MIAA ANNOUNCES 2009
LEADERSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTE GRADUATES
FRANKLIN - The Massachusetts
Interscholastic Athletic Association is proud to announce that 31 education professionals
from across the state recently graduated from the 22nd Annual MIAA Leadership Training
Institute. This five-day residential program (January 26-30, 2009) was conducted by
nationally renowned trainers,
Throughout the week, leadership trainees
learned practical strategies for working with coaches, students and parents to promote
sportsmanship and wellness themes. Specific topics for the course included conducting
pre-season meetings, enforcing drug and alcohol policies, training staff members, and
setting a positive example. All Leadership Training Institute participants are required to
utilize the information they learned by submitting an action plan to be implemented within
the structure of their school, team, or community. Completion
of this action plan will result in the achievement of 40 PDP’s with the option of
also earning three graduate credits from
All expenses for this week-long workshop were paid for by the MIAA including meals, materials, hotel accommodations, and professional development. Workshop participants attended sessions at the MIAA office in Franklin and the Doubletree Hotel in Milford. Through the years, more than 600 health educators, coaches, teachers, parents, and others have attended this training.
The graduates from the 22nd Annual MIAA Leadership Training Institute are:
Andrew Arki (East Falmouth, MA) Health/Physical
Education Teacher from Bourne High School
Timothy (T.J.) Baril (Middleton, MA) Physical
Education Teacher/Coach from St. Mary’s
High School (Lynn)
Christopher Belmont (Ayer, MA) Wellness
Teacher/Coach from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School;
Evan Bishop (Burlington, MA) School
Counselor/Administrative Intern from Hopkinton High School
Jonathan Cadigan (Winthrop, MA) Physical
Education Teacher/Coach from Winthrop High School
Maryann Cappello (Stoneham, MA) Program
Leader for Athletics from Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School
Patricia Demers (Westfield, MA) Coach from
Agawam High School
James Deprofio (Lowell, MA) Athletic Director
from Lowell High School
Maura Devaney (Chelmsford, MA) Health
Educator/Coach from Chelmsford High School
Craig Flynn (Billerica, MA) Physical
Education Teacher from Locke Middle School (Billerica)
Elisabeth Foukal (Nahant, MA) Coach from
Marblehead High School
Shelly Fraser (Wayland, MA) APE Teacher from
Wayland Public Schools
Scott Glassman (Whitinsville, MA) Teacher/Interscholastic
Coordinator from Miscoe Hill School (Mendon)
Ashley Gustafson (Millbury, MA) Health Teacher/Coach from Shepherd Hill Regional High
School
Jamie Gwosch (Thompson, CT) Teacher/Coach
from Shepherd Hill Regional High School
Thomas Hermanowski (Hopkinton, MA) Executive
Director from ADAPT
Lisa Hoag (Pittsfield, MA) Physical
Education/Health Department Chair from Pittsfield High School
Dana Hult (Nashua, NH) Instructor from Core
Trainings
Alison Kelly (West Springfield, MA) Guidance
Counselor form Westfield High School
Jill Leach (Southbridge, MA) Wellness
Coordinator from Hopkinton High School
Diane Lussier (West Springfield, MA) Department
Head/Physical Education Teacher from East Longmeadow High School
Matt Peloquin (Warren, MA) Physical Education Teacher from Tantasqua Junior High
School
Dan Powers (Upton, MA) Physical Education
Teacher/Coach from David Mindess School (Ashland)
Jean Robbins-Sweet (Charlton, MA) Health
Coordinator from Quaboag Regional School District
Ann Russo (Chelmsford, MA) Health Educator
from Parker Middle School (Chelmsford)
Cesar Salazar (Revere, MA) Coach from Revere
High School
William Scott (Longmeadow, MA) Dean of
Students from Putnam High School
Kevin Singleton (Boston, MA) Community Field
Coordinator from Boston Day and Evening Academy
Mike Vitelli (North Attleboro, MA) Wellness
Teacher from Norton High School
Carolyn Weed (Mendon, MA) Physical Education
Teacher/Coach from Hudson High School
Julie Westcott (Hopkinton, MA) Health/Science
Teacher from Keefe Technical High School
For more information about the Leadership Training
Institute please contact Peter Smith at 508-541-7997.