TREC August: Upcoming Dates and COP opportunities! 🌟

August Newsletter

Wow--And just like that Tucson Regional Educators are off to start a new school year. A new school year is often a time for a fresh start and new ideas. With this, I've been thinking about joy as an important pedagogy for this year. The importance of this idea started with Juliana Urtubey's keynote at the TREC June Summit, where Juliana outlined the importance of a Joyous and Just Education for all students (here's a great podcast, InIt by Understood, that explains this important pedagogy). Yesterday, I was reading Rethinking Schools' Summer Issue: Teaching for Joy. The first article, Recommitting to the Joyful Classroom talks about the challenges educators will face this year, and suggested, "Instead of surrendering to despair, let us choose to create a different path [joy]." It goes on to state, "Our students need this pedagogy of joy, and we educators need it as well." I hope that as you start this school year you are able to create joy in your classrooms and schools, alongside learning.

In an effort to support joyous and just education in the region (and support educator resilience), TREC is providing the following professional learning opportunities to the region's educators:

TREC 2022-2023 Communities of Practice (CoPs). There is still time to join! You can learn more about these CoPs here, and sign up for a CoP here.
ATA new teacher support opportunities!
Fall Webinars:
- September 8th; 4-5:30pm: Social Emotional Learning / Emotional Resilience focused webinar with Dr. Tim Grivois
- Save the Date: October 25th; 4-5:30pm: Best Practices for Language Access in Educational Settings with Dr. Holly Silvestri from the National Center for Interpretation (NCI)
TREC Teacher Leaders, meet the new cohort and learn more about the Teacher Leader program here.
TREC presentations at your school or district! Interested in a TREC presentation? Fill out this form and we will be in touch!

We hope you find ways to bring joy into your classrooms!

Best,
~Dr. Jen Kinser-Traut, TREC Director

Note: Key Stakeholder Meetings are listed at the end of this newsletter.

TREC is supporting the Arizona Teachers Academy (ATA) Induction for UArizona's COE Elementary and Early Childhood graduates. We are excited to support these new teachers! This ATA induction program is supported by Danielle Swartz, a TREC Teacher Leader and an AZK12 Center spotlighted teacher. Watch this short video to learn more about her teaching philosophy.

TREC’s Teacher Leader program provides classroom teachers with an opportunity to build key leadership competencies (professionalism, communication, advocacy for teaching and learning, and professional learning) through leadership opportunities and a reflective space to make changes in their teaching practice and support other educators.

Cohort 4 is our newest group of TREC Teacher Leaders.
You can learn more about Cohort 4, the teacher leaders from each cohort, and the overall TREC Teacher Leader program here!

Did you know that Tucson Values Teachers (TVT) offers Professional Development Scholarships to teachers for up to $250?

Although many of the TREC webinars are free, we know that some of the PD opportunities on the TREC website and other places can have costs associated with them. Now you can apply for a TVT scholarship to help pay for conferences, workshops and other professional development opportunities!

There is still time to join...

A great opportunity for new teachers...

Are you an ATA graduate?

Interested in TREC presenting at your school?

TREC Teacher Leaders!

Opportunities from the Community & Our Partners