The city of Northampton has hired Taylor McAndrew as the new Prevention Team Director in the Department of Health and Human Services! Taylor McAndrew, a SPIFFY Steering Committee member and…
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Frozen yogurt and a chance to celebrate working for healthy communities
Northampton, MA – Over 40 representatives from a diverse array of Healthy Hampshire community health projects to promote healthy food and active lifestyles assembled at the Collaborative for Educational Services…
Naiomi Robles
…facilitates professional development. Her work focuses on topics such as dismantling ableism in schools and addressing race and equity within school systems. A proud alumna of Holyoke Public Schools and…
Amy Chang
…Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) professional development team, an adjunct faculty member for the Math Leadership Graduate Program at Mount Holyoke College, and serve on the board of directors for the…
Calm Teachers, Calm Kids: Pause, Breathe and Reset
This fun and interactive professional development session will equip teachers with effective mindfulness techniques to use with young children. Educators will learn strategies to integrate mindfulness, Qigong (similar to T’ai…
Matilde Graciano
Matilde Graciano has been working in the Early Childhood field for over 23 years. She has served as a bilingual (Spanish/English) Family Child Care Educator, CDA Professional Development Specialist, Center…
Safire DeJong Ed.D.
…Joy & Justice team!) to provide equity-focused consulting and professional development for PK-12 schools. She has 20 years of experience facilitating social justice work, intergroup dialogues, and training skilled facilitators….
Mary Connolly
…Education for MAHPERD and works with the Executive Director, Maria Melchionda to present “Unpacking the Massachusetts Health and Physical Education Framework” professional development to districts across the state. Mary also…
AI Community of Practice
These sessions will support superintendents and district level administrators to develop district policies, guidelines, recommended practices and professional development around the use of artificial intelligence (particularly generative AI) in schools…
Increased rural school aid ‘a tremendous win,’ administrators and legislators say
…some pressure off the districts’ member towns and add more professional development days to invest in the schools’ teaching staffs. “We are pleasantly surprised. Throughout the budget planning process going…