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Breaking down barriers to learning by TRRE residents Mitra Karimian and Alexz Steiner On January 18, 2019, the new semester kicked off with a spring symposium on Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Curriculum and Assessment. The symposium took place at North Country Education Services , and brought together TRRE Cohort 2 residents, faculty, and a panel of educators involved in the New Hampshire Universal Design for Learning network connected virtually to the group. What is a TRRE symposium?   TRRE Resident model of a UDL perspective   by Jamie Knight and Michaela Roberts Each TRRE symposium aims to address topics that cut across coursework, school-based residency experiences, and the rural communities in which residents teach. According to Kathryn McCurdy , TRRE Director of Mentoring and Induction, “ One of the hopes of our work with residents is that their coursework, their school residency, and their experiences in their communities are thoughtf...

Are you looking to transform teaching and learning at your school? Send a school team to New Hampshire Universal Design for Learning (NHUDL) Innovation Network for 2019-2020!  Join NHUDL in an engaging, hands-on professional learning series. NHUDL is offered by the NH Department of Education and CAST, a world-renowned non-profit whose mission is to transform educational design and practice. The New Hampshire Universal Design for Learning (NHUDL) Innovation Network is a multi-year professional learning program for educators who are committed to empowering all learners. Working with a team of school-based colleagues, you will learn about the UDL framework and be supported as you apply it to your practice. You will create innovative lessons in Learning Design Studios, understand how our students learn by analyzing classroom videos, build a collaborative school culture with your peers through Instructional Rounds, and experience the excitement of learning through the UDL lens. ...

STEM Educators setting up an Arduino at the 2016 STEM TC Summit The STEM Teachers' Collaborative   (STEM TC) is an interdisciplinary effort across the University to coordinate and enhance our capacity to strengthen the STEM pipeline, with the primary goal of increasing K-­12 teachers’ expertise in computing, engineering and technology and extending the impact of excellent STEM teachers to more students throughout the state. “We’re excited to establish the STEM TC so we can work collaboratively across UNH and with teachers across our state” says Ruth Varner, Director of the  Joan and James Leitzel Center for Mathematics, Science and Engineering Education . As part of a commitment to the 100Kin10 network, STEM TC provides more formal learning opportunities for practicing K­‐12 teachers to deepen their knowledge in STEM education. Upcoming Events FREE K-5 Code.org Computer Science Fundamentals Workshops April 13: Durham May 4: Littleton Middle ...