…the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when guidance counselors reached out to him about participating in the BEACON Learning Program, a new partnership between the district and Greenfield Community College. The…
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Literacy Learning for Pre-Adolescents and Adolescents
Required for License(s): English/English as a Second Language (ESL) – Initial/History/Humanities/Reading Specialist/Social Sciences (5-12) Description This course is designed to assist participants in teaching intermediate students, including English language learners,…
Assessment for Reading Instruction
Required for License(s): Moderate Disabilities – Initial Reading Specialist The focus of this course is the assessment of what students identified with reading and/or writing difficulties understand about the reading…
Empowering Teams: Effective Strategies for Crafting and Implementing the New MA IEP
…the day, participants will: Know how to gather information before the team meeting in a way that fits DESE guidance and team member roles and responsibilities in public schools. Understand…
Theory and Practice of Acquiring a Second Language
…includes a pre-practicum field-based experience. Credit This course may be taken either as part of a Licensure Program or as an individual course for PDPs. Graduate Credit through Fitchburg State…
Curriculum and Assessment for Teachers
…for PDPs. Graduate Credit through Fitchburg State University is available at additional cost; Master’s Degree and CAGS options are available. Cost and Registration This course is included in your CES…
Educational Technology for Administrators
…as an individual course for PDPs. Graduate Credit through Fitchburg State University is available at additional cost; Master’s Degree and CAGS options are available. This course is included in your…
State education board approves new hybrid test
BOSTON, MA – Massachusetts students will soon be facing a new standardized test after the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted to combine elements of the existing MCAS…
Charter school debate looms over raising state caps
NORTHAMPTON, MA — As government officials debate whether to lift a cap on the number of charter schools allowed in the state, the local chapter of the League of Women…
School transportation costs a burden to Mohawk Trail
…that of the state’s 10 most populous cities combined. To encourage rural towns to form more efficient regional school districts in the 1960s, the state promised to cover busing costs….