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  Kathryn with her oldest son, Eli. Kathryn McCurdy Ph.D. is the Director of Induction and Mentoring for the Teacher Residency for Rural Education program. She also is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the UNH Education Department where she serves as the Director of Field Experiences for the University’s Manchester campus. As a former middle school math teacher, Kathryn teaches Exploring Mathematics with Young Children to TRRE residents. Both her practical expertise and research backgrounds are in the field of beginning teacher learning, mentoring, and induction. In her role as Director of Induction and Mentoring, Kathryn collaborates with the TRRE Management Team and school partners to develop programming that supports TRRE graduates in their first two years of teaching through mentoring, virtual networks, and continued professional development. Examples of 2020-2021 induction and mentoring activities include:   Graduates from Cohort 1 (M.Ed. 2018), Cohort 2 (M.Ed. 2019) an...

  Pictured above left to right standing: Charlene Mathews - Grade 2 Teacher , Lauren Conner - TRRE Graduate and Middle School Science Teacher, Michael Galli - Principal,  Alayna Signorello, TRRE Graduate and Grade 3 Teacher, Amber Kingsbury Grade 1 Teacher and seated left to right  Justin Avery and Cam Harrison - TRRE Cohort 4 Residents. Warren Village School, a district of SAU 23, is a Pre-K to Grade 8 school with 11 teachers, serving 62 students from Warren and Glencliff, N.H. Glencliff village is famous for its post office, a major supply stop for hikers on the Appalachian Trail. The town of Warren is surrounded by the White Mountain National Forest and is notable as having, within a stone’s throw of the school, its own Redstone Rocket, the same kind of engine booster used to hurl New Hampshire native Alan Shepard into space back in 1961—a very unique sight for this small town! The 2018 US Census counted fewer than 1,000 people in the community. Warren Village School ‘...