DYS Education Initiative

First Annual Excellence in Education: Living our Guiding Principles Monthly Award

Posted on Monday, November 15th, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 11/15/2021

Collaborative for Educational Services educators working with youth in the care of the MA Department of Youth Services (DYS) do tremendous work facilitating youth success across a range of outcomes. They do so, in part, by embodying the guiding principles that the organization has embraced in their work with DYS. To recognize these educators, CES… [Read More]

CES Profile – Paying it Forward

Posted on Wednesday, August 10th, 2016 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Date: 01/30/2016

Jimmy Pereira, a former Department of Youth Services (DYS) student, graduated from college with a clear goal of becoming an urban planner in his hometown. This past year, he landed the job of his dreams as a Community/Transportation Planner at Old Colony Planning Council in Brockton. In his work, Pereira is developing ways for young… [Read More]

Moilanen named 2016 Local PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator

Posted on Monday, May 2nd, 2016 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: May 2, 2016

NORTHAMPTON, MA — Sarah Moilanen has been named a 2016 Local PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator, expanding her ongoing work with blended learning in education. Moilanen is one of four original Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) educators working in the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) Education Initiative that participated in 2014 and thereafter as fellows… [Read More]