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Kristy Wells, left, with her TRRE Teaching Mentor, Kristin Foss at Lancaster Elementary (SAU 36) Kristy Wells, UNH TRRE resident, is working towards completion of her M.Ed. in elementary education with dual certification in special education as a member of cohort 4. Her TRRE residency placement at Lancaster Elementary School is part of the School Administrative Unit 36 located north of the White Mountains. She co-teaches in a kindergarten classroom with the support of her TRRE teaching mentor, Kristen Foss. Wells is also enrolled in the UNH Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice (TIPP) Graduate Certificate Program.  Wells demonstrated a strong desire during the application process to improve her understanding of students’ behavior as a form of communication and a desire to implement social emotional learning into her teaching. Previously as a paraprofessional and substitute teacher, she worked with students on the autism spectrum, collected behavioral data to establish IEP goals and f...

Alayna Signorello (2019 TRRE Graduate) has a love for outdoor education. She is in her second year of teaching at Warren Village School in Warren, NH, which is a part of the Haverhill School Administrative Unit 23. After teaching fifth grade her first year, Alayna moved to a third-grade classroom. Rumor has it Alayna single handedly refurbished the school’s playground this fall. Thanks to a Celia B. Gosil Grants in Place Fellow award through Rural Schools Collaborative , Alayna’s on to her next project to improve the school’s greenhouse. The Warren Village School greenhouse requires repairs. As structure plainly visible on the campus not currently utilized, the greenhouse occasionally raises questions among students and community members about its’ purpose. Warren, NH is a small, rural town where many families depend food services provided through a school lunch company and, subsequently, some students have little exposure to the original source of their food.  According to Alayna,...