DESE’s Communications Office provides information to assist school personnel, citizens, and media outlets across the state. Contact DESE Communications at 573-751-3469 or email us.
Chief Communications Officer: Lucas Bond
- Calendars, Special Events & Conferences
Calendars
- Education Related Special Days and Events
- DESE-Sponsored Conferences and Events
- Data Acquisition Calendar
Special Days and Events
DESE Sponsored Conferences and Events
- Annual Cooperative Conference for School Administrators
- Career and Technical Student Organizations Conferences and Events
- Conference on the Young Years (CYY)
- District Continuous Improvement (DCI) Summit
- Federal Programs Conference
- Interface Conference
- Literacy Summit
- Powerful Learning Conference
- Special Education Director Academy
- Postsecondary Transition Training Institute (PTTI)
- Listservs
You may subscribe to these listservs to receive information about the following topics. Please be aware that the purpose of these listservs is for experts in these content areas to exchange information at a high level of detail, which may not be easy to understand for all audiences.
- Afterschool
- Annual Secretary of the Board Report (ASBR)
- Business, Marketing and Information Technology Education
- Career and Technical Education (CTE) Directors
- Career and Technical Education (CTE) Finance
- Curriculum
- DESE Update
- DESE State and Federal Accountability
- DESE Web Applications System Status
- Educator Preparation (Colleges & Universities)
- English Learners
- Family and Consumer Sciences and Human Services
- Federal Programs
- Foster Care
- Gifted Education
- Health Sciences
- Homeless Children and Youth
- Literacy
- Missouri Leadership Development System (MLDS)
- MOSIS
- Missouri Teacher Development System (MTDS)
- Parent-Teacher Organizations/Parent Teacher Association Leaders (PTO/PTA)
- SBMH Listserv
- School Counseling
- School Finance
- Teachers in Missouri public schools
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- Logo Guidance
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education logo is the identifying mark of the Department and appears on official communications including, but not limited to, correspondence, brochures, newsletters, presentations, and electronic documents.
All outside entities are expected to ask permission to use the logo. The logo is a trademark of the Department, which reserves the right to approve all use of the logo. Any use must be discontinued if deemed inappropriate by the Department.
If you would like to request permission to use the Department logo, please email the Communications office or call 573-751-3469.
- Other Department Contacts
Information on how to contact the appropriate section/team at DESE.