High costs for employee health insurance and special education have reduced the resources school districts can invest in other areas, including extended learning time, books, technology, arts, and counseling, according…
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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…
Math Educators PLC
This professional learning community (PLC) is for anyone who is a Math educator in a school setting in Massachusetts. This PLC will be a place for Math educators to share…
U.S. education policy: Federal overreach or reaching for the wrong things?
…state levels will not ensure inclusively developed, thoughtfully crafted, age-appropriate or properly-specified standards for student learning. It will not ensure a shift away from over-testing or misuse of assessment data….
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…