| Training & Networking
Throughout the year, MAPCS holds seminars and conferences
on a range of topics: Marketing, Student Retention, Admissions,
Staff Motivation, Teaching Techniques, and Financial aid.
These events usefully connect MAPCS school directors and personnel
with national trainers, local speakers and successful peers.
Most accrediting agencies recognize the value of such professional
development. The Association also works with Department of
Education officials for updates and announcements.
Publications
- The MAPCS e-newsletter includes announcements to inform
members of important business and career-school issues and
events and is published 3-4 times per year.
- The Association’s annual
Directory of Career Training Schools showcases member institutions, listing
course offerings, costs, certification requirements and financial-aid availability.
The directory is widely marketed to secondary, business and vocational schools
in New England, as well as to legislators, libraries, state agencies and counseling
services.
- Information on every member is included on the MAPCS web
site, <www.mapcs.org>, with direct links to members'
websites, plus member sites are linked to the Association’s.
E-mail links are also provided for potential students to
request additional information.
Advertising &
Services
- The Directory of Career Training Schools features
postage-paid reply cards that hundreds of potential students
use to request information on careers and on schools. Inquiries
for school or career information are forwarded to all members.
- MAPCS
works with the media regarding seminars, industry news and the Association’s
annual Outstanding Student Achievement Awards.
- Upon joining, each school receives a MAPCS Membership
Certificate that shows a commitment to the benefits of involvement
in a professional association.
Annual Meeting
& Student Recognition
Every MAPCS school is invited to select one Outstanding Student
to be honored at our Annual Meeting. In the past, the meeting
has been held in the Great Hall of the Flags at the Massachusetts
State House in Boston. This event gives families and friends
a special opportunity to celebrate their student’s achievements.
Each winner’s biography is sent to newspapers and trade
publications, and it is published in the Directory of Career
Training Schools to illustrate the diverse, dedicated
students who populate our institutions.
To Join MAPCS
- Membership is available to licensed, registered or accredited
private career schools and colleges in New England that
offer business, technical, trade or vocational education
and training as part of their curricula. Members pledge
to abide by the MAPCS constitution and the statement of
policy on standards and ethics.
- Members
are entitled to voting privileges and must meet printing deadlines to be included
in the directory. They also receive discounts of up to 50 percent for all MAPCS
seminars and conferences.
- Please contact MAPCS
for more information and a membership kit.
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