Waleska Santiago-Centeno is a Consultant and Teacher-Librarian who works with educators to develop Children’s Literature collections concerning diversity and equity, visual culture, and social justice.
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Raising MCAS bar was a move in the wrong direction
…the needs of today’s schools, students, or society. Todd Gazda is executive director the Collaborative for Educational Services in Northampton. He formerly served as superintendent of the Ludlow Public Schools….
Community leaders support local program for young children and families
…Young Children (SFYC, formerly Success By Six Easthampton) is to provide support to parents to enhance their children’s social and emotional development. In addition to individual services the program has…
Gazda named director of region’s educational resource center
…to the region and to be joining the Collaborative for Educational Services, the nonprofit agency that provides a wide range of educational services to school districts, as well as to individual…
Deepening Paraeducator Skills at Erving Elementary School
…stay here and grow. I have the ability now to really progress in my work with students.” Plans are in place for a third year of paraeducator professional development at…
Sensory Motor Development in Young Children: Activities and Strategies that Help with Learning, Attention and Behavior
This course offers an overview of what healthy brain development means, and how parents, teachers, and child care providers can use specific activities and environments to challenge and build crucial…
Comerford secures $1M for Franklin, Hampshire county projects
…Development Corporation; $200,000 for elementary school infrastructure repairs in Shutesbury; $175,000 to support a diverse teacher workforce initiative out of the Northampton-based Collaborative for Educational Services and to support the…
Isolda Ortega-Bustamante
Isolda Ortega-Bustamante is the Director of Development for the Collaborative for Educational Services in Northampton, MA. She was the Director of State and Federal Programs for the Holyoke Public Schools…
‘I’ve learned that things have a cost.’ Meet the migrant children working long hours in factories and fish plants across Mass.
…set up to accommodate children with jobs, said Emily Hoffman, who leads a migrant education program at the Northampton-based Collaborative for Educational Services. Many drop out. “Work is always going…
Governor Baker signs FY16 Budget
…that are raising concern include funding for early education and care programs, and the full day Kindergarten development grant program. According to Senate President Stan Rosenberg, D-Amherst, “We have serious…