Bill Erickson is retired from his position as Superintendent of the Hampshire Regional School District and its member towns and is currently the administrative consultant for the Collaborative for Educational…
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By Kim Davenport, MKEA Regional Coordinator for the Central Region Transitions are all around us. As educators we focus on transitions for children – keeping to schedules, shifting across curriculum…
Kristen Whitmore
…in Sociology and Gender Studies from Mount Holyoke College and a master’s degree in Regional Planning from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Kristen was raised in western Massachusetts by a…
Shawn Fortin
…Through Blended And Personalized Learning Institute which are designed to advance principals’ leadership capacity with regard to personalized learning in schools. He has presented at national and regional conferences on…
Social-Emotional Development: What’s happening in districts?
By Kay Lisseck, MKEA Regional Coordinator, Pioneer Valley Region With a focus on social-emotional learning, the latest annual report from the Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy points to…
What does observation-based formative assessment look like in practice?
Submitted by Stephanie Lyda, MKEA Regional Coordinator for the Southeast Region This 11-minute video shows kindergarten classrooms in North Carolina using observational formative assessment. With thoughtful comments by teachers, and…
First annual Transforming Education for Social Justice conference to be held October 15th at Holyoke Community College.
…joining in this work. The organization is currently hosting a Social Justice and Equity in Schools professional learning community (PLC), and has been providing professional development for educators and administrators…
Literacy + Social Emotional + One-on-One Time…in just 10 minutes!
By Kim Davenport, MKEA Regional Coordinator for the Central Region At a January DESE conference on Early Literacy, the Boston Public School Early Childhood Department shared aspects of their K2…
Maureen Beeltje
Maureen leads professional development trainings, supporting the growth of the computer technology skills of Teachers and Staff as the Educational Technologist for the Frontier Regional/Union#38 School District. She also works…
Notable swan song: Alumni return for retiring Frontier band director’s final show
SOUTH DEERFIELD, MA — In musical notation, a coda signifies the end of a piece, and that’s what Thursday night’s spring concert at Frontier Regional School was for long-time band…