TREC brings together the region’s educators, resources, and partners to support their evolving professional growth.
TREC is a group of educators committed to supporting teacher professional development in the Tucson Region. We want to build professional development capacity, increase teacher retention, and develop teacher leaders.
Our mission: TREC brings together the region’s educators, resources, and partners to support their evolving professional growth.
Our vision: A collaborative community that cultivates a thriving teaching profession.
Our values: Equity, Connections, Teachers are Experts, Inclusivity, Innovation
Upcoming PD Events & Webinars
Process Art with Nature Created Play
Join us in-person as we dive deep into the world of process art for all preschoolers...
Upcoming PD Programs
Educator Emotional Resilience CoP 2023-2024
This CoP is focused on educator emotional resiliency and uses the book Onward, by Elena Aguilar...
Equitable Grading CoP 2023-2024
This CoP will challenge traditional approaches to assessment and strategize to use equitable grading in a...
Mentoring CoP 2023-2024
This CoP will support current mentors or those who want to become mentors...
2023-2024 TREC Communities of Practice
The TREC CoPs are semester to year-long programs. The CoPs are led by TREC Teacher Leaders and will meet at…
Resources
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Math for Early Learners: May 6, 2023
What does a mathematical exploration look like in preschool?
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TREC Webinar: Mentoring as Leadership
We’ll discuss the meaning of mentorship as well as ways teachers can lead as mentors in both formal and informal…
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Stress Strategies for the Teacher–Combating Compassion Fatigue
This webinar will focus on Compassion Fatigue.
Supplemental Resources
Social Emotional Learning Resources
A list of SEL Resources including Educator Emotional Resilience and mindfulness, support for students and some basics...
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Field Trip Best Practices to Inspire Student Learning
In this webinar we will explore ways to maximize the impact of the field trips you work so hard to…
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Best Practices for Language Access in Educational Settings Webinar
This TREC webinar was hosted by Holly Silvestri from National Center for Interpretation (NCI) at the University of Arizona. It…
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TREC September Webinar: Social and Emotional Learning from the Inside Out
More than any other content area, Social and Emotional Learning begins from the inside out. Join us and explore many strategies…
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Math for Early Learners: May 14
The webinar will focus on Math for Early Learners including concepts of shape, space, sound, and symbol across mathematics and…
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Math for Early Learners: May 21
For this TREC webinar, we have partnered with the Center for Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics Teachers (CRR). The webinar…
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TREC April 2022 Webinar: Sharing Successes Implementing Equitable Grading
TREC's April Webinar will explore topics of equitable grading. The webinar will include student perspectives around equitable grading, what equitable…
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Tooting Your Own Horn: Writing About Your Accomplishments
This workshop will discuss the challenges of writing about ourselves and our accomplishments in application responses and similar materials. It will explore…
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Highlighting PD Programs
We will be hearing from PD Providers about upcoming PD Programs. PD Programs generally are professional development opportunities that last…
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TREC Educator Celebration—Bright Spots 2021
TREC’s vision is a collaborative community that cultivates a thriving teaching profession. For this December event we want to take…
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Supporting Transgender Students in the Classroom Panel
Teachers in the region have identified supporting transgender students as a gap in the region and have asked for more…
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Community of Practice info session 2021-2022
Join TREC Teacher Leaders as they outline opportunities for educators to join a TREC CoP for the 2021-2022...
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PD Spotlight Event (July 29)
Learn about a variety of great PD Providers.
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TREC PD Provider Spotlight (July 27)
A webinar with information about various PD Providers, such as CRR, Scholarships A-Z, ASU Prep Digital, SAZAEYC, and World of…
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Math for Early Learners: June 12
We will explore the ways a child engages in understanding space, shape, and measurement in ways that we can fortify…
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Math for Early Learners: June 5
In this workshop we will use mathematically powerful fluency building games to uncover the qualities we need to look for…
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TREC June Summit 2021: Celebrating Educators
Join Cortney and Niki--two Tucson educators, Ben's Bells, and David Fitzsimmons as we have some fun, remember the importance of…
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TREC June Summit 2021: Trauma-Informed Teaching and Care
Teachers can improve the academic and behavioral outcomes of all their students while improving the school experience and preventing re-traumatization…
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TREC June Summit 2021: Wellness in the Workplace Panel
Join panelists as they share information and strategies for both yours and your students' well-being. These professionals, including educators, will…
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TREC SEL April Webinar: Riding the Waves of Change
This webinar will focus on the perseverance and successes of educators throughout this year of changes.
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A Brief Introduction to Social Emotional Learning
We use the term Social Emotional Learning (SEL) frequently, but what does it mean? What is and is not SEL?
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Building Resilience as a Protective Factor for Burnout
This webinar serves as part two in the TREC Stress Strategies for the Educator and Classroom webinar series, where the…
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Best Practices in Online and Hybrid Instruction
In this recorded webinar, we will explore what quality online teaching looks like, look at considerations for managing students in…
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Social-Emotional Learning Webinar by Playformance
Take time to honor yourself by joining Anna and Kevin as we explore ways to fill up our teacher well…
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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
This workshop on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) will cover how these stressful or traumatic experiences can influence a child’s behavior,…
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TREC Book Study Information Session
Join us at our info session to learn more about emotional resilience, the book Onward, and how the year-long book…
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Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Uncertainty
In this session, we will use the framework offered by William Bridges for managing transitions to understand and process the…
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A Panel on Creating and Supporting Trauma Informed Classrooms
This webinar will be a panel of educators answering your questions and sharing strategies for creating trauma-informed classrooms following COVID-19…
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Social Emotional Learning
This webinar will begin with a brief introduction to social emotional learning. Then Moses Thompson will share how school gardens…
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Compassion Fatigue, Stress, and Self-Care
The first topic in this webinar will discuss strategies to help manage challenging topics like suicide, self-injury, and inclusive mental…
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Stress Strategies for the Educator and the Classroom
Recording of webinar now available. Please register for access to the recording. This webinar will review the evidence base for…
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How to use Google JamBoard
The following video is a short tutorial on how to use Google JamBoard from NAU College of Education.
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Building Culturally Relevant Schools Post-Pandemic with Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings
Join nationally recognized education researcher, Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings and PBS Wisconsin to learn about the four factors that have led…