R12CC July 2024 Newsletter
Learn about our continued work in the region, hear from our co-directors, meet new team members, access valuable resources, and more in our July newsletter.
Podcast: Curiosity for Better Learning – Collaborating for School Improvement feat. R12CC (Pt. 2)
Dr. Katie Allen and Dr. Rich Resendez, co-directors of the Region 12 Comprehensive Center, discuss how R12CC works to improve student and teacher outcomes in Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri, including creating sustainable pipelines for recruiting and retaining teachers and developing an effective and comprehensive school improvement blueprint.
Podcast: Curiosity for Better Learning – Collaborating for School Improvement feat. R12CC (Pt. 1)
Dr. Katie Allen and Dr. Rich Resendez, co-directors of the Region 12 Comprehensive Center, discuss how R12CC works to improve student and teacher outcomes in Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri, including tips and guidance for establishing effective school support partnerships and measuring success among the varied and diverse projects that R12CC handles.
Year 5 Project Highlights
Work during our fifth and final project year continues to focus on providing high-quality technical assistance, building collaborative relationships, and supporting educational agencies to make systemic changes. View these project highlights to learn more about our work: Download the PDF
Impact Story: Implementing Statewide Systems – Formative Assessment in Missouri
Formative assessment is a planned, ongoing process that elicits and uses evidence of student learning to provide teachers with feedback that they can use to adjust learning strategies, goals, or next instructional steps.1 Research suggests that students who participate in formative assessment perform better on measures of academic
Impact Story: Charting Pathways Toward a Strengthened Educator Workforce in Colorado
The Problem Across the United States, vacancies in the educator workforce have drastically increased, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.1 Leading up to the 2021–22 school year, Colorado schools sought to fill 5,729 teaching positions, representing 10.33% of all teaching positions in the state. Of those positions, 1,568 (27.37%)