…facilitate professional development for school leaders, teachers and other licensed educators in instructional leadership; English learner education; world language and bilingual education; adolescent literacy education; and improving outcomes for students…
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Special Education Professional Development Survey
The Office of Special Education Planning and Policy is in the process of identifying special education professional development activities based on a comprehensive survey of the field. The Department is…
Health Education Professional Development
…resources, as well as accessing more professional development opportunities specifically geared towards health education. Therefore, SPIFFY has partnered with Mary Connolly, Program Chair of the Skills-Based Health/Social Emotional program at…
New Leader of Early Childhood Programs Joins the Collaborative for Educational Services
NORTHAMPTON – Desiree Lalbeharie-Josias, the new Director of the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) Early Childhood Programs, has a vision for enhancing educational and wrap-around services for children and families….
Setting the Stage for Future Educators
…Former Director, CES Licensure Programs. A shortage of teachers in the early 2000s led to the start of the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) licensure program as an alternative path…
National award promotes use of educational technology in the Department of Youth Services
NORTHAMPTON, MA – Many young people who are involved with Department of Youth Services (DYS), the state’s juvenile justice system, have been challenged by traditional teaching approaches used in their…
Unjammed: Using Technology to Transform Teaching and Learning in the Classroom
The Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) and its educational partners, the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) and Commonwealth Corporation, were among those selected by The Center for Educational Excellence…
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…
Strategic Planning Initiative for Families and Youth (SPIFFY) Coalition is recipient of $100,000 grant for substance abuse prevention
…Abuse Prevention Collaborative (SAPC) grant from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH), Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (BSAS.) Funding comes from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration…
SPIFFY Coalition to hold town hall meeting on underage drinking
…Alcohol Abuse Among High School and College Age Youth. Panelists Include: Becky Lockwood, Associate Director, Center for Women and Community at U-Mass Amherst; Sonya Satinski, Director, Center for Health Promotion,…