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02 Dec Brain & Body Breaks in the Classroom

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Ashley Gibbons joined the Kansas City Teacher Residency Cohort 4 in the summer of 2019. After completing the Residency, Ashley took a full time position and is continuing to teach as a full time teacher of record.   Teaching in...

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08 Oct Words of Wisdom for New Teachers

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Today’s Post is an interview style blog with one of our Continuum Coaches, Iyshia Sims. Iyshia taught Early Childhood Education (ECE) and then coached teachers in a school district before joining KCTR the during the Summer of 2020. Check out some of the highlights that...

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03 Oct Preparing for a Post COVID World in Teacher Preparation

Posted at 12:23h in Data Driven, Donor, Edu News, Education News, KCTR Staff, Partnership, Recruitment by Andrea Bright 0 Comments

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Facilitating and managing Zoom calls, implementing new learning management systems, creating lesson plans that can be implemented virtually or in person, supporting English Language Learners and students with Individual Education Plans. This is just part of the new reality that teachers are navigating all during...

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21 Sep How KCTR is Responding to the Shortage of Special Education teachers in Kansas City

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Special Education Teacher Shortage The Kansas City Teacher Residency has been preparing and developing Teacher for Kansas City Classrooms since 2016. As we've continued to grow our model, we wanted to know more...

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07 Aug Summer Series: Issue 8 – Setting Intentions

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As the 2020-2021 school gets underway there are many changes because of COVID-19 and the continued need for social distancing. While there are many unknowns in the school year to come, there intentional moves you can make to...

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30 Jul Summer Series: Issue 7 – Getting Outdoors

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The steamy weather has cranked up! While it is hot and there are precautions you should take, we know there is direct connection between our wellness and going outdoors. Our intention at KCTR is to support our teachers...

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24 Jul Summer Series: Issue 6 – Finding Your People

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In these times of social distancing, it is important now, more than ever before, to establish "your circle of people" to ensure your health and wellness. We must pay attention to our values, our energy, and our joy...

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16 Jul Summer Series: Issue 5 – Take a Break

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As a way to care for ourselves as a staff, KCTR is taking off the week of July 20-24th as a summer break. As an organization we aim to strike a balance of work and life and we...

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10 Jul Summer Series: Issue 4 – Joyful Movement

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Do you ever end a school day and noticing your neck and shoulders feel more like steel tension wire than human flesh? Or sigh a big breath, realizing you have almost forgot to breathe? Teaching can bring daily...

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03 Jul Summer Series: Issue 3 – Food Part 2

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We want to empower our teachers to be highly effective in their classrooms. As we've shared from Gary Howard's work before, in order to be effective in instruction, you must know your content, your students, and yourself. With that in...

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