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Comment by Sam Dean on August 21, 2010 at 12:13pm

Does anyone have any knowledge to what happened at the Board meeting yesterday? I heard a few schools were not following the requirements. Did the schools know of the requirments? Why wouldn't they comply? Is the board being difficult? Have many questions!!!
I am currently enrolled in a school here in MA and need to know if I chose the right one!!!

Comment by Timothy Starkey on August 17, 2010 at 9:36am

The board will be posting agendas each month a few days prior to the meetings on their website. Thanks Alexei for posting this and you areright that schools do need to be, and remain involved. It is shocking the number of schools that do not care to be part of the process.

Comment by Kris Stecker on August 17, 2010 at 9:36am

I will be there.

Comment by Alexei Levine on August 17, 2010 at 9:34am

Friday's board meeting looks like an important one for school related issues! Come on school directors, please attend!

Comment by Alexei Levine on August 17, 2010 at 9:23am

Here's the agenda for Friday's board meeting. I don't see CMS mentioned specifically, although they may be included under applicant reviews:

DATE: August 20, 2010
PLACE: Room 1D
1000 Washington Street,
Boston, MA 02118-6100
TIME: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Item 1) 10:00 a.m. Meeting called to order

Item 2) 10:05 a.m. Open Meeting Laws:

* Board counsel reviews changes to open meeting laws

Item 3) 10:20 a.m. Board Minutes:


* May 21, 2010 minutes
* June 8, 2010 Minutes

Item 4) 10:25 a.m. Discussion Regarding 650 Hour Applications:


* Including electives in Massage Therapy Theory and Technique requirement.
* Guidelines for approval
* Course of action for applicants who do not meet educational requirements
* New Transcript Analysis Form

Item 5) 11:50 a.m. Application Reviews:

Item 6) 12:20 p.m. Break

Item 7) 12:45 p.m. John Winslow Institute and Dovestar Graduates:


* DESE inquiry on whether Board will accept Teach-out transcripts where students have tested out of course requirements.
* DESE inquiry on whether students participating in teach-outs be evaluated under the 500 or 650 hour training requirements.
* Discussion Dovestar Graduate options.

Item 8) 1:25 p.m. Investigative Conference
[closed session pursuant to MGL c. 112, §65C]

Item 9) 1:35 p.m. Candidate Interviews:
[Executive Session – closed session pursuant to G.L.30A §21(1)]

Item 10) 2:35 p.m. Application Reviews (left from AM session):

Comment by Alexei Levine on August 14, 2010 at 8:41pm

The next Board meeting is one week from today, Friday 8/20. Here's a link to the Boards' calender: http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=ocaterminal&L=4&L0=Home&L1=...

Comment by Jessica Weagle on August 14, 2010 at 8:05pm

How did the last board meeting go?

Comment by Timothy Starkey on July 21, 2010 at 3:42pm

Hi Jessica. Under the new application procedure with the state each applicant must supply a sealed transcript, a copy of their class schedule & calendar which shows which classes and topics were taught when, the school catalog, a detailed course description, a letter of recommendation from the school or a teacher. These all need to show how the student has met the May1st curriculum requirements for the state of massachusetts and how the school & students have fulfulled them. This is in addition to the notarized application, passport photo, proof of insurance, application fee, and letter of character recommendation. As Kris and Alexei said in previous posts most schools were not involved with what the board has been doing for the past two years. Schools have been aware of the changes once hey became final as these have been sent out by the board, department of education, ABMP, and AMTA. If the office for the board is not processing someone's application it is likely because there are questions with the documentaion meeting the current requirements or there is a concern on an individual's application or cori check. In all of these cases the process is that it would need to go before the board which meets next month for their review before a decision on how to proceed can be made. It is unfortunate that it affects people who want to go out and start working. This is one of the reasons we have stayed so active in the process. We want to make sure our students and graduates have the best opportunities to successfully get their license and start working as quickly as possible.

Comment by Jessica Weagle on July 21, 2010 at 3:17pm

I started by asking why some new grads have not been able to get their license BC the state board doesnot approve the school. Students from the central mass school of massage have their applications on hold BC the board needs to review the school circuliam

Comment by John Davis on July 21, 2010 at 3:03pm

i would love to find the beginning of this thread ... while i get the gist of what's going on, i'm a little lost with the details. anyone care to point me to the original post or just break it down for me?

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