by Barbara Jacobs, MKEA Regional Coordinator, Greater Boston Region Lisa Kuh, Director of Early Education for the Somerville Public Schools, posted a question recently to colleagues in the Greater Boston…
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Health care systems, including Cooley Dickinson, turn to a ‘new’ old medicine: healthy food
A few times a week, Katie Macomber, medical home care coordinator at Amherst Pediatrics, writes a “prescription” for patients and their families. Macomber is not a doctor, and the prescription…
Social-Emotional Development: What’s happening in districts?
…“an increasing — and convincing — body of evidence” suggesting, what many teachers already know: “When schools and their partners address “social-emotional” competencies, such as self-regulation and interpersonal communication, in…
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…
Taking Our Data to the Next Level
…the data over time. Districts should work with early education programs in their communities to facilitate the assignments of State Assigned Student Identification numbers (SASIDs) to preschool students and also…
Susan Juskalian
Susan Juskalian recently retired from teaching math in the East Longmeadow Public Schools where she also served as Professional Development Coordinator and as a special educator. A recipient of the…
Conference draws 140 educators in discussion of how to manage race, polarizing conversations in schools
On November 17th, 2022 at the Log Cabin in Holyoke, the SPIFFY Coalition co-sponsored and co-organized the 9th Annual Safe and Healthy Schools Summit: Supporting Schools in Seeking Racial Healing…
Jamie Lewinski, M. Ed.
Jamie Lynn Lewinski is an Instructional Team Leader, District ELE Coordinator, and ESL teacher for Granby Public Schools. She earned both her undergraduate and M.Ed. from the University of Massachusetts…
Congratulations to SPIFFY Steering Committee member Taylor McAndrew!
…the Hampshire HOPE Coordinator with the Northampton Department of Health and Human Services since 2018, has been developing and implementing effective strategies and programming in the city for over seven…
Food policy council wins grant to turn hunger stories into policy advocacy
…involved in trying to change the policies and the systems that shape our food system that are often negatively impacting people in our community,” said Kristen Whitmore, transformational operations coordinator…