PROGRAMS
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Teaching American History Grant - "Visions of Liberty and Equality"- a five-year grant program working with K-5 teachers. Each year the participants travel to places of historical significance around a common theme.
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Science Grant - MMSP - a federally funded, state run grant program that provides inquiry-based science professional development in partnership between the Gateway Regional School District, Holyoke Public Schools, Easthampton Public Schools and the CENTER. This innovative professional development program will serve 50 middle school science, special education and ELL teachers. Teachers from all area districts may apply.
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Full Release Mentor Training - this is a program done in collaboration with the New Teacher Center from Santa Cruz. This program works with veteran teachers on the skills necessary to support beginning teachers both in the day to day teaching duties as well as in the growth of their teaching skills. All area teachers who have been trained as mentors may apply to take these advanced workshops.
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Mentor Training - Each summer the CENTER provides foundational training for those teachers who work with beginning teachers in their districts. In addition each year we offer some type of advanced workshop for mentors who have been previously trained by the New Teacher Center.
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Ongoing courses and workshops for educators - the CENTER continues to offer a variety of credit and non-credit courses and workshops for principals, teachers, school nurses and central office administrators. These are held as week long workshops during the summer, full day and after school workshops during the school year and some online training. Topics include math, science, reading, ELL, special education, teaching techniques and forums on current trends and issues.