What is the MOSAC Professional Development Institute (PDI)?
The annual MOSAC Professional Development Institute is tailored to meet the unique needs of afterschool professionals
- Increase knowledge regarding youth development
- Increase resources for programming ideas
- Increase skills for working with staff, youth, and families of afterschool programs
- Increase networking opportunities with other afterschool professionals to promote collaboration in the community
Past Conferences
Year | City | Dates | Theme |
2023 | Lake Ozark | November 17-19, 2023 | MOSAC 30 |
2022 | Lake Ozark | November 18-20, 2022 | There’s No Place Like Afterschool |
2021 | Lake Ozark | November 19-21, 2021 | The Story of Afterschool |
2020 | Online | November 19-20, 2020 | Extraordinary Moments |
2019 | Lake Ozark | November 15-17, 2019 | I am… |
2018 | Lake Ozark | November 2-4, 2018 | Adventure Awaits: Afterschool |
2017 | Independence | November 17-19, 2017 | Beyond the Elements |
2016 | St. Louis | November 10-14, 2016 | The Superpower of Yet |
2015 | Springfield | November 6-8, 2015 | After 3PM: Makin’ It Matter |
2014 | Kansas City | November 14-16, 2014 | Wild About Learning: An Afterschool Adventure |
2013 | Columbia | November 8-10, 2013 | Afterschool Rocks! |
2012 | St. Louis | November 2-4, 2012 | All Aboard: Laying Tracks for the Future |
2011 | Springfield | November 4-6, 2011 | Think Outside the Box |
2010 | Kansas City | November 12-14, 2010 | Feel the Power-Plug In |
2009 | Chesterfield | November 6-9, 2009 | Performance of a Lifetime |
2008 | Springfield | November 14-16, 2008 | Come PLAY with us! |
2007 | Kansas City | November 30-December 2, 2007 | Celebrate Good Times, Afterschool! |
2006 | Chesterfield | October 27-29, 2006 | CSI: St. Louis (Capturing School Age Identity) |
2005 | Kansas City | October 21-23, 2005 | Afterschool is Alive in 2005 |
2004 | St. Louis | October 15-17, 2004 | Gateway to Quality |
2003 | Kansas City | October 17-19, 2003 | Imagine the Possibilities |
2002 | St. Louis | October 18-20, 2002 | Bringing Magic to Out of School Time |
2001 | Kansas City | November 29-December 1, 2001 | School Age Care and All That Jazz |
2000 | Columbia | November 11, 2000 | Why Boys Will be Boys (Dr. Glenn Good – 1 day midyear) |
2000 | Osage Beach | February 11-13, 2000 | A Step In Time – Running to Catch the Needs of School Age Care |
1999 | St. Louis | February 19-21, 1999 | Celebrate! Meeting the Challenges of Out-of-School Time |
1998 | Kansas City | February 27-March 1, 1998 | In Tune with Out of School Time |
1997 | Columbia | March 7-9, 1997 | Coloring Outside the Lines: Expanding Your World |
1996 | St. Louis (NSACA) | April 25-27,1996 | Changing the World – One Child at a Time |
1995 | Kansas City | February 10-12, 1995 | The Faces of School-Age Care |
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1993 | Osage Beach |