by apolokoff | Jul 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
The SPIFFY Team welcomes our new Coalition Coordinator, Amy Cronin DiCaprio. Most recently, Amy worked at Safe Passage in Northampton, where she managed the community and youth violence prevention programming, stewarding the Healthy Relationships Grant project, a...
by apolokoff | Feb 13, 2023 | SPIFFY Partner, Uncategorized
Kris Hoag (right), Coalition Coordinator of BOAT, receiving the Blue Ribbon Coalition credential from CADCA. Numerous staff from SPIFFY and other Western Mass. prevention coalitions attended the SAMHSA Prevention Day and CADCA National Leadership Forum at the end of...
by Ashley Barton | Dec 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Building Equitable Supports for Children with Disabilities (BESCD)Children with disabilities and their families face significant barriers to accessing equitable and inclusive high-quality early childhood programs. Home E Author archive for Ashley...
by tjohnston | Apr 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
A learner sent us this question: How can you augment or embellish the technology tools you are already using to reach higher levels of the SAMR model? Here is our response: There are countless creative ways to use the tools we have access to. How are learners actively...
by tjohnston | Sep 8, 2020 | Local News, Uncategorized
GREENFIELD — José Colón Martínez headed up the hill behind the Leyden Woods office building last week holding an umbrella overhead and donning a huge smile. José, 9, a fourth-grader at Federal Street School, and Daiangeliss Mercado, 8, a third-grader there, are among...
by tjohnston | Aug 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Research-based practice is critical to the ISTE Educator Standards. Learner 1c is “Stay current with research that supports improved student learning outcomes, including findings from the learning sciences.” So where to begin? You have a TON of options. I...