…Massachusetts Center for Healthy Communities and a public health and human services consultant. She has written successful grant proposals to SAMSHA, HRSA, MDPH, BSAS, USDOE, OJJDP, and numerous community foundations….
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Excellence In Education: Living our Guiding Principles Awards – February and March winners announced
…mission to improve the academic and life outcomes for the youth they serve. February 2022 Western Region: Erin White, Western Region Instructional Coach – Erin was nominated by the teachers…
Pols take their cue from students
…listen.” Joining Commerford for the couple hours at the DIAL/SELF Youth & Community Services program, with the Greenfield High School students and a handful of students from Great Falls Middle…
2024 CADCA National Leadership Forum
…Leadership Forum in Maryland. The conference kicked off with SAMHSA’s 20th Annual Prevention Day, and featured workshops and trainings on school-based prevention efforts, amplifying youth voices in prevention, innovative evidence-based…
Dana Mengwasser
…Certified Infant/Toddler Teacher and an experienced mediator, facilitator and youth educator. They previously worked as an Executive Director for a small community center serving youth and families in Franklin County….
A Goodbye to Bill Erickson
Our friend William (Bill) Erickson, Ed.D. passed away this past Sunday. Many of you knew Bill, and he will be missed as a true gentleman and someone with a great…
Early Educators Chart a Path from Self-Care and Cultural Responsiveness To Professional Growth
…of isolation. To respond to the problem — and with grant support from the Community Foundation in hand— the Northampton-based Collaborative provided an institute for early educators from Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin…
Ethnic Studies Educators PLC
This professional learning community (PLC) is for anyone who is an Ethnic Studies educator in a school setting in Massachusetts. This PLC will be a place for Ethnic Studies educators…
Laurel Peltier leading cohorts in Connecticut for Special Education
…yet, they are very invested in collaborating with families and with one another, engaging in systems level change to improve the IEP team process, and building their community of practice…
Johnson-Mussad brings experience and care to consulting work
On a spring morning in 2023, Albert Johnson-Mussad welcomes educators to his classroom in his usual way, with a joyful “Welcome, good people!” Johnson-Mussad begins each training, and each day,…