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Volume 1 December 2019 Edition
Here is our December issue of 2019! You are receiving a copy because your district is a member of SWREC or you signed up to receive our monthly newsletters.  

We hope you like what you see and that information contained is useful.  We know not all content is for everyone, but we hope there is something you find informative!

Please feel free to give feedback regarding content, whether it is is what is included or something you'd like to see, by emailing Prestine (pparten@swrecnm.org) or calling 575-546-5951.  Thank you!
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SWREC is looking for up to 16 teachers within our 8 school districts to become Junior Botball team leaders.
It is our goal to support teachers by providing the training, equipment, and curriculum to start this amazing hands-on robotics program. Sparking this interest within elementary and middle schools will boost interest when they enter high school, perhaps guiding them into computer science fields.

What is Junior Botball?
This is an interactive program to teach STEM fundamentals and help students of all levels achieve subject mastery by engaging in exciting hands-on robotics activities! The curriculum was developed BY teachers FOR teachers!

WHO?

3rd - 8th Grade Teachers!
Earn a $1,500 Stipend

with NO prior STEM experience required!

APPLY HERE By December 19!
 

WHAT IS MY COMMITMENT?

  • Willing to recruit a team of students 3rd – 8th Grade (can be multi-ages)
  • Willing to work 14 weeks with an average of 3 hours per week guiding students with a given curriculum and materials
  • Attend a Saturday Professional Development training in Deming
  • Attend 3 monthly support meetings in Deming Feb – April
  • Bring your team to compete in the 1st Annual SWREC Junior Botball Challenge!
Take me to SWREC Events Calendar
A complete list of events and registration links can be found on our website calendar. 
Just click the "Take me to SWREC Events Calendar" button above!
Professional Learning Opportunities at
SWREC Training Center
1321 E Poplar in Deming, NM
Click on titles for more information and registration information.    

FREE to member district staff! 
Cost is $150 for non-member districts for full-day workshops, $75 for half-day workshops. If you have any questions, please call (575) 546-5951 and ask to speak with Lisa Pastran, our Event Coordinator extraordinaire!
Have IDEAS or NEEDS for other learning topics? 
Email Chasity Montes at cmontes@swrecnm.org to share!

119 members attended our November Trainings:

Content Area Literacy: Everyone is a Reading Teacher
Number Talks: Advancing Students' Mathematical Communication
What Do You Do When You Don't Know What to Do? Managing Student Behaviors
Autism Basics
Let's Reflect: Refining our Reading Block and Workstations
The Wonderful World of Words
Best Practices for Teaching: Laying the Foundation for Learning

Did YOU attend one of our trainings?  If yes, please click here to give us feedback so we can improve our offerings!  If you completed the feedback form at the training, we thank you for your input!
Have you ever wanted to ask a scientist a question, but don't know one personally? Do you wonder what being a scientist really means, or what kinds of people become scientists? Well here is your chance to get some answers! Here is a program featuring Stanford scientists from different fields, backgrounds, and places, who are here to answer all of your questions! 

Stanford Science Penpals hosts Ask a Stanford Scientist, connecting 6th - 12th grade classrooms to Stanford scientists.  Their goal is to expose kids to diverse scientific careers, answer science questions, and share their love of science! 

Teachers, check out the website.  From the bottom of any scientist’s page, students can ask them a question (it’s all on google forms), see the questions that have been asked and their answers, or sign up to hear when answers get posted (teachers will probably want that one). It usually takes scientists a few weeks (up to 6 weeks sometimes) to answer questions and get them published on the website.

FUN FACT:  Can you find the scientist that graduated from DEMING HIGH SCHOOL?    That's right, there's a scientist that came from right in our area!  Here's a hint: She has a doctorate and her research specialty is brains!  
 

Have your students ask questions before the break.  Then, when they come back, soon they'll have some answers from their new science penpals!




... NM PED has a resource page for New Mexico's Multi-Layered System of Supports (MLSS)?  The new MLSS model will provide support to ALL students including students who are migrant, homeless, and in foster care and moves away from the "wait to fail" model.   See it! 

...The first ever NM Governor's STEM Challenge had forty-six teams who competed for a total of $95,000? Read about it!

... SWREC offices will be closed December 23 - January 3?  But we will be back to greet you in the new year starting January 6, 2020!
Some of the amazing students who participated in the first-ever Governor's STEM Showcase December 6:

Who are we?

 
Southwest Regional Education Cooperative (SWREC) is an agency serving 8 member public school districts in southwest New Mexico by providing professional development, classroom and leadership coaching, technical assistance and fiscal management.

MEMBER DISTRICTS include:

  • Animas Public Schools
  • Cobre Consolidated Schools
  • Deming Public Schools
  • Hatch Valley Public Schools
  • Lordsburg Municipal Schools
  • Reserve Independent Schools
  • Silver Consolidated Schools
  • T or C Municipal Schools
We are driven by your success!
 
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