Elections Committee
The MassCUE Elections Committee oversees the entire election process, including nominations, vetting nominees, running the election and reporting results. The MassCUE Elections Committee also collaborates with the Board on seeking appointments to the Board. MassCUE Board of Directors Elections are held annually.
On May 16th, nominations for the Spring 2025 Election were closed. This year we are pleased to announce we have five candidates running for the opportunity to share their time and talents with MassCUE. We are looking to fill three elected Director positions and three appointed Director positions to the Board of Directors.
Voting will take place from Tuesday, May 20 to Tuesday, May 27, 2025. An email containing a link for the ballot will be sent out to MassCUE members on Tuesday, May 20.
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The MassCUE Elections Committee responsibilities include:
- Ensuring that all elections procedures are followed.
- Verifying and reporting election results.
Chair(s)
[2]Tracy Sockalosky [2]
PRESIDENT, ELECTED, 2025-2026Tracy is the Director of Humanities K-12 for the Newton Public Schools.
Tracy is a past member of the MassCue Board of Directors and has been presenting at the annual conference since 2012. She has also presented for EdTech Teacher, Massachusetts Teachers Association, Learn Launch and several school districts in the region.
Prior to her role in district leadership, Tracy was the Assistant Principal at Dover-Sherborn Middle School for three years after nearly 20 years as a classroom teacher. She was a Social Studies teacher and Instructional Technology specialist with the Natick Public Schools for 11 years (2011-2022) and at the…
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Tracy Sockalosky
PRESIDENT, ELECTED, 2025-2026Tracy is the Director of Humanities K-12 for the Newton Public Schools.
Tracy is a past member of the MassCue Board of Directors and has been presenting at the annual conference since 2012. She has also presented for EdTech Teacher, Massachusetts Teachers Association, Learn Launch and several school districts in the region.
Prior to her role in district leadership, Tracy was the Assistant Principal at Dover-Sherborn Middle School for three years after nearly 20 years as a classroom teacher. She was a Social Studies teacher and Instructional Technology specialist with the Natick Public Schools for 11 years (2011-2022) and at the Carroll School in Lincoln for the ten years prior to that (2001-2011). She is also a United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Teacher Fellow and USC Shoah Foundation Teacher Innovator.
Tracy holds a Master of Education in Organizational Leadership from Endicott College, a Master of Education in Mind, Brain and Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education and an undergraduate degree in History and History of Art from the University of Michigan.
Each MassCUE Committee is made up of a dedicated team of volunteers. The following make up the current Elections Committee Chairs and Committee Members.
Members
- Leo Brehm, Interim President
Latest News & Updates
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Nomination Procedure
Eligibility Requirements are listed below.
Election Submission Deadline extended to May 16, 2025.
Nomination Papers
Nomination papers for the Spring 2025 Election are due by 5:00 P.M. on May 9, 2025. Nominations should be emailed to the Elections Committee at elections@masscue.org. [7]
Positions: Three (3) Directors and Three (3) Appointed
Please include the following in your submission:
- Name of nominee
- Home Address
- Title/Employer/Work Address
- Phone number
- Name of nominating member (if applicable)
- Letter of intent
- Background statement for the website outlining qualifications, philosophy, and/or goals for serving on the MassCUE Board of Directors. (No more than 150 words)
- Professional Social Media handles to post with bio (optional)
- Resume
- High quality headshot of nominee for website.
Eligibility
Qualification of Directors: Board members should possess the skills and experience which can contribute to the purposes and mission of MassCUE. Each Director must be in a position to attend Board of Director meetings regularly, to serve on committees, to devote a substantial amount of time to the affairs of MassCUE, and to become and remain acquainted with current developments.
Directors shall meet two of the following criteria:
- A registered member of MassCUE for at least one year, and who actively contributes to the organization as that is determined by the Board of Directors.
- A community member of MassCUE who is:
- A current or retired educator.
- An employee of an educational entity (public, private, or charter schools, educational collaboratives, universities or colleges) within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- A full-time student, 18 years of age or older.
- A community member that demonstrates support and exhibits qualities and skills that would support the mission of MassCUE. In the event that a Director meets this criteria upon election to office, and subsequently fails to meet the criteria, the Director may finish the remainder of their term.
Expectations for Directors
- Attend and actively participate in at least 70% of monthly Board meetings, including winter and summer retreats. A majority of time at a meeting is required to fulfill this requirement. At present, meetings are twice per month, with a goal of moving to once per month.
- Face-to-face meetings require a member’s physical presence at the venue. Any Director may opt to attend face-to-face meetings online for any reason -- drive time, family issues, health, or whatever the Director in good conscience has determined to be an acceptable reason.
- Prepare for meetings:
- Read and think about pertinent reports and documents
- Read the Agenda
- Follow the Board's Code of Conduct
- Actively chair a committee or take the lead of a subcommittee with a similar time commitment or chair 2 committees that only convene for part of the year and don’t have overlapping time commitments, and abide by the Committee Procedures. Co-chairs must distribute the work equitably. Coordinators manage the assignment they are charged with.
- Attend and work at the Fall Conference as coordinated by the Conference Committee.
- Attendance at the spring conference requires volunteering for a duty.
- Participate in other tasks as they arise.
- Check and respond to email daily
Committee Resources
- Bylaws [8]
- Committee Procedures [9]
- Vetting Policy [10]
- Code of Conduct [11]
- Board Member Responsibilities Policy [12]