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CES Instructor Danielle Maco earns BreakFree Educator Badge

Posted on Tuesday, July 5th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: July 5, 2022

As a Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) Instructor at the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services’ RFK Girls Treatment facility, Danielle Maco had been using components of the monthly BreakFree Education initiatives with her students since the 2018-2019 school year. BreakFree Education, a national organization that partners directly with juvenile justice agencies, provides educational programs that… [Read More]

Mount Tom Academy Graduates Class of 2022

Posted on Tuesday, June 14th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 6/14/2022

The Collaborative for Educational Services’ Mount Tom Academy in Northampton held a graduation ceremony on Friday, June 10th, at the Kittredge Center on the Holyoke Community  College campus.. Friends, family, and staff joined in celebration with this year’s five graduates, who received high school diplomas from their sending school districts. Included in the graduating class… [Read More]

HEC Academy Graduates Class of 2022

Posted on Monday, June 6th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 6/6/2022

The Collaborative for Educational Services HEC Academy in Northampton held a graduation ceremony on Friday, June 3rd, at the Union Station. Friends, family, and staff joined in celebration with this year’s five graduates, who received high school diplomas from their sending school districts. Included in the graduating class were: Xavier Rios-Andrade, Diego Stacy, Lucas Allen,… [Read More]

Third Annual DYS Racial Trauma Conference Held on April 11, 2022

Posted on Thursday, May 5th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: May 4, 2022

Two hundred and ninety educators, community partners, clinicians, and professionals from both the Department of Youth Services (DYS)  and the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) gathered online on Tuesday, April 11th for the Third Annual DYS Racial Trauma Conference. The theme for this year’s conference was Liberatory Education and the Whole Child: Healing racial trauma… [Read More]

Healthy Hampshire Receives CISA 2022 Local Hero Award

Posted on Thursday, April 21st, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: April 21, 2022

Each year, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) honors a group of people, businesses, or partners who have made a positive impact on the local food system, through their Local Hero Awards. CISA has been working for over 25 years to build a stronger, more resilient, and more just local food system. The organization envisions… [Read More]

CES Educator Licensure program provides supportive path to teaching

Posted on Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: April 20, 2022

At the end of a busy school day, teacher Ho-Zhen Chen smiles as he reflects on the day with his 9th grade Algebra 1 students.  “Ninth graders can be ferocious,” said Ho-Zhen, grinning. “So much is going on with them at this time in their lives.  I love every minute of it.” Ho-Zhen first came… [Read More]

Excellence In Education: Living our Guiding Principles Awards – February and March winners announced

Posted on Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 4/19/2022

The Collaborative for Educational Services is pleased to announce the February and March winners of our regional Excellence in Education:  Living our Guiding Principles Award!  We honor those educators across the DYS workforce who embody one or more of the Guiding Principles including: College, Career, and Civic Readiness; Culture and Purpose; and Social Justice and Equity, central… [Read More]

Educators from Collaborative for Educational Services Publish Book on IEP and 504 Teams

Posted on Thursday, April 14th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Alia Spring, MOEC
Date: 4/13/2022

NORTHAMPTON — The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), a member of the Massachusetts Organization of Educational Collaboratives (MOEC), is pleased to announce that two of its educators recently published a book on the topic of Individual Education Programs (IEP) and 504 Teams. Laurel Peltier, Ed.D. and Albert Johnson-Mussad, Ph.D., CES educational consultants and coaches, are… [Read More]

Occupational Therapy Center develops new strategies

Posted on Monday, April 4th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathy Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: April 1, 2022

As Occupational Therapy Month begins this April, Noel Kesselheim, OTR/L, has thought a lot about how the pandemic has changed both the nature of the challenges for her clients, and the ways in which the Collaborative for Educational Services’ Occupational Therapy Center (OTC) in Northampton has expanded their practice to help.  “Although it’s been stressful… [Read More]

Excellence In Education: Living our Guiding Principles Awards – December and January winners announced

Posted on Friday, March 25th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 3/25/2022

The Collaborative for Educational Services is pleased to announce the December and January winners of our regional Excellence in Education:  Living our Guiding Principles Award!  We honor those educators across the DYS workforce who embody one or more of the Guiding Principles including: College, Career, and Civic Readiness; Culture and Purpose; and Social Justice and… [Read More]