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Cheryl Lasse is SkillDirector’s Managing Partner. Cheryl’s goal is helping people and companies achieve their potential. Cheryl has extensive experience with competency model development and implementation, and enjoys sharing her knowledge and passion with others. Check out the LinkedIn group  Competency Models For Professional Development. She believes people are intrinsically motivated to excel, if they are given access to a competency model for their role, the opportunity to assess themselves against that model, and personalized learning to help them close gaps and meet aspira...

AMHERST — Surrounding the counter in the middle of the Amherst Survival Center kitchen, three teenagers knead and roll homemade dough before forming crusts that will hold apple and pumpkin filling.Across the room on this late Tuesday afternoon, two...

5 hours ago New competencies change the focus of learning from subject content knowledge to learning skills that foster students’ abilities to learn more independently and become self-directed in their learning Dennis Sale Picture: ROB CURRIE. (30730815) WHAT is taught in schools is bound up with existing beliefs on what constitutes the ‘good society’ and the ‘educated citizen’. Historically, much of these beliefs can be seen to favour dominant groups in society, including religious, economic and political elites. For example, Colquhoun (1806), writing about education in England,...

Hadley officials mull future of vacant Russell School building The vacant Russell School building in Hadley. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Modified: 1/11/2021 4:54:44 PM HADLEY — Two local developers are informing town officials that the vacant Russell School in town center could be converted into housing. But even though Barry Roberts of Amherst and Ronald Bercume of Hadley responded to a request for letters of interest put out by the town last fall, it’s uncertain whether town zoning would allow the building to be converted into apartments. Town Administrator Carolyn Brennan informed the Selec...