PITTSFIELD â The MassHire Berkshire Workforce Board will be using technology next week to provide information on job opportunities for local residents, with a special emphasis on youth employment.
The board will be staging 2021 Berkshire Virtual Career Week, which includes a virtual job fair Tuesday and a series of daily virtual presentations Monday through Friday that feature a different job sector each day, all presented on the Zoom platform.
The daily live sessions are open to Berkshire residents ages 14 to 24. The virtual job fair, which takes place from noon to 4 p.m., is open to all ages. But, the portions of the daily live sessions that are prerecorded will be rebroadcast on Pittsfield Community Television, and those segments are open to all.
It s great to see these opportunities for students to learn more about what they want to pursue in their future, Berkshire Workforce Board high school intern Nick Lopenzina said, Workshops like this really give kids a chance to start finding their direction. The event aims to engage high school students, mainly in grades 10-12, in career awareness and exploration through a blend of live Zoom sessions with local professionals and scheduled broadcasts on Pittsfield Community Television. Career Week programming is also open to Berkshire residents of all ages who are interested in learning more about the current labor market landscape in the Berkshires. Via PCTV, portions of the live sessions will be broadcast, and career-related content will air when there is not a live Zoom meeting. All videos will be available after the week-long event in PCTV s online educational library. A full schedule with all programming will be available prior to April 26 at www.massh
Deputy Superintendent Joseph Curtis, who has been leading the 5,000-student district since last fall, was chosen out four finalists on Wednesday with a majority vote of 4-3. This prompted committee member Dennis Powell to publicly resign from the body, citing a lack of voice among his colleagues and a flawed process. It s unfortunate, and I really felt that at the beginning of this whole process, I could have wrote this ending, that s the way this whole process was run, Powell said to the committee on Wednesday before signing off the Zoom meeting. On Thursday, Ward 5 Councilor Patrick Kavey addressed those who voted for Curtis: Mayor Linda Tyer, Daniel Elias, William Cameron, and Chairwoman Katherine Yon, in a Facebook post stating that they had failed the district with their selection.
PITTSFIELD â During the thick of a coronavirus pandemic that has roiled public school education everywhere, school officials here are facing a high-stakes decision â who to hire as the next superintendent of Pittsfield Public Schools.
That decision is expected to come Wednesday, when the seven-member Pittsfield School Committee casts its vote from a field of four finalist candidates, according to Chairperson Katherine Yon.
âWe need someone on board who can lead us through the pandemic, who understands the system well enough to be able to accommodate for all the changes that we have to make to make sure everybody stays safe and healthy while learning in the best way possible,â Yon told The Eagle.
The master plan for a bicycle network on 107 segments and 90 miles of Pittsfield should be completed by May. IBerkshires.com reports that Bike Facilities Master Plan members on Wednesday gave an update on the project that will transform the city into a bike-friendly community.