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April Newsletter

We are busy planning for the June Summit, measuring our impact this past year, and planning next year's efforts! I know we are not alone, and that the months of April and May are busy for educators, both celebrating this year's efforts (including graduations!) and making plans for the upcoming summer and school year. We hope you find some time for yourself as well, perhaps taking time to enjoy the beautiful spring days! 

As teachers continue to look for social emotional learning resources, TREC has developed a SEL resource list to share with educators. Check out the list below or find it here. 

In addition to the SEL Resource, our April Newsletter includes TREC opportunities and events, new opportunities for early childhood educators, info about the June Summit, and more, including:
  • April webinar: Sharing Successes Implementing Equitable Grading, on Tuesday, April 26th from 4:30 - 6:00pm.  Register here. 
  • June Summit information.  We will open up registration later this month, fill out the interest form and we will make sure to send you the link!
  • Math for Early Learners 
    • Math for Early Learners: May 14—Register here.
    • Math for Early Learners: May 21—Register here. 
  • Save the date: May 31, 4:30-5:30pm for the TREC Community of Practice Info Session
  • Save the date: June 18th, 9am-12pm for the webinar Young Children Playing Their Way into Understanding the World presented by TREC and Worlds of Words.
Again, we hope you enjoy your spring and can take advantage of the resources available to you.  Check it all out below!

Best, 
~Jen Kinser-Traut, TREC Director

 TREC 2022 June Summit
Saturday, June 4th 

 

Check out this video about the upcoming Summit!
June Summit Video
Workshops Include: 
  • An Introduction to Project Based Learning
  • Seven Essential Skills Every Child Needs to Thrive
  • Creating A Mindful and Supportive Community in the Classroom 
  • Drama Games for Lively (And Immensely Fun) Learning
  • ... and more!

Sessions Include:  

  • Shazam! Building Collaboration Using Superpowers
  • Creating Safer Spaces for LGBTQ+ Youth in Schools
  • Words Matter: Creating A Safe Classroom for Culturally Diverse Students
  • ... and more!
Look for the full list of presentation and presenters soon!
 
Photo credit: Melissa Esparza
2022 June Summit Keynote:
Juliana Urtubey, NBCT, 2021 National Teacher of the Year

The Summit will be held on the UArizona Campus at the beautiful ENR2 Building!
Registration will open on or before May 2nd! 
Tickets:
  • Educator with partner district $30
  • Educator with non-partner district $65
  • Early Childhood Educator with TREC profile/scholarship $30
  • Early Childhood Educator $65
Included with your ticket:
  • Lunch!
  • A choice of book!! Onward by Elena Aguilar OR The Onward Workbook
  • A full day of professional learning!
  • A Certificate of Attendance!
  • Free giveaways (i.e. concert tickets)!
  • More!
Stay up-to-date using our webpage dedicated to details for the June Summit and look for an email coming soon!
https://trecarizona.org/june-summit-2022/
June Summit Info
June Summit Interest Form

April Webinar: Sharing Successes Implementing Equitable Grading

Tuesday, April 26th, 4:30 - 6:00pm
TREC’s April webinar will explore topics of equitable grading.  Come hear from three TREC Teacher Leaders who are currently implementing this in their classrooms this year!  In addition, through our partnership with Cradle to Career, anchored at United Way of Tucson we will be able to raffle three copies of the Grading for Equity book by John Feldman as part of our joint efforts to improve equity in math.
     
Register today!

Math for Early Learners

We are once again partnering with the Center for Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics Teachers (CRR) to present Math for Early Leaners, a set of webinars focused on bringing math to Pre-K and Kinder students.
Math for Early Learners: May 14
Math for Early Learners: May 21

Social Emotional Learning Resources

Learning about SEL:

 

For Supporting Student's SEL:

 

For Educator Resilience:
SEL Resource List

TREC Teacher Leader Spotlight
Each year, the AZ K-12 center recognizes five Arizona teacher leaders at their annual Teacher Leadership Institute. This year, TREC Teacher Leader Danielle Swartz was invited to be one of this year's Teacher Leader Spotlights based on her teaching experience and work as a TREC teacher leader. Her story will be shared through written publication, a video of her classroom, and interview, including an Ignite presentation by Danielle.
The theme of this year's AZK-12 Institute June 13th-15th is "New Possibilities Through Connections and Experiences."
TREC Teacher Leader Lori LaRussa coordinates the Odyssey of the Mind program at her school.  Odyssey of the Mind is an international problem solving competition that teaches students to be creative, collaborative, and to problem solve.  This year Innovation Academy had six teams compete in the regional competition, three teams advanced to the state competition, and now those three teams will compete in the world competition held in Ames, Iowa in May.  Way to go Lori, her students, and all who helped make this possible!  They will also be recognized by the Amphi Governing board this month.

Save the Date

Tuesday, May 31, 4:30-5:30pm


Community of Practice Info Session

Opportunities from the Community & Our Partners 
Register Here
"Time with TREC" Continues! Every Monday, we will have an open zoom meeting for anyone who wants to connect.  Drop in anytime between 4pm - 5pm to ask questions, find out more or simply say connect with TREC. We will use the same zoom link each week: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/86854217945
Partnering Districts/Schools
 
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