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
1994
1993 Osage Beach