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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]

Gazda named director of region’s educational resource center

Posted on Tuesday, June 1st, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Steve Pfarrer, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 5/31/2021
Link: Complete Article

Todd H. Gazda, the new executive director for the Collaborative for Educational Services, got a somewhat late start in education, as he first worked as a contract attorney after earning a law degree in the mid 1990s. But the Middlefield native later became a social studies and English teacher at Gateway Regional Middle School in… [Read More]

Gazda named as new Executive Director

Posted on Tuesday, June 1st, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: May 27, 2021

The Board of Directors of the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) in Northampton has named Todd H. Gazda, Ed.D., J.D., as the new Executive Director of the Massachusetts collaborative. Dr. Gazda will join the agency effective July 1, 2021, succeeding William Diehl, who retired from the post in December of 2020 after serving 10 years… [Read More]

William Diehl, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Educational Services, to Retire

Posted on Thursday, October 22nd, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

William Diehl, Ed.D. will retire on December 31st, 2020, from the post of Executive Director of the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES). Dr. Diehl has been the Executive Director of CES, the largest Massachusetts educational collaborative, since 2014, after joining the agency as Deputy Director in 2010.  CES directs major direct service initiatives in Early… [Read More]

Powertown in the 21st Century Partnership Begins Work in Turners Falls

Posted on Thursday, December 14th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 12/13/2017

Turners Fall, MA — Work is beginning on Powertown in the 21st Century, a project that will provide all Turners Falls High School students with a 21st century education that is rooted in the local community and will prepare them for a bright future in spite of unpredictable economic and social conditions in the region… [Read More]

Need for news literacy presses on educators in social-media age

Posted on Monday, September 11th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Dusty Christensen, The Gazette
Date: 9/10/2017
Link: Complete Article

AMHERST — The pope endorsed Donald Trump, who himself is facing sealed indictments and possibly the death penalty for espionage. Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States and some members of his Democratic Party are engaged in a human trafficking ring run out of the basement of a Washington D.C., pizza parlor. So-called “fake… [Read More]

Over 340 educators convene on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments: Bringing together Social and Emotional Learning, Trauma Sensitivity, and Positive Behavioral Approaches in Leominster, MA

Posted on Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 5/29/2017

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE), in collaboration with the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC), the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) and Mass Advocates for Children’s Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative, hosted over 340 educators from school districts across the Commonwealth at the Safe and Supportive Learning Environments: Bringing Together Social… [Read More]