PARTNERSHIPS:

Partnership with Shirley Public Schools
The Special Education Department, in conjunction with the Shirley Public Schools has received an Eisenhower grant to enhance our teacher candidates evaluation system by incorporating student data into the evaluation process. This grant will also provide workshops and modeling in literacy and math for Shirley Public School teachers and Fitchburg State College teacher candidates.

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Coming soon, descriptions of our relationships with Fitchburg Public Schools, Shirley Public Schools, Nashoba Regional School District and Lowell Public Schools.

GRANTS

CO-STEP GRANT

Fitchburg State College (FSC), in collaboration with the Lowell Public Schools (LPS), and Middlesex Community College (MCC), received a grant from the US Department of Education for Creating Certification Opportunities for Strengthening Transitional Bilingual Education Paraprofessionals (CO-STEP) project. CO-STEP, while a separate program, focuses on extending MCC's certificate and associate degree career ladder program for paraprofessionals through to a four year, baccalaureate degree and teacher certification in elementary and special education program, thus completing the career ladder. CO-STEP helps to meet the critical needs of LEP students in the Lowell system by increasing the number of paraprofessionals who move up the career ladder to full certification. The program builds upon the existing working partnership between the public schools, a two year (MCC) and four year institution (FSC) of higher education and addresses both competitive priorities. This is a five year grant, with a $225,000 annual award.

A celebration of this grant was held recently at the beautiful Nesmith House in Lowell. Representatives from Lowell Public School, Middlesex Community College, Fitchburg State College came together to reaffirm the collaboration, enjoy successes to date and consider possibilities for the future.

Check out pictures from the Nesmith House celebration !

Three Paraprofessionals enjoy the celebration and offer their reflections on  the experience
left to right: Omayra Marcano, Cynthia Flynn, Midge Landry

Team members responsible for writing the grant include staff from Lowell Public Schools (LPS), Middlesex Community College (MCC) and Fitchburg State College (FSC) 
Left to right : Ann O'Donnell (LPS), Heidi Delisle (MCC), Ann Hogan (MCC), Mary Ann Simensen (LPS), Shirley Wagner (FSC), Pam Edington (MCC), Elaine Francis (FSC)

The Middlesex Community College creators of the original STEP-UP grant enjoy a relaxing moment
Left to right: Ann Hogan, Pam Edington, Heidi Delisle

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