent Management Strategy to Attract, Recruit and Retain Educators  (EDUCATOR/ FACULTY), Christopher Todd, Executive Director, UConn Early College Experience, University of Connecticut North Academic Building 202

• “Wall-to-Wall” Early College Model - All means ALL! (OPERATIONS), Maria Fernandes, Assistant Executive Director, New Heights Charter School of Brockton, MA North Academic Building 217

• NACEP Accreditation Overview & Conversation Andrea Roma, Accreditation & Member Services Manager at NACEP. North Academic Building 102

1:50-2:15 Sharing and Planning Campus Center, Cafe East 

• Come for facilitated sharing of key takeaways with colleagues and discuss show you will implement conference content for your program

• Please complete evaluation

• Door prize raffle (must be present to win)

• Certificates of Attendance available at this time 

***schedule subject to change***