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Cooley Dickinson Health Care receives $555,555 grant to improve regional food insecurity

Posted on Monday, July 13th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Ariana Tourangeau, WWLP
Date: 7/9/2020
Link: Complete Article

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Cooley Dickinson Health Care received a $555,555 grant to improve regional food insecurity and address a systemic lack of access to healthy food. According to a news release sent to 22News, Cooley Dickinson Health Care received the funding from the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission’s Moving Massachusetts Upstream (MassUP) investment program to develop a… [Read More]

Laurel Peltier leading cohorts in Connecticut for Special Education

Posted on Thursday, June 18th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Laurel Peltier, CES Curriculum and Instructional Specialist in Special Education, has been part of the team leading the Special Education Team Leader Institute (SETLI) since this Massachusetts state-wide program began in 2016. Now, for the second year, she has turned her training focus south to Connecticut as well as continuing the Massachusetts program.   Funded by… [Read More]

Superintendents join to express sorrow and outrage

Posted on Thursday, June 11th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 6/11/2020

As leaders of local school districts and the Collaborative for Educational Services, we want to express our sorrow and outrage over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade and other Black Americans. These deaths at the hands of local authorities are among the most recent and glaring manifestations of the systemic… [Read More]

CES stands in solidarity with those seeking social justice and equity

Posted on Wednesday, June 10th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 6/10/2020

CES stands in solidarity with those seeking social justice and equity. As an organization, we believe in working to understand and take action together to challenge racism and support equity, in both educational settings and our larger communities. We will continue to share support and resources that we hope will help as educators, students and… [Read More]

CES moves ISTE Educator Certification Online, Offering Educators Flexibility as They Prepare for Sustained Digital Teaching

Posted on Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 5/13/2020
Link: Complete Article

The Collaborative for Educational Services will offer ISTE Certification for Educators in a fully online format starting this month, increasing access to critical training as schools prepare for sustained remote learning. “When we moved to remote learning, many of my colleagues were having a hard time envisioning what this would look like, but thankfully, I… [Read More]

Local groups team up, offer forum to guide parents in supporting children’s mental health needs during pandemic

Posted on Thursday, April 23rd, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 4/23/2020

NORTHAMPTON — Local youth-serving organizations have teamed up to offer an online forum that aims to provide parents with vital information to support their children’s mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Teens, Tweens, & Quarantines” is a Zoom platform presentation for parents and caregivers focusing on the impact of COVID-19 on young people to be… [Read More]

After School Programming During the Crisis

Posted on Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 3/3/2020

CES began running 21st Century Learning Programs after school 20 years ago, and currently runs fourteen After School Programs in Franklin and Hampshire counties, including 12 programs funded by 21st Century Learning Grants, as well as two fee-for-service programs. These After School Programs serve approximately 750 students in total. As host schools closed their buildings… [Read More]

Focus on Teaching Students in Poverty

Posted on Thursday, March 5th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Date: 03-05-2020

Dr. Albert Mussad began presenting to educators about teaching students who experience poverty back in 2016, through his initial work leading the training-of-trainers component of Massachusetts DESE’s Leading Educational Access Project (LEAP) to improve outcomes for students in poverty. The work was a natural outgrowth of his deep focus on students at risk, and on… [Read More]

Resources for Social Justice in Education Work

Posted on Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services

In the spirit of Black History Month as a time to reflect and dig deeper into our commitments, CES would like to share some resources for those of you doing social justice and equity work in education. These come highly recommended by Safire DeJong, Ed.D., one of our Social Justice and Equity specialists. Their value will… [Read More]

CES After School Program celebrates twenty years

Posted on Thursday, February 6th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 2/6/2020

The first CES After School Program opened at Palmer Middle School twenty years ago. Today, Palmer is one of only a handful of sites in Massachusetts designated as a Demonstration level site, excelling in multiple areas of programming. CES currently runs thirteen After School Programs in Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden counties, including 11 programs funded… [Read More]