TREC officially launched JULY 2021!
We are excited to share our TREC video with you!
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped launch TREC:
- Thank you to everyone who started in the planning phase (2018).
- Thank you to everyone who were integral in building capacity.
- Thank you to our partnering schools and districts, PD providers, community organizations, educational agencies, funders, and all who have engaged with our organization.
- Thank you to the TREC Teacher Leaders
- Thank you to everyone who continues to spread the word to colleagues!
We connected educators with professional development resources, celebrated teachers, and came together both virtually and in-person to think big picture about the state of education in Arizona.
You can watch a video of the TREC Launch here!
Our 2020-2021 Goals
Launch and Refine website
Launch and refine a website with resources relevant to local educators’ needs, including PD Events, access to on-demand resources, teacher networking opportunities, and much more.
One-day Retreats
Hosting a virtual fall retreat and two one-day retreats (January and May), to bring together a group of approximately 60 stakeholders to support teacher, district, and community members’ input and forward movement of TREC.
TREC Teacher Leaders
Cohort 1: Our Pilot group, or Cohort 1, consists of 8 TREC Teacher Leaders. These teacher leaders are currently each leading book studies on Onward, focused on Emotional Resiliency of Educators.
Cohort 2: Ten new teachers are TREC’s Cohort 2 of Teacher Leaders. In the first year of this two-year program, they are developing and implementing high-needs professional development opportunities for teachers.
Click here to read more about our teacher leaders.
June Summit 2021
The TREC Teacher Leaders will lead the development of a June Summit.
Last year, June 2020, the focus was on Social Emotional Learning and Emotional Resiliency and was redeveloped into a webinar series due to COVID-19. During our 2019 data collection, both teachers and districts identified SEL as a key professional development need in the region.
Further develop Infrastructure
Developing the infrastructure for TREC, specifically the management and development teams. This is the final year of a two-year building capacity phase. TREC will officially launch Summer 2021.
Financial Plan
Producing a long-range financial plan and ensuring long-term sustainability.
September 2021 Teacher Survey
In September 2021, TREC conducted a survey that was answered by over 1,000 educators. Given the many changes since our original 2019 survey, we determined it was time for another data collection effort to ensure that TREC’s work is aligned with the current teachers’ needs. We are excited to share the 2021 TREC Teacher Survey Report.
A new survey will be going out in the Fall of 2022 to assess educator needs and PD gaps in the region. Stay tuned!
TREC 2021 Impact Report
In 2021, we held 12 TREC webinars attended by over 600 educators, on our website hub the TREC PD Partners have listed over 500 additional PD Events, Programs, and On-demand resources for teachers, and we have had over 11,000 users (mostly educators) visit the site since it was created. Through our Communities of Practice and Teacher Leader Program, educators have earned over 900 hours of professional development. Check out our full 2021 Impact Report!
TREC in the News
KOLD News 13 reports: “Tucson teacher support program launches as in-person learning resumes.”
KGUN 9 On Your Side reports: “UA launches new program to support Southern Arizona teachers.“
2021-2022 TREC Efforts
GRATITUDE WALL:
TREC continues to partner with Ben’s Bells, Tucson Values Teachers (TVT), and the Southern Arizona Association for the Education of Young Children (SAZAEYC) to create Virtual Gratitude Walls! People share messages of thanks and gratitude to let educators, staff, and/or colleagues know the community appreciates their vital work. Take a look at those messages here.
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- December 2022: https://padlet.com/liz329/Fall2022
- December 2021: https://padlet.com/liz329/Fall2021
- Spring 2021: https://padlet.com/liz329/SpringGratitude
- December 2020: https://padlet.com/liz329/Gratitude
JUNE SUMMIT 2022:
TREC JUNE SUMMIT 2022: Celebrating and Sharing Successes
TREC was thrilled to host the inaugural, in-person June Summit: Celebrating and Sharing Successes on June 4th, 2022! We hosted 104 educators, provided 676 PD hours, and indirectly impacted 4,450 students. We also held a Resource Expo with 12 PD providers and made some great connections.
98.9% of attendees found the sessions applicable to their classroom, the presenter engaging, and learned something useful!
Make Sure to Save the Date for Saturday, June 3rd 2023 for another full day of professional learning and connecting with fellow educators, birth – 12th grade!
Professional Development Spotlight Events!
The PD Spotlight webinars featured 12 different Professional Development (PD) providing organizations. Each organization presented for 10 minutes about the resources they offer educators. Follow the link below to view the recording of the webinar or click on the individual organizations to learn more!
TREC PD Provider Spotlight (July 27)