Welcome to the online registration for the 62nd Annual Cooperative Conference for School Administrators.  

Please take a moment to review the following information before you begin registration:

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION INFORMATION  

Your registration includes:

• Keynote presentation and breakout sessions  
• Breakfast and lunch on Monday
• Breakfast on Tuesday   

Please note that your registration will include selecting any session topics you find interesting for the conference. We are gauging interest in session topics for meeting room placement.  

To review the conference agenda, please click on the following link: 2023 AGENDA

If your online registration is received on or before July 8, 2023, you will receive the early registration rate of $225 per person. Group registrations of three or more from the same district, charter, or organization will receive a $200 per person registration rate until July 8, 2023.

If your online registration is received after July 8, your registration rate will be $250 per person. Any on-site registration will be $300 per person.  

CANCELLATION/REFUND POLICY: Registration fees are refundable, less a $25 administrative fee, if Custom Meeting Planners receive a written request via email on or before July 12. Please send written notice of cancellation to tammy@custommeetingplanners.com. No refunds will be authorized after this date, but substitutions are permitted. Cancellations received after the July 12 deadline, as well as no shows, will be charged the full registration fee. If cancellation notice is received before fees have been paid, the invoice will be adjusted to reflect the administrative fees. 

PAYMENT OF CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES: 
School districts/charters/organizations may pay fees by credit card, purchase order or check. 

Debit/Credit Cards: American Express, Discover, Mastercard Debit/Credit and Visa Debit/Credit

Purchase Order (PO): A PO should be emailed within five (5) business days of the completed conference registration. Please ensure that the vendor name and contact information on the PO is confirmed as follows:

Custom Meeting Planners
PO Box 30785
Columbia, MO 65205

An invoice will be issued for payment after the PO is received. Payment is expected when the invoice is received.  

Check (in lieu of a PO): A check should be sent to our office within five (5) business days of the completed conference registration, if a purchase order is not issued. Please ensure that the check is made payable to Custom Meeting Planners and mailed to the following address:

PO Box 30785
Columbia, MO 65205

LODGING DETAILS - Please note the Lodge of Four Season (host hotel) is actively working through the waitlist. Please be encouraged to add your name by calling 888-265-5500 and identify yourself as a conference attendee (MO DESE-CCSA). Please note that M-F from 8 am - 5 pm, an on-site Lodge representative will be available to add your name to the waitlist and share updates. 

The following overflow property has a group blocks available for attendees. The conference rate of $112.27 will be available to attendees, based on availability until June 30, 2023.
The Resort at Lake of the Ozarks (located 4.6 miles from the Lodge of Four Seasons). Please call 573-693-9988, enter 0 for the front desk  and ask for the DESE23 group block to receive the conference rate. 

The Regalia (located 2.1 miles from the Lodge of Four Seasons). Please call 573-723-3000, enter 1 for the front desk, and ask for the MO DESE-CCSA group block to receive the $189 guest room rate.