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Teacher Residency for Rural Education (TRRE) team members started to review applications and interview potential Cohort 4 members in December. The application review process is complete and we’re thrilled to announce Cohort 4 has 16 residents! Meet one of our newest Cohort 4 residents.  Kristy Wells accepted last year and deferred to Cohort 4. Wells brings a wide variety of experiences to our newest cohort. Her experience includes work as a special education paraprofessional in Wichita Falls, Texas, as well as serving as a substitute teacher for three years. She has worked with students with autism spectrum disorders to collect data for behavior and IEP goals and assist teachers facilitation of inclusion across different settings. She is a veteran of the Air Force, and her husband recently retired after 21 years of service. Wells was excited to learn about the TRRE program and relocate to the northern area of New Hampshire where her husband was raised. In addition to join...

Abigail Clark - Cohort 3 Resident Abigail Clark has been working in barns and riding horses since she was eight-years old. She never realized that this passion would eventually lead her to her first experience with teaching. During her junior year of college, she discovered the joys of sharing her knowledge with others while working as an instructor for the therapeutic horseback riding program. She described seeing the empowerment and confidence in her clients when they learned how to control a 1,000-pound animal as “one of the best feelings in the world.”   It was during her time as a camp counselor at the local Boys and Girls Club in her hometown of Plymouth Massachusetts that Clark realized she wanted to become a teacher. She had always been passionate about the natural world, animals, and the sciences, and working with the children at the Boys and Girls Club helped her to realize she wanted the opportunity to share this passion with others.  Clark joined the TRRE ...

Tom Schram Whether working as a ranch hand in Wyoming or supervising Teacher Residency for Rural Education (TRRE) residents in New Hampshire’s North Country region, beloved University of New Hampshire (UNH) Education Department’s Tom Schram has always had a love for small communities.  Schram recalls many fond memories of spending time on his grandfather’s farm. His grandfather, Hal Case, started life as a farmer and went on to teach agriculture at the University of Illinois, as well as start several agricultural colleges in Asia and Europe. While reflecting on his grandfather, Schram shared, “My fondest memory of him was walking with him through the cornfields and having him pick up a handful of soil and talk about really what it means. He was always an advocate for farmers.” Case’s commitment to farmers and rural communities is something Schram often thinks about during his work with TRRE. Schram’s career in public education started after a number of years working in the ...