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  The UNH Extension and Teacher Residency for Rural Education (TRRE) partnership to further engage TRRE graduates in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education and community engagement began early in the program design to prepare and retain highly effective teachers for rural New Hampshire. Funded by a U.S. Department of Education Teacher Quality Partnership grant in 2016, the residency model design supports the Extension-TRRE partnership. Beyond the TRRE goal to recruit and prepare new teachers, TRRE also provides residents with two years of induction, new teacher support after graduation. The UNH Extension course, Inquiry Teaching Methods:  Grounding STEM Education in Science Practices , provides graduates of TRRE and K-8 educators around the state with an understanding and strategies to design student-centered, inquiry-based science lessons that incorporate the Science and Engineering Practices as laid out in the Next Generation Science Standards. Inquiry-b...

  Community mapping at Conway Elementary School Community engagement, a pillar of the TRRE residency program, was initially conceived as a community-based summer internship experience. Community-based internships were designed to give residents an opportunity to meet local community members and to identify local resources to bring into the classroom. Fast forward four years, and the concept of competency in community and family engagement has evolved. To supplement remote and online community internships Cohort 4 experienced in summer 2020 due to COVID-19, TRRE residency supervisors with Emilie Coppinger, TRRE Director of Community Engagement, implemented new strategies to teach family and community competency. Residents designed community resource maps using Mindomo as part of their teaching seminar course and collaborated in the organization of a series of community and family engagement panels. Evidence of community mapping was seen this year in Rachele Harvey’s work with st...

Emilie Reagan has begun a new adventure with a new appointment as  Associate Professor in the Claremont Graduate University School of Educational Studies in Claremont, CA. Although she has changed university affiliation, Emilie remains the co-principal investigator of the Teacher Residency for Rural Education (TRRE) program. She is also currently the president of New England Educational Research Organization (NEERO), and her involvement with NEERO ensures that she will visit Portsmouth for years to come. Near or far, we not surprised at her commitment to remain involved with TRRE. Emilie began her career in education as a fifth-grade teacher in Philadelphia, PA. She earned a Ph.D. in Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation from the Boston College Lynch School of Education, where she was awarded the Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award. Prior to her arrival at University of NH in 2013, Emilie was the lead research associate, partnership schools coordinator, and adjunct...