Laurie Risler is a former elementary school teacher. She now teaches education courses at Westfield State University. She has co-led professional development programs in history for the Collaborative for Educational…
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Emerging America: Immigration Issues in Perspective for Diverse Learners
This online course will harness current events to deepen understanding of immigration across American history, from the founding of the nation through today. Immigration has a strong appeal for its…
Supporting Access to Educational Technology
…of educational opportunity.” He went on to advocate for the use of distance education to increase student access to AP and other courses in rural areas, where such opportunities were…
Mohawk gets planning grant for agricultural program
…and Mathematics) courses, club activities and field trips. In high school, students will have the opportunity to enroll in school-based agricultural science courses, take dual-enrollment school-year and summer courses at…
Bringing Collaboration Skills to the Classroom
…encouraged her to grow in her role. Kuhlka knew other teachers who had taken courses in the Licensure Program at CES, and felt the time was right for her to…
Focus on Teaching Students in Poverty
Albert Mussad, photo by Martha Maloney Dr. Albert Mussad began presenting to educators about teaching students who experience poverty back in 2016, through his initial work leading the training-of-trainers component…
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain
Join Mariah Lapiroff and Tom Chang in a year-long exploration of Culturally Responsive Teaching. Using the book Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain as a reference, we will examine topics…
National speaker shares effective techniques for teaching vocabulary at Collaborative for Educational Services workshop
…training was presented by Claire White, founder of the Word Generation technique for teaching vocabulary. White’s technique focuses on teaching new words that are embedded in short passages about social…
3 Western Massachusetts teachers win White House award for excellence in science, math teaching
…in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the White House announced Monday. Science teacher John Heffernan and math teacher Karen Schweitzer of the Anne T. Dunphy School in Williamsburg were selected in…
Melissa Zeitz receives government’s highest honor for teaching mathematics or science in grades K-12.
DARTMOUTH — Dartmouth native Melissa Zeitz has received the government’s highest honor for teaching mathematics or science in grades K-12. “I am still in awe,” she said Wednesday from Washington,…