…school districts and Fitchburg State University to develop capacity in districts to support English learners in their districts. CES’s main role in the project was to provide a subsidized pathway…
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A meeting of the minds: Sunderland sixth-graders interview UMass graduate students for podcasts
SUNDERLAND — Ryan Copeland, a sixth-grade teacher at Sunderland Elementary School, wanted to bring the traditional school report or essay more into alignment with the way his students interact with…
Renata S. Pienkawa
…decades, predominantly in the Amherst School System. Renata is a highly recognized trainer in English language education, who has developed and provided hundreds of trainings and workshops to teachers all…
Chris Appy
Chris Appy is a Professor in History at UMass Amherst. He is the author of three books about the American War in Vietnam: American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our…
Sabine Denise Jacques M.Ed.
…Masters in International Education with a certificate in Social Justice Education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In her role as a SJE consultant, Sabine facilitates experiences where school community…
National speaker shares effective techniques for teaching vocabulary at Collaborative for Educational Services workshop
…of new words if they learn and use them in meaningful contexts. Therese Chehade, a fifth grade EL teacher at Wildwood Elementary School in Amherst, put the Word Generation technique…
New Leader of Early Childhood Programs Joins the Collaborative for Educational Services
…“I am committed to empowering teachers, caregivers, and parents so that they may create engaging, nurturing, and rigorous educational environments for children to be successful in school and beyond,” she…
TiE conference speaker urges over 300 teachers to utilize technology to reinvent education
…foresee what skills will be deemed valuable in years to come, we must look to technology, which predicts the shape of future careers. He added that schools that nurture creative…
Gwendolyn VanSant
…She has worked with corporations, schools, colleges & universities, law enforcement, hospitals, teaching and leadership institutes and more. Originating in Berkshire County, her social justice work has been sought out…
Safire DeJong Ed.D.
…UMass Amherst. Her research focuses on young people’s experiences with status and power in schools and communities. At CES, Safire works with a team of talented and experienced co-facilitators (the…