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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’SREPORT TO THE

CES BOARD OF DIRECTORSFor September 24, 2014

INCLUDES:

1. Executive Director’s Report

2. Draft of Executive Director Goals for Purposes ofEvaluation

3. Overview of Services Offered, 2014-2015 (assubmitted to DESE)

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORSSeptember 24, 2014

Welcome to the first Board of Directors meeting for 2014-2015. We had a very busy summer at CES, asevidenced by the Interim report! sent in mid-August. Please let me know if you need a copy.

Over the last month, we started the new school year at many programs across our memberdistricts, including special education (e.g. HEC Academy), early childhood/parent centers andprograms, afterschool programs, professional development workshops, and Professional LearningCommunities. Across the state, we also opened the school year at Department of Youth Serviceseducation programs and at Special Education in Institutional Settings sites. As a critical part oflaunching the school year, CES provided extensive professional development, at the end ofAugust,to our teaching staff in these many programs. A few highlights of all this work are in this report.

At the organization level, we continued work on developing the 5-year Strategic Plan for CES. Wesubmitted the Articles ofAgreement, signed by all of our member district School Committees, alongwith our By-Laws and other required documents to ESE. As part of this submission, we developed abrief description of our many programs and services~ this description is attached. We continued tobuild our partnerships with our member districts, as well as with the Lower Pioneer ValleyEducational Collaborative on region-wide collaboration with and services to member districts. (CESis the lead collaborative for this region.) I continued participation on the Executive Committee forMOEC (Massachusetts Organization for Educational Collaboratives) and with the New SuperintendentInduction Program (NSIP), a three-year professional development and support program sponsoredby the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents and DESE.

There’s much work ahead of us this year. While continuing our many successful programs andservices, we’ll also be finishing the development of our five-year Strategic Plan for CES. We’ll continueour examination of CES internal practices, and keep a strong focus on promoting collaboration,inclusiveness, social justice and equity. We’re aggressively pursuing plans to make the agency moreeffective and efficient by updating our business, human resources, IT, and customer relationscapacities. We’re developing stronger ties with our member districts, our sister collaboratives, and ourregional and state partners. And, most important of all, we’re determined to expand and deepen thecore work we do on behalf of our member districts.

A few weeks ago,! read an article about Mo’Ne Davis, the astonishing young Little League pitcher fromPhiladelphia. During a summer of stories of intolerance at home and brutality abroad, Mo’Ne gave us adifferent narrative to follow, one of resilience and grit, of hope and success. As with so many tales ofsuccessful young people, hers includes a dedicated and visionary adult her baseball coach, SteveBandura. This is a man who, several times over the years, has raised enough money to take his youngteams “barnstorming” across the country, to show them how the once-segregated teams toured beforethe integration of professional baseball. Each time, Bandura made Brooklyn one of the stops, so that hisyoung players could visit the grave of Jackie Robinson, the man who changed all that. A man on whosetombstone are these words: ‘A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.’

I am truly honored to work with so many people who are undauntedly determined to make positiveimpacts on all the lives they touch. My goal is to keep CES strong, running smoothly, and fullysupportive of our critical work.

Bill Diehl

1September 2014 Executive Director Report to the Board of Directors

SELECTED/ REPRESENTA TIVEACTIVITESTwo cohorts of South Hadley teachers are completing WIDA training led by ProfessionalDevelopment staff Audrey Morse, Albert Mussad, and Ken Pransky. (WIDA is World ClassInstructional Design and Training.) Pransky also provided WIDA training for Ludlowteachers.

CES instructors for the Sheltered English Instruction (SEI) Center completed training andhave been approved as RETELL instructors. The CBS SEI Endorsement Center (for thePioneer Valley and Berkshires) will open later this fall. The SEI Centers, in each of the sixregions of the state, are designed to help school districts and individuals meet the newRETELL requirements. Centers are permitted to provide RETELL coursework to districtsthat would like to train more staff that were included in each district’s allocation,individuals who seek the SEI Endorsement for professional advancement, and educatorswho were unable to complete the RETELL course it was offered in their own districts.

• 29 K-12 educators from Greenfield, Mohawk Trail and Stoneleigh-Burnham Schoolcompleted Effective Instructional Strategies for ELL5 at Greenfield Middle School, an ELLPDP-eligible course offered under the auspices of our Title Ill grant.

• CBS staff member Albert Mussad has participated in ESE’s ELL Model Curriculum PlanningCommittee.

• Onsite consulting underway this month includes literacy workshops for Easthamptonteachers and Gill-Montague teachers as well as long-term work with Hampden-Wilbrahamteachers and administrators to implement a revised IC-3 literacy program.

• Assistance with DDM development and implementation is being given in member districtsMahar and Hadley, and nonmember districts, Wachusett, and Berlin-Boylston, led by DamonDouglas and David Olsson.

• Our Educator Evaluation work continues to grow. Based on input from several membersuperintendents or designees, we are developing and implementing a plan to supportdistricts with the mandated 2014-15 implementation of student and staff surveys.

• As mentioned in the summer report, 53 teachers from member districts that areparticipating in the Title Ill ELL Consortium (consortium members: Hampshire Regional,Northampton, Hadley, South Hadley, Belchertown, Frontier, Mohawk, Amherst, Greenfield)participated in fifteen-hour courses in teaching academic language offered in Greenfield andNorthampton, and Effective Instructional Strategies for Diverse Classrooms at Mohawk.Completion of these programs meets the requirement that as of 7/1/16 all teachersrenewing their licenses must have completed 15 hours of ELL professional development.(These programs were free.)

• CES staff developed and presented customized professional development for the FrontierRegional School District (Differentiated instruction), Berlin-Boylston (Using the Data InquiryProcess), and Mahar (Conversations That Count and Creating District Plans to Measure StudentGrowth), as well as the Wachusett Regional District (DDM5).


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Program & Itinerant Referrals for July - September 2014

Member program referrals (and status):• Belch ertown (2)

o CBWE — Referral screened out as student is too young for any of our currentprograms (9 years of age)

o Academy - student has been enrolled into MALP• Northampton (2)

• CBWE — Referral screened out as student will go into a residential placement• Greenfield

• Academy — student has been enrolled into VALP• Expecting, but not yet received, 2nd referral from Greenfield for the Academy

Non-member program referrals (and status):• Holyoke (1)

o Academy—student has been enrolled into MALP• Quabbin Regional (1)

o Academy—on hold; student ran away, status unclear• Southwick-Tolland Regional (1)

o Academy — screened, waking on parent decision; likely placement• Springfield (1)

o Academy - student has been enrolled into MALP

Itinerant ReferralsMembers:

2 CCATT evals (Hampshire Regional and South Hadley)o One completed this week, one pending


• 7 CCATT service requests (South Hadley, Beichertown, Frontier, Greenfield,Northampton)

o It’s important to note that we are providing CCATT services to S. Hadleythis year for the first time in several years

• 2 OTC service requests (South Hadley, Northampton)• 12 Vision/Mobility (Amherst, Beichertown, Easthampton, Frontier, South Hadley• 4 Physical Therapy (Ewing, Frontier, Greenfield, Hatfield)• 1 Speech Language (Gill-Montague)• 0 Occupational Therapy• 2 Adapted Physical Education (Hampshire Regional, Ware

Non-members:• 4 CCATT evals (PVPA, Gateway Regional, Holyoke and Narraganset)

o Being scheduled• 5 CCATT consults (Gateway, Holyoke, SAU #29, East Longmeadow, Inspire for Autstim)• 4 OTC service request (PVPA, Berkshire Hills Music Academy and Inspire for Austim)• 2 Vision Mobility (Palmer, SAU #29)• 3 Physical Therapy (Holyoke, Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion, SAU #29)• 1 Speech Language (Smith Vocational)• 2 Occupational Therapy (Holyoke, PVPA, Springfield)

Department Highlights

• New MALP (Alternative Learning Program) teacher—Sarah Sunujkian; doing an excellent job;joined us just a few days prior to the start of the school year

• (3) Academy students enrolled at HCC this semester• Implemented a daily Social Emotional Learning (SEL) class first period at the Academy to assist

in targeted skills development w/ the students• One Academy student is participating on his (member) district’s football team• Moving forward with Jeff Hayden from HCC in regards to establishing an 18-22 program on the

HCC campus: FACETS—Facilitating Access to College, Employment, and Transition Success;potential start in January

• CCATT Center: Jeanne Tuthill & Dale Gardner-Fox conducting “Introduction to Augmentative &Alternative Communication (AAC)” on October 9 and October 23rd (2-day training); yieldsPDP5. This is a repeat training from last year; can help w/ teacher re-licensure requirements interms of meeting the AAC requirement

SELECTED/REPRESENTATIVE ACTIVITES — Early ChildhoodThe end of August and early September had less programming than other months due to reducedactivities as a lot of families tend to be less available during August. This was a busy time inpreparation for the beginning of the school year and our programming in the various communities.

• Coordinated Family and Community Engagement (CFCE) grant for much of HampshireCounty: The Puzzle of Parenting calendar was completed and is now available on ourwebsite. In addition, information about family center playgroups and other activities are inprocess of being updated.

• Our Early Childhood Mental Health team, through a partnership with BHN, has expanded to4 clinicians which will help us better serve the geographic areas of both Hampshire andFranklin counties.

• SCSC.is in transition to its last phase of programming. Pending our No-Cost Extension, thefocus for the final 3 months will be toolkit dissemination and training and direct ECMHservices will be reduced. Preparation for an Early Childhood Fair to be held at the DCF


office in October and the final professional development and networking session of theproject are currently in process.

• Early Childhood Training: we are providing early childhood training opportunities for earlychildhood providers in Western Massachusetts. The calendar for this new school year isnow available on our website. We are offering S topics, including Brain Development &Why it Matters; Emergent Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers; and Strengthening CulturalConnections; in 5 towns

• We continue to manage the Assessment for Responsive Teaching (A.R.T) effort. There havebeen 33 full two day Teaching Strategies GOLD trainings, one day training on ObservationDocumentation, and two Technical Assistance refresher trainings on Teaching StrategiesGOLD completed for MKEA plus one GOLD training for EEC.

SELECTED/REPRESENTA TIVEACTIVITES - Statewide contracts

DYS Update

Launch of the STAR Reading Assessment - will expand from pilot sites to all treatment andassessment sites. The purpose of the initial pilot was to allow for teachers and students to becomefamiliar with the technology involved in the administration of the test. In the next phase, with the tenpilot sites we will focus on supporting teachers in using the data to inform instruction.

Career and College Readiness Residential Construction Academy (RCA) Curriculum Pilot: DYSgeneral education teacher Jay Bartoszek has been doing impressive work in providing important(weekly) reflections and insights regarding how the RCA Facilities Maintenance curriculum isimpacting youth at Bright Futures this summer. As part of our Future Ready, Career and CollegeReadiness work, we will be able to share insights and summarize students’ reflections so that otherprograms may benefit as we work to increase these opportunities for youth in the DYS setting. AtBright Futures, students studied the RCA Facilitates Maintenance curriculum and applied their learningby beginning to build raised flower beds on the grounds of their program campus.

Universal Design for Learning Update: We are working with CAST to identif~, an action plan tointegrate IJDL ibto instructional practices as a way to support all learners. First, we will assess thecurrent state of UDL understanding among DYS educators. We will begin that assessment process byincluding a series of 6 UDL questions on the PD evaluation survey. This will enable us to assesseducator awareness of UDL in the mini-unit planning process and inform PD with regard to UDLreadiness moving forward.

Instructional Guide Alignment Project: Expected roll out of the ELA Guide is October 20th andMathematics is November 1. Common Core aligned curriculum was incorporated into PD sessions thisAugust. Teachers were presented with Common Core aligned mini-units in each of the core contentareas: ELA, mathematics, science and history. They developed lesson plans that they will return to theirclassrooms and teach. They will reflect on their practice and bring data back to a follow up PD sessionin November.

Core content curriculum refresh and distribution — In order to respond to increasingly diversegraduation grids, we have purchased new text editions for Chemistry, Algebra 2, Physics, and WorldHistory. Accompanying lab manuals for Physics and six-year online resources licenses for Physics andChemistry have been ordered as well. All are Pearson’s most updated editions available for thesecontact areas. DYS teachers also received HiSet curriculum that compliments the online HiSet Academystudy tool. These materials are used with students who are preparing for the HiSet exam.

Professional Development:

• Our Launch Day, entitled Beacons of Hope, included a former DYS client as a keynotespeaker, and sessions with youth currently in treatment as facilitators of dialogue regarding


topics of focus in our work with DYS, including transition planning, supporting youth insetting and making progress towards their goals, and forming positive relationships withyouth. Additionally, one of our Regional Education Coordinators, Renee Heywood, from theMetro Region, opened the day with her own rendition of “I Believe I Can Fly.”

CPR Certificates Earned: Beginning in spring of 2014, we started a new initiative to supportyouth attainment of CPR certificates. The rollout was a huge success with 101 youthsuccessfully earning their CPR certification as part of their Health and Wellness classes. OurHealth and Wellness Teachers are to be applauded for their dedication to this effort.

Special Education in Institutional Settings (SEIS)

Two highlights from very successful professional development events that opened the school year maybe of particular interest and value to CES member school districts:

Massachusetts Hospital School (MHS) spent two days on best practice in transition planningfor students with disabilities. A consultant from University of Massachusetts Institute forCommunity Inclusion (ICI) introduced tools to better assess students’ interests, strengthsand needs; develop clear post-secondary goals, monitor progress and adjust according tonew assessment information. Follow-up professional development will focus on how tokeep that personalized transition focus at the center of all day-to-day responsibilities ofMHS staff, to further enhance their IEP planning, lesson planning and collaboration withschool districts, families and Department of Public Health staff. The result will be a modelfor effective planning and monitoring of transition services at MHS.

SEIS teachers in Department of Mental Health programs spent two days with Literacy andmath consultants from Lesley University, refining strategies and resources for tieredinstruction to close achievement gaps. Experts from CES (in content areas, arts integration,Universal Design for Learning and technology) are following up with program visits andinterviews, to assess existing resources for tiered instruction and to makerecommendations to fill gaps. The result will be an updated framework for effective tieredinstruction, and a “toolkit” of curriculum resources and strategies to plan and monitor it inDMH programs.

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Seven teachers began Reading Recovery Teacher Training, a year-long program thatprepares interventionists to work with first grade students at risk for learning to read. Thisprogram is funded by an 13 (Investing In Innovation) grant, a federal grant to Ohio StateUniversity in which CES participates. Teachers in training are from current ReadingRecovery member districts Eastliampton, PioneerRegional, and South Hadley as well asnonmember districts with longstanding commitments to Reading Recovery, Agawam andSouthwick, and two districts returning to Reading Recovery after a long hiatus, Gateway andFarmington River. Laurel Dickey, Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, provides the training.

Approximately 115 teachers and administrators participated hisyear’s Franklin-Hampshire SummerAcademy, held at CES and GCC. The focus of this summer’s programwas teaching that challenges and engages learners. Many of the sessions were designed bymember district teachers for other teachers.


• 35 teachersfrom across the region participated in the Teaching.With Primary SourcesSummer Institute, A More Perfect Union, held at Easthampton High School and funded by agrant from the Library of Congress. (That grant has just been renewed, with an increase infunding). Under the same grant program, CBS provided 25 Boston Public Schools teacherswith training in high quality learning environments, training in the use of primary sourcesto teach to the Common Core State Standards - the key shifts in the ELA standards, e.g.,reading and writing about informational text. (These programs were free).

• Licensure courses for teachers seeking the Initial License in one of 19 programs availablethrough CBS served over 200 course takers this summer.

ADDITIONAL SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS

Business

The fall is a busy time of year for the Business Department; we are completing closing out the prioryear accounts and moving forward with all the activities of the new school year. The payrolldepartment is especially busy with the hiring of teachers.

• The CBS annual audit is scheduled; compliance testing September 17- 19 and substantiveprocedures October6 — 15.

• Workmans Comp audit is scheduled for October.• RFP for outsourcing payroll and time & attendance to be issued in September.• Currently the business department is short one staff accountant; we expect to be fully

staffed by early October.• No major building maintenance issues to report, routine repairs are on-going• Evaluation of space needed within the agency is on-going.

Technology

• Worked with SEIS and DYS on the roll-out of new equipment and networks for the start of 14-15 school year

• Continued consulting with RC Mahar on their itol Chromebook roll-out for Grades 4 and 7• Continued work on technology infrastructure at 97 &123 Hawley and 228 Pleasant Street We

are upgrading our Internet Bandwidth, wireless infrastructure, and conference room AVequipment.

• TiE Conference 2015 date is January 15th, and recruitment of vendors and presenters isunderway. We have started marketing the conference.

I hope you find this selection of activities informative and helpful. Please feel free to call or emailme if you have any questions or want further information about the activities outlined in thisreport.

Best regards,

September 17, 2014


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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S KEY GOALS - 2014-2015(for Educator Evaluation purposes)

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In keeping with the Massachusetts Model System for Educator Evaluation and the Guide forSuperintendent Evaluation, I am proposing one goal in each of three areas, as recommended byDESE. The three areas are: professional practice; district improvement; and student learning.

Please note that I will have other goals that are driven by the strategic plan, existing and newprograms and services, development of the organization, and other priority areas. The threegoals below are the ones I propose to be one basis for the evaluation of my performance.

MY GOALS (to be made into SMART goals for the November Board meeting)

Professional Practice: Increase knowledge and skills in succes~ful management of theCollaborative through full participation in the first year of the New Superintendent InductionProgram (NSIPJ, a three-year professional development and support program sponsored bythe Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents and DESE). This is the first time thatnew collaborative directors have been included in the program. NSIP includes eight intensivecontent days, with readings and other homework and eight hours of month of coaching by aNSIP mentor (in my case, former DESE Deputy Commissioner Karla Baehr). See graphic onnext page.

District Improvement: Develop and finalize a Five-Year Strategic Plan through acollaborative process that includes CES staff, Board members, member district administrators,and other stakeholders.

Student Learning: Demonstrate improvements in student outcomes across the Collaborativeby selecting a cross section of direct-service programs (e.g. Special Ed, afterschool, DYS,alternative education). 80% of these programs will demonstrate measureable improvementsin student outcomes on the measures used by the programs.

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COLLABORATIVE FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

OVERVIEW OF SERVICES OFFERED FISCAL YEAR 2015

CONTENTS:

• Special Education Page 2o Alternative learning programs and direct student serviceso Assistive technology services — Collaborative Center for Assistive Technology

(CCATT)o Occupational therapy services — Occupational Therapy Center (OTC)o Licensed itinerant specialist serviceso Customized consulting serviceso Training/staff development

• Alternative Pathways Page 4o Mount Tom Academyo The Third Placeo 21st Century After School Programso Connecting activitieso Perkins Consortium

• Professional Development Page 6o Open enrollment professional development eventso On-site professional development for schools and districtso Professional learning communities (PLC5)o Teacher licensure preparation programso SEI Endorsement Centero Reading Recovery trainingo Educator Evaluation / District Determined Measures / Student Feedbacko RETELLJWIDA trainingo See also (within other departments): Special education/Assistive technology,

Technology in education, and Early Childhoodo Project management and facilitationo Technical assistance/consulting on Curriculum

• Technical Assistance Page 10o ELLJESL assistanceo Consulting for community coalition building, research, and social norms

campaigns around risky behaviors and promoting healthy for youth: SPIFFY,Community Health Solutions

o Educator Evaluation/District Determined Measures Implementationo Grant writing and developmento Research and evaluationo Conditions for school effectivenesso See also: Technical assistance offered by Professional Development,

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o Website hosting and developmento Online learning technology and supporto Technology in Education PLCo Technical assistance/consultingo Technology professional development

Early Childhood Page 14o Family Centerso Parenting serviceso Building Partnerships to Support Young Children and Their Parentso Strong Foundations for Healthy Childreno Mental health consultationo Technical assistance/ consulting serviceso Provider professional development/training

• Leadership Development Page 16o Leadership searcheso Leadership updateso Principals professional groupo Technical assistance/consulting on school culture

• Business/Financial Services Page 17o Member cost sharingo Marketing/communications development and design

• Statewide Initiatives Page 17o Early Childhood Assessment Initiativeo Division of Youth Services Education Initiativeo Special Education in Institutional Settings

SPECIAL EDUCATION

The Special Education Department provides high-quality, innovative services and programs tofully support students with low incidence disabilities, enabling them to live independently andbecome productive participants in their communities. Programs serve youth ages 5 to 21 yearsold with autism, developmental disabilities, intellectual impairment, learning disabilities, andemotional and behavioral disorders in reaching their full potential.

These services include:

• Alternative learning programs and direct student services• Assistive technology services — Collaborative Center for Assistive Technology

(CCATT)• Occupational therapy services — Occupational Therapy Center (OTC)

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• Licensed itinerant specialist services• Customized consulting services• Training/staff development

CES alternative learning and direct-service programs include several types of programs withspecific offerings determined by need. All programs provide small group and individuahzedinstruction across all curriculum areas and are supported by clinical specialists. To best serve arange of student needs, CES offers programming both within public schools (In School) and atsatellite locations (Out of School). Direct service programs include:

• HEC Academy, an alternative special education high school and middle school with itsown building in Northampton; HEC Academy enrolls students with emotional, behavioral,and/or specific learning disabilities and these students work on academics, social skills,recreation, and community service to earn credits toward high school graduation fromtheir sending schools.

• Community-Based Work Experiences, a school-year program serving students ages16-21 with developmental disabilities and/or moderate intellectual impairment; it providessupervised, school-based vocational training and instruction in functional life skills andacademics.

The Collaborative Center for Assistive Technology and Training (CCATT), nationallyknown as a leader in the field of assistive technology, offers expertise and services to memberand non-member districts in Western Massachusetts and across the Commonwealth. Assistivetechnology evaluations are conducted by a multidisciplinary team of specialists with extensiveexperience in alternative and augmentative communication and adapted curriculum solutions.Students ages PreK-22 have the opportunity to evaluate devices, software, and hardware.Consultation services are available through CCATT. CCATT also offers a free lending libraryfor assistive technology devices and applications called the Patty Walsh-Cassidy LendingLibrary.

The Occupational Therapy Center provides individual and small group treatment services onmotor development, handwriting, and sensory processing issues, as well as evaluations(including the Sensory Integration and Praxis Test when indicated). Services are available tofamilies, schools and childcare centers, and other agencies. The clinic’s staff of licensedoccupational therapists has extensive experience treating children and adults with variousneeds, from typical youngsters with mild delays to those with specific disabilities such as autism,cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, ADHD, and other issues. Treatment plans are developed inclose collaboration with home and school teams.

CES Itinerant Specialist Services are available to schools and districts in the region. Our teamof highly trained professionals provides direct and consulting services to students in their schooldistricts throughout Western Massachusetts. Consultative services are also available to supportlocal programming efforts and provide training for district specialists. CES provides specialist




services including speech and language, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and vision andmobility.

Customized consulting services by CCATT staff members help schools implementprogramming to maximize participation and inclusion and assist students in meeting IEP andcurriculum goals through the use of technology. Staff training can be arranged by request tointroduce the latest in adaptive/assistive technology and augmentative communication. Weassist school districts through consulting and coaching services that include programdevelopment and evaluation support, tools and materials development, and supervision, as wellas on-site technical assistance on a variety of topics and issues. Schools and districts seekingto implement and manage cost-effective local programs arrange for consultation services withus that are customized to meet local needs.

Training/Professional Development open enrollment offerings include workshops throughoutthe year on topics including IEP5, working with struggling learners, legal issues in specialeducation, augmentative and assistive communication, and more. Workshops and coursesoffer educators, professionals, and parents the opportunity to explore a variety of assistivetechnology tools.

Locations offered:

Direct service programs and specialist services are primarily offered to students in Hampshireand Franklin counties; Special Education Services are offered throughout WesternMassachusetts. Some consulting and professional development services are offered statewide.

ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS

CES offers multiple alternative education services serving young people in the WesternMassachusetts area who have been unsuccessful in more traditional school settings for avariety of reasons.


• Mount Tom Academy• The Third Place• 2lstCenturyAfterSchool Programs• Connecting activities• Perkins Consortium

Mount Tom Academy at Holyoke Community College is an alternative high school for students16-22 at risk of dropping out of school. The program is designed specifically to serve studentswho have been unsuccessful in traditional high school settings and may benefit from alternativeplacement.




The program offers an open, diverse environment that challenges students while providing ahigh level of support. It employs self-directed learning methods that engage reluctant learners intheir own educational process, removes students’ objections to studying and learning, andpromotes achievement among students who would otherwise be likely to drop out of school.

Locations offered:

Schools in Hampshire and Hampden Counties are typical sending schools for Mount TomAcademy.

The Third Place in Turners Falls, MA was launched in January of 2011 to serve the needs ofyouth ages 14 - 22 who are looking to gain work readiness skills, improve their academicperformance and work on social emotional development. Young people in Franklin County maytake advantage of Third Place programs during the school year and summer months as well.

Locations offered:

The Third Place is located in Turners Falls, MA and serves Franklin County youth.

The 21st Century After-School Programs incorporate a balance of fun activities in a safe,supportive environment. Through our programs, students strengthen their academic skills,deepen communication skills with adults and peers, and stretch their physical limits throughrecreational activities and outdoor adventure. We tie all our activities to academic learning,enriching the education of youth outside of school.

Locations offered:

Our programs take place at eleven schools throughout Hampshire, Hampden and FranklinCounties.

Connecting Activities: CES promotes school-to-career activities by partnering with schools tofind and utilize resources to support internship programs for hundreds of students each year.The goal of this effort is to boost school capacity to serve young people, and improve theireducation and career preparation by incorporating real life and work experiences into theirschooling. The program provides resources to schools, including linkages to local employers,program funding, and materials support, especially support for the Career Cruising onlinesoftware program. Career Cruising is considered to be an optimal tool for developing a range ofcareer skills and goals with high school students.

The internship placements ranged from simple after school placements tracked with a Work-based Learning Plan, to more complex work-and-learning experiences where the tasks andskills emphasized in the placement are also developed, in parallel, in a classroom setting.Students range from those who are A+ and college-bound, to those who are developmentallychallenged.

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Locations offered:

The program serves the school districts of Hampshire County.

Perkins Consortium (CCRS):

Participation by four CES member districts—South Hadley, Amherst, Gateway, andEasthampton—provides vocational training and funding for students enrolled in high schooloccupational or vocational programs. Each school receives specific allocations for assistanceand services to improve performance in Mathematics, Language Arts and high schoolcompletion and graduation. Perkins occupational and vocational programs receive assistance toset goals; measure competencies in occupational skills; upgrade programs; develop newprograms; develop entrepreneurship opportunilies; understand high skill/high demand/highwage opportunities in Western Massachusetts; develop local support and advisory boards; anddevelop internship, mentorship, and work study opportunities for students.

Locations offered:

Hampshire County: South Hadley, Amherst, Gateway, and Easthampton school districts.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

CES offers extensive professional development, coaching, and educator supports to our 36member districts and to other schools and districts spanning the Commonwealth. Ourprofessional development model supports systemic planning, delivery, and evaluation of studentand teacher growth initiatives. Through collaborative data analysis and training design,engaging presentations, coaching, and learning teams, we build district capacity.

Professional development services and programs include:

• Open enrollment professional development events• On-site professional development for schools and districts• Professional learning communities (PLCs)• Teacher Licensure preparation programs• SEI Endorsement Center• Reading Recovery training• Educator Evaluation I District Determined Measures / Student Feedback• RETELL/WIDA training• Education Data Use• Content Area professional development: Including open enrollment and on-site offerings

in mathematics, social studies, literacy and ELA, ELL, arts integration, working withstruggling learners.




• Emerging America grant-funded programs, including Teaching with Primary Sourcesand History Institutes

• Summer Academy — Annual schedule of summer PD programs in Franklin andHampshire counties

• See also: Professional development offered by our special education department,technology department, and early childhood department.

• Project management and facilitation• Technical assistance/consulting on Curriculum

General Open Enrollment and On-Site PD: The Professional Development and CurriculumDepartment (PDCD) oversees sixty CES staff members and consultants with wide-rangingexperience, scholarship, and strength providing successful PD and coaching in content areas(with strength in ELA, math, science, and social studies education); literacy, ESL and ELLeducation; culturally responsive education; leadership; curriculum alignment, planning, mapping,and development; instructional technology; using data to improve practice; special education;assistive technology; technology/curriculum integration; project-based, inquiry, and hands-onlearning; differentiated instruction; authentic assessment; and professional learningcommunities and other collaborative staff development strategies

The Collaborative is also a DESE pre-qualified vendor for a range of consulting and professionaldevelopment services, including project management; assistance for school/districtimprovement, assessment and evaluation; educational leadership development; curriculum,performance, and achievement frameworks/standards.

Locations offered:

The majority of open enrollment professional development takes place in the WesternMassachusetts region; but CES delivers professional development throughout theCommonwealth.

Professional Learning Communities: We support targeted cross-district support throughProfessional Learning Communities among our 36 member districts. These PLCs have been inexistence for as many as seven years and include PLC5 on Technology in Education; K-8 Math;English Language Learners; Social Studies; Working with Struggling Learners; AssistiveTechnology; Secondary Literacy; and Science; as well as Professional Groups for CurriculumDirectors and Associate Superintendents. Many PLC5 offer PDP5 for work completed. CES alsotrains and supports PLCs in schools and districts.

Locations offered:

PLC5 serve educators who are primarily in Hampshire and Franklin County.

Licensure: CES developed and manages fourteen MA DESE-approved alternative licensureprograms for teachers. These programs offer a route to initial or additional licenses. Through




our partnership with Fitchburg State University, our students are earning graduate credit orworking toward Master’s Degrees and Certificates of Advanced Graduate Study. Courses areoffered in a hybrid online format, combining face to face classes with online course work.Program areas include, for initial licenses:

• Reading Specialist (All Levels)• Biology (5-8) (8-12)• Chemistry (5-8) (8-12)• Earth Science (5-8) (8-12)• English (5-8) (8-12)• English as a Second Language (PreK-6) (5-12)• General Science (5-8)• High School Mathematics (8-12)• History (5-8) (8-12)• Humanities (5-8)• Middle School Mathematics (5-8)• Middle School Mathematics/Science (5-8)• Physics (5-8) (8-12)• Moderate Disabilities (PreK-8) (5-12)

Additional licenses:

• Teacher of English as a Second Language (PreK-6, 5-12)• Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities (PreK-8, 5-12)• Reading Specialist

Locations offered:

CES Licensure courses are offered statewide, with blended courses and face-to-face sessionsin locations in Hampshire, Franklin, and Middlesex counties.

SEI Endorsement Center. The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and SecondaryEducation (ESE) has designated the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) as a for-costprovider of Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Endorsement courses. Courses offered throughCES will utilize exactly the same curricula utilized in ESE-sponsored no-cost trainings; CESfacilitators have been screened and trained by ESE and are held to the same high expectationsfor course delivery. CES will offer SEI courses for teachers and administrators beginning inJanuary 2015.

Locations offered:

Courses are offered in the Pioneer Valley and Berkshire regions.




Reading Recovery:

Reading Recovery is an evidence-based, preventative early literacy intervention programdesigned to provide a second chance to first grade children who are at risk of failing to learn toread. CES has been a professional development provider for Reading Recovery for 20 years1and continues to train teachers in Reading Recovery. Schools participating in the project willreceive full funding for teacher training, materials and additional supports necessary toimplement the program.

Locations offered:

The Collaborative for Educational Services oversees three Reading Recovery Teacher TrainingSites in western Massachusetts. The sites are located in Northampton, West Springfield, andDalton, Massachusetts, and serve educators in western Massachusetts, southern Vermont, andConnecticut.

Educator Evaluation I District Determined Measures: CES is approved by DESE to providerequired training in implementing the Massachusetts Educator Evaluation Model System. CESprovided direct training of district leadership and faculty as well as a train-the-trainer model. Inaddition, CES provides open enrollment and on-site, tailored professional development toschools and districts in advanced topics related to evaluation and observation, implementing theEducator Evaluation program, and the development and implementation of DDMs. In addition,educators may take advantage of the CES Educator Evaluation Beacon Blog, which offersregularly refreshed content on implementation questions around Educator Evaluation, DistrictDetermined Measures, and Student Feedback.

Locations offered:

The majority of Educator Evaluation and District Determined Measures training is offered inHampshire, Franklin and Berkshire counties, but has been and can be delivered state-wide.

RETELLJWIDA: CES is approved by MA DESE to provide professional development in EnglishLanguage Education, including RETELL courses, and WIDA training.

Locations offered:

Current open enrollment offerings are primarily located in Western Massachusetts, but can bedelivered statewide.

Project Management and Facilitation Contract Services Provided to MassachusettsDepartment of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE)The Professional Development Department provides project management for trainings andconferences in support of multiple initiatives, including: the statewide LiteracyPartnership/Striving Readers conferences, and the Writing Standards in Action Project.

Locations offered:




Statewide

Technical assistance/consulting on Curriculum: Successful teaching and learning beginswith the alignment of curriculum, instruction, and assessment. CES provides services to supportthe use of effective, research-based instructional practices to engage and motivate learners ofall kinds. We offer curriculum alignment, mapping and design; as well as current research andeffective practice in literacy, numeracy, and ELL learning; tiered instruction; and assignedcontent area(s), to create rich learning environments.

Locations offered:

Statewide

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

CES offers professional and expert technical assistance to member districts and schools as wellas to schools, districts, and organizations across the Commonwealth.

Technical assistance services include:

• ELLIESL assistance• Consulting for community coalition building, research, and social norms campaigns

around risky behaviors and promoting healthy for youth: SPIFFY, Community HealthSolutions

• Educator Evaluation/District Determined Measures/Student Feedback Implementation• Education data use• Grant writing and development• Research and evaluation• Conditions for school effectiveness• See also: Technical assistance offered by Professional Development/curriculum, Early

Childhood, Technology, and Business/Financial services

ELL / ESL targeted assistance through our Center for English Language Education(CELE) helps schools and districts meet the needs of students for whom English is a secondlanguage. This includes working with districts to provide program and policy support ineffectively educating second language learners as well as technical assistance support andconsultation with special educators, speech and language pathologists, psychologists andothers in identifying and working with English learners with learning differences and disabilities.

Strategic Partnership for Families and Youth (SPIFFY):

SPIFFY is a coalition of over 80 community partners working together to improve outcomes foryouth in Hampshire County. Together they promote strong families and create a local culturewhere youth are supported to make healthy choices. SPIFFY’s prevention activities involve




community-based organizations, faith communities, schools, local colleges and universities,parents, youth, law enforcement, municipal government, media, and human service groups. Thecoalition fosters collaboration between schools and communities, promotes strong families, andsupports positive youth development.

SPIFFY has initiated several strategies aimed at creating a culture within communities thatdiscourages underage drinking and other risky behaviors, and promotes positive opportunitiesfor youth development. These initiatives include decreasing youth access to alcohol and otherdrugs through “environmental strategies” such as compliance checks of retail stores sellingalcohol; youth needs assessment surveys and research, and social norms campaigns.

Community Health Solutions, a sister program to SPIFFY, offers consulting services forschools, coalitions, municipalities and community-based organizations which include expertisein: assessment and evaluation, evidence-based prevention strategies, community engagementand organizing.

Community Health Solutions consultants work with organizations on initiatives in the followingareas: substance abuse, school climate, youth development, diet and nutrition, physical activity,overweight and obesity.

Educator Evaluation/District Determined Measures:

Supports for Educator Evaluation implementation: CES offers customized technicalassistance to support districts in building plans that connect the Educator Evaluation Systemwith existing work in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. We also support ongoingimplementation in member and non-member districts with advanced training and coaching forevaluators, and teacher and administrator supports such as the Educator Evaluation TourGuides. Tour Guide editions are available for teachers and administrators and are available asboth print and online tools.

Supports for district-determined measures (DDM) implementation: Districts may needsupport in developing or evaluating measures of growth in various grades and subject areas.CES offers a range of trainings, consulting, peer-to peer groups and resources to assist in thedevelopment and use of DDM5. CES also offers the online Pioneer Valley DDM library, agrowing collection of measures of student growth created by local educators and housed on theCES website at www.collaborative.org. The DDM5 can be searched by content area.

Education data use: CES offers technical assistance to member districts in the areas ofsystemic data use, custom reports, new data collection, and reporting systems that meet localneeds.

Grant Writing and Development: CES provides technical assistance to help schools, memberdistricts, and area organizations to define, develop and obtain grant funding for effective




programs. CES partners with school districts to pursue grant funding for identified initiatives andprograms.

Research and Evaluation: Through our program staff and a department dedicated to researchand evaluation, we provide technical assistance in assessing new initiatives and conductingresearch in areas relevant to CES and member districts. CES helps districts and schools withthe infrastructure and tools for measuring student success, school success, and for makinginstructional and management decisions. Our Center for Educational Data Use providesprofessional development and coaching on collaborative data use; data teams; data collectionand integration; data interpretation and appropriate use; and the effective use of data analysis tomeet local needs.

Conditions for School Effectiveness: CES is a DESE-approved vendor for the provision ofeducation improvement services supporting the eleven Conditions for School Effectiveness,defined by DESE as being “necessary for schools to educate their students well.” Theseconditions are aligned with Massachusetts’ Race to the Top efforts. Districts or schools maycontract with CES for professional development, coaching, and technical assistance in eightelements.

Locations offered:

Statewide, but primarily in Western Massachusetts

TECHNOLOGY

CES Technology projects strive to build internal and district capacity and infrastructure, supporteducators, schools, and districts in effective use of technologies, support the development andoffering of online courses to students, and partner with state agencies to implement systemsthat increase efficiency.

Technology services include:

• Cooperative purchases and vendor discounts• Website Hosting and Development• Online Learning Technology and Support• Other Technical Assistance• Technology in Education PLC• Technology professional development

Cooperative purchasing and vendor discount programs provides member districts accessto the latest in technology services and training at the best available rates through partnershipswith select vendors. The Collaborative ensures that the vendors we partner with produce highquality tools that serve the needs to educators and school leaders at an affordable price.




The vendors with whom services agreements are in place include:

• Microsoft Volume Purchasing• Global Compliance Network• GovConnection• One Call Now• Atomic Learning• Certica )Testwiz• Silverback Learning

Locations offered:

Hampshire and Franklin Counties

Website hosting and development: CES provides website development and hosting servicesto member districts and schools and across the Commonwealth.

Locations offered:


Online Learning Technology and Support: CES provides consulting and guidance to schoolsand school districts to enhance their understanding of instructional design principles for onlinelearning, and to assist in planning and developing their own online learning.

Learn.collaborative.org, which is hosted by CES, utilizes the Moodle open source CourseManagement System (CMS) to provide an Online Learning environment for ProfessionalDevelopment programs, Educator Licensure courses, and other projects. Member districts areencouraged to use this system as a test site to create their own online courses on our Moodleserver, at no cost.

Locations offered:

Support through Learn.collaborative.org is primarily provided to CES member school districts inHampshire and Franklin counties. Consulting and guidance on instructional design and onlinelearning is available to both members and non-members, statewide.

The Technology in Education PLC is facilitated and hosted by CES. The PLC offered a seriesof Collaborative Conversations around topics of interest in the Technology and Curriculumrealms, and is further supported by a CES hosted Technology in Education blog. The PLCfosters increased technology utilization in member districts and disseminates effective practicesamong district staff.

Locations offered:




Western Massachusetts

Technical assistance/consulting: CES Tech provides districts with consultative servicesincluding: Technology Plan audit, Google Apps for Education implementation planning, iPadmanagement, technology professional development plan review & implementation, coaching forintegration of instructional technology, 1:1 device roll-out planning, digitizing of documents, andcomprehensive technology integration project management.

Locations offered:

Statewide

Technology professional development includes the development, management and hostingof the annual Technology in Education Conference. The TiE Conference, held at HolyokeCommunity College each January, offers a nationally known keynote speaker, vendor expo, andmultiple breakout sessions and tracks. Workshops offered to both member and non-memberdistricts include: Google Apps for Education sessions (Introductory, Level 2, Sites forElementary Teachers, Drive for Administrators), Online Teaching & Learning sessions (basicand advanced), Whiteboard Training, and Free Tech Tools for Teachers.

Locations offered:

Primarily Western Massachusetts; but general professional development topics and GoogleApps training are available statewide.

EARLY CHILDHOOD

CES Early Childhood Department has a highly qualified and experienced staff which haspromoted the establishment of strengths-based and collaborative relationships with parents,school personnel, librarians, and other providers of services to families in our local communities.We are familiar with the strengths and needs of each community and have become increasinglysuccessful at identifying and serving the most isolated and at-risk populations wherever theyare.

Services include:o Family Centerso Parenting serviceso Building Partnerships to Support Young Children and Their Parents (PERC)o Strong Foundations for Young Childreno Early childhood mental health consultationo Technical assistance! consulting serviceso Provider professional developmento See Statewide Initiatives for: Assessment for Responsive Teaching

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Family Centers: CFCE programming, family centers, playgroups and community events forfamilies play a significant role in filling the many gaps in these communities, and supportfamilies that tend to be underserved, distant from service providers’ offices, and with little or noaccess to public transportation. We will have a physical presence with family centers inAmherst, Easthampton, South Hadley, Palmer and Ware, all of which are visited by manyfamilies from neighboring communities. Centers provide playgroups for parents/guardians andchildren from birth to Kindergarten and support to parents in their parenting role. In communitieswithout their own family center, we will provide regular playgroups and/or early literacy activitieslike a library story hour or Story Walks.

Locations offered:

Amherst, Easthampton, South Hadley, Palmer and Ware Family Centers, with additionalactivities available in Western Massachusetts communities

Parenting services: CES administers and coordinates a CFCE grant that provides parentingeducation and support in Amherst, Pelham, Belchertown, Easthampton, Hatfield, Monson,Palmer, South Hadley, Ware, Warren, and West Brookfield.

CES delivers Puzzle of Parenting Workshops throughout the school year on topics such assleeping; eating; toilet training; setting limits; challenging behaviors; sibling rivalry,; coparenting,; and other issues of interest to parents. In addition, our Early Childhood professionalsoffer: the Parent-Child Home Program, an early literacy home visiting program for families withchildren who are at risk for poor literacy development; Welcome Baby Visits with baby bags;referrals for parents in need of comprehensive services; and Brain Building in Progress activitiesduring the Week of the Young Child.

Locations offered:

Amherst, Pelham, Belchertown, Easthampton, Hatfield, Monson, Palmer, South Hadley, Ware,Warren, and West Brookfield

Early childhood mental health consultation programs: Support provided to programs andcollateral work with parents for families living in Hampshire, Franklin, and northwest Worcestercounties were funded through a subcontract with Behavioral health network funded by EEC.

Locations offered:

Hampshire, Franklin, and northwest Worcester counties

Building Partnerships to Support Young Children and Their Parents (PERC) providesprofessional development workshops, mentoring sessions, educator resources and classroommaterials for early childhood educators on addressing the needs of young children with special




needs and/or developmental delays, and their parents in Easthampton and Gill-Montague. Building Partnerships also focuses on enhancing increased communication andcollaboration between the early childhood community, consisting of early childhood educatorsand early intervention providers, and public preschool special education programs.

Locations offered:

Easthampton and Gill-Montague

Strong Foundations for Young Children (SFYC) in Easthampton and Ware providesconsultations to support children, parents/caregivers, and educators.

Locations offered:

Easthampton and Ware

Professional development and training, consultation and support is provided by CES to earlychildhood centers and family child care providers within the region. Early childhoodprofessionals in Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden Counties participated in a wide array ofsponsored professional development opportunities on diverse topics taking place from Athol toSpringfield during the school year.

Locations offered:

Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden Counties

Technical assistance/ consulting services: CES is an EEC-approved vendor for training andconsulting services for a variety of early education and care providers statewide. Childcarecenters, family day care centers, and public preschool and kindergarten providers can contractwith CES in a range of areas, such as promoting school readiness, partnering with parents,cultural awareness, ADD/ADHD, ASO, and child abuse and neglect.

Locations offered:


LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

CES partners with our schools and school districts to support their efforts to build role clarity,internal agreement, and a strong school-community vision. We can help leaders to create roleclarity and shared responsibility for achieving measurable goals; assurance of school, student,and community voice in school growth; working knowledge of the role of leadership in changemanagement; clear accountability and problem-solving structures; and a collaborative andpositive and inclusive school culture, informed by best practices around social justice andequity.




Services include:

o Leadership updateso Technical assistance on school cultureo Principals professional group

Locations offered:

Primarily Western Massachusetts and CES member districts in Hampshire and FranklinCounties.

BUSINESS/FINANCIAL SERVICES


o Member cost sharingo Marketing/communications development and design

Member cost sharing: By joining together for purchasing purposes, districts realize a costsavings, ensured by lowest bid on purchase categories over $25,000. All bids are conductedonline, saving districts on staffing and time that would be spent on conducting their own biddingprocess. Goods and services typically include school and art supplies; food such as bread, milk,ice cream and other foods; paper goods and cleaning supplies; and Legal services (retainer).

Locations offered:

CES member districts in Hampshire and Franklin Counties

Marketing/communications development and design services are provided as needed byCES to member districts and schools as well as non-member organizations across theCommonwealth. CES professionals provide assistance to conceptualize, write, and design printand electronic collateral from annual reports to flyers, brochures, and instructional materials;and will procure, schedule and manage printing and delivery.

Locations offered:


STATEWIDE INITIATIVES

CES provides services across the Commonwealth to support a number of statewide initiativesas well as program contracts and subcontracts.

Some of these include:

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• Early Childhood Assessment for Responsive Teaching• Department of Youth Services Partnership• Special Education in Institutional Settings (SEIS) Project

Department of Youth Services Partnership: The Collaborative for Educational Services(CES) and its partner, the Commonwealth Corporation (CommCorp), work together with theleadership of education staff at DYS and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary andSecondary Education to give support and direction to innovative teaching and learning in DYSresidential programs and effective educational services for DYS clients residing in thecommunity. CES hires and provides professional development for DYS teachers, educationadministrators, and staff in order to provide high-quality education and employmentopportunities for youth in the care and custody of DYS.

Assessment for Responsive Teaching: A.R.T. is a large-scale, two-year project servingeducators working with children from birth through kindergarten in both the early childhoodsystem and the public schools across Massachusetts. This project, offers five courses inobservational, formative assessment as well as training, technical assistance and support in theTeaching Strategies GOLD on-line assessment tool. Services provided by this program arefunded by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC), and the Race tothe Top Early Learning Challenge grant.

CES works under a contract from DESE to assist in the coordination and delivery of SpecialEducation in Institutional Settings (SEIS)... This involves the provision of special educationservices to approximately 550 students per month in the care of the Department of YouthServices (DYS), Department of Mental Health (DMH), Department of Public Health (DPH), andthe County Houses of Correction (CHC). CES’s major responsibilities for the contract includerecruiting, hiring and training educators; collaborating with host agency leadership in educationprogram improvement; designing and implementing a statewide web-based student informationsystem; supporting coordinated technology development and improvement; and monitoringcompliance with federal and state special education regulations.


Documents

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT TO THE CES BOARD OF …