…a dream fulfilled,” Anderson said Thursday. Over the next year, she’ll complete classes online and through colleges, participate in webinars and attend a two-day professional development workshop. A highlight of…
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‘It’s my favorite school in the whole world’: Kids bid farewell to Heath School
HEATH — The child chatter in the half-filled cafeteria on the last day of school was seemingly cheery, until you asked if they were looking forward to their summer vacation….
Mahar students learn a new way to communicate: sign language
RANGE — It was a chilly March day, and four Mahar students got together after school to do what many friends would — share snacks, chat about their lives and…
Hope or Hype? Exploring Virtual Reality in the Secondary Classroom
…calls for thoughtful, creative instructional practices. Through the course of this full-day session, we explore the questions: How can we establish culturally responsive and trauma informed classroom norms around VR…
Empowering Teams: Effective Strategies for Crafting and Implementing the New MA IEP
Now that you have been using the New MA IEP, we are sure that many of you have burning questions concerning the changes that have occurred. Come spend the day…
Schools end blizzard bag program after state cancels initiative
…to students to complete at home on snow days. Each bag counts as one day of attendance, meaning schools do not need to tack on an extra day to the…
Literacy + Social Emotional + One-on-One Time…in just 10 minutes!
…day, then later in the day, the story is re-enacted with classmates serving as the characters, setting elements, and audience. Dictation: “Supporting children’s storytelling involves careful listening and gentle scaffolding….
Easthampton high school hosts “Transforming Education for Social Justice” conference
…do all day. To be able to change that dynamic, so that, they actually have a space where they feel comfortable.” She and hundreds of educators and students, attended the…
Treating Childhood Trauma
…coordinates their care. On any given day, it’s looking after some 2,000 children, almost all of whom are part of a 21st century epidemic of childhood trauma. Alisha Fox: I…
Bringing Collaboration Skills to the Classroom
…words to another group keep the students focused on a sunny day. The students had completed standardized testing in the morning, so were more easily distracted after a morning of…