Welcome to the online registration for the 63rd 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.
To review the conference program please click on the following link: ►2024 CONFERENCE PROGRAM
If your online registration is received on or before July 8, 2024, you will receive the early registration rate of $250 per person. Group registrations of three or more from the same district, charter, or organization will receive a $225 per person registration rate until July 8, 2024.
If your online registration is received after July 8, your registration rate will be $275 per person. Registration will close on July 23 and any registration received after this date will be considered on-site and will be $325 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 - Attendees are responsible for making their own guest room reservations. Please reserve early!
Lodge of Four Seasons (HOST): Please call 888-265-5500 and identify yourself as a conference attendee (MO DESE-CCSA) to get the group rate on Sunday/Monday of $119 plus applicable taxes Please note that M-F from 8 am - 5 pm, an on-site Lodge representative will be available to make your reservation(s). If you call on the weekend, a third party company will assist with your guest room reservation(s). To reserve online, please click on the following link. Reserve
The conferene rate will be available, based on availabilty, until June 27, 2024.
The Resort at Lake of the Ozarks (overflow property 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 DESE2024 group block to receive the discounted conference rate of $119.00 plus applicable taxes. This rate, based on availability, will be offered until June 27, 2024. To reserve online, please click on the following link. Reserve (Please note that, based on availability, the conference rate is available at The Resort at Lake of the Ozarks three days before/after the conference. To receive the group rate, you will need to call the hotel directly).
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, veteran status, mental or physical disability, or any other basis prohibited by statute in its programs and activities. Inquiries related to department programs and to the location of services, activities, and facilities that are accessible by persons with disabilities may be directed to the Jefferson State Office Building, Director of Civil Rights Compliance and MOA Coordinator (Title VI/Title VII/Title IX/504/ADA/ADAAA/Age Act/GINA/USDA Title VI), 5th Floor, 205 Jefferson Street, P.O. Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480; telephone number 573-526-4757 or TTY 800-735-2966; email civilrights@dese.mo.gov.