…to support families. This year’s Guide includes an article by the Strategic Planning Initiative for Families and Youth (SPIFFY) Coalition’s Heather Warner,about Data-informed parenting, and a quiz to help parents…
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DYS Educator Develops Breakfree Project
…engaging, project-based activities for youth, and teachers leverage these interdisciplinary resources to teach across content areas so that students can apply, reflect on and demonstrate their learning. The mission of…
Partnering with Families
…alignment between home and school. Learn about the value of developing authentic strength-based relationships with families and culturally responsive practices. Participants will learn practical strategies for effective partnering with families….
Building Partnerships with Families with Toddlers
…families and culturally responsive practices. Participants will learn practical strategies for effective partnering with families. We would ask that anyone who joins the online workshop, either in advance or in…
Social-Emotional Development: What’s happening in districts?
By Kay Lisseck, MKEA Regional Coordinator, Pioneer Valley Region With a focus on social-emotional learning, the latest annual report from the Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy points to…
Thank you, Heather!
…The Healthy Families and Communities Department! In addition, the work that Heather will be doing will inevitably overlap with some of the work that SPIFFY does. Heather brings unbelievable passion…
Kristen Whitmore
Kristen Whitmore (she/they) is Special Projects Coordinator at the Collaborative for Educational Services. She works on the Healthy Hampshire initiative, which engages residents and partners in creating beautiful and nourished…
Students Learn at local horse farm
…the Collaborative for Educational Services. I run the alternative high school in Sunderland. One of our goals is to get our students out in the community. We try to ensure…
Workforce Development offers students opportunity and growth
…over 450 area students found internships, shadowed professionals at work, and attended career days across Hampshire County. Forging partnerships across the state has been core to success in this work,…
When Your Remote Classroom Is Your Car: How Some Rural Students Without Broadband Are Connecting
…she’s finishing work at home. In the car next to Szewczyk most days is Tracey Pinkham, a social studies teacher at Hampshire Regional High School. “It’s such a different way…