Lourdes Alvarez-Ortiz is a bilingual/bicultural school psychologist and school leader with more than two decades of experience working in inner city school districts in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Dr. Alvarez-Ortiz has…
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New superintendent, elementary school principal for Hampshire Regional School District
…at the helm. Jesse McMillan is among the youngest school administrators in the state at the age of 26, but his background and experience has recently earned him the position…
Edna Olive
Edna Olive is the Associate Director at Engaging Schools. She has over 25 years of experience as a lassroom teacher, school administrator, coach, facilitator, consultant, and entrepreneur, with a focus…
Curriculum and Assessment for Teachers
…units of study that enable all students to reach clearly defined academic targets. Teachers who complete this course successfully approach teaching with an expectation that they will ultimately be leaders…
Connecting with a new generation: Amherst program links students of Cambodian descent to their roots
…“First They Killed My Father.” That film, directed by actress Angelina Jolie, is based on the autobiography of Luong Ung, who recounted her experience with the Khmer Rouge’s killing fields….
Special ed teacher now vice principal in Turners Falls
…well. Previously, she was, since 2011, a special education teacher in the district. Smith said she seeks to create a safe positive school atmosphere and feels her experience as a…
CES welcomes a new SJE Specialist to the team
…justice educator and facilitator committed to culturally sustaining, community-centered, equitable and transformative practices. Raised in a Chinese and Jewish family by public school teachers, Mariah has experience working at both…
DYS – Watching our Youth Succeed
…staff, and after months of preparing and working towards the goal of graduating, more than 100 DYS youth across the state got the opportunity to experience this important rite of…
School panel takes aim at gun violence
…Thalheimer noted that her experience is unusual. Mass shootings are statistical anomalies in the larger picture of gun violence, she said. She pointed to the fact that suicides make up…
Understanding Differences and Disabilities
…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 University is available…