…equity, and her endless community collaboration. Although Heather will no longer be part of the SPIFFY staff, her position situates her in the same CES department that SPIFFY sits in:…
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Baby and Toddler Signs
Learn how you can enhance communication and social emotional development with the children in your group who’re acquiring language, and strategies for integrating signs into classroom routines and daily rituals…
Editorial: Local educators join national effort to teach critical news literacy skills
…Collaborative for Educational Services in Northampton. The agency also is developing a workshop for educators examining critical literacy and news consumption. “I think it’s been a critical thing for a…
Peter Vamosy
Peter Vamosy has taught in western Massachusetts for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor’s degree in Secondary Social Studies education from the State University of New York at…
Lisa Goldsmith, LICSW
Lisa (she/her/hers) is the SPIFFY Coalition Manager and Co-Director of the CES Healthy Families and Communities. She has a Masters in Social Work from Boston University, a Certificate of Advanced…
Pedro Gomes, M.Ed
Pedro Gomes is the Assistant Director of Special Education for CES. Prior to his current role, Pedro worked in the classroom as a special education teacher supporting students in a…
Donate to Migrant Student Support Fund
Home E Search query for: services professional development social justice and equity transforming education social justice ( Page 58 ) Migrant Student Support Fund The Massachusetts Migrant Education Program (MMEP)…
Mohawk Trail Regional School receives $375,000 Mass IDEAS Implementation Grant
Implementation Grant from Mass IDEAS (Innovating Design in Education for All Students), an initiative of Next Generation Learning Challenges at Tides, with generous funding provided by the Barr and Nellie…
Students focus on peers’ struggles: Getting to Y pilot program at Easthampton High seeks to address concerns raised in health survey
…Secondary Education and the Bureau of Substance Addiction Services. While most of the results of the prevention needs assessment survey were not surprising to the eight-member group, there were some…
Understanding and Addressing Young Children’s Challenging Behaviors
…on behavior and why children sometime have challenging behaviors. Information on brain development, the importance of healthy social emotional development, and the impact of trauma will all be discussed in…