Arkansas Teacher Corps fellows and staff met at Chicot Elementary in Little Rock on Saturday, November 8 for the second All Corps professional development of...
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More Coaches Complete 5-Day Jim Knight Training
In October, new ATC teacher development managers Kandace McDonald (ATC ’17), Nneka Love (ATC ’19), and Freda Calloway (ATC ’20) travelled to Lawrence, KS to...
ATC Hosts Virtual State Review & Reading Audit
ATC hosted two virtual site visits on September 18-20 for the new Arkansas State Review and Science of Reading Audit that are required under LEARNS...
ATC Kicks Off 24-25 Year With 1st All Corps PD
Arkansas Teacher Corps fellows and staff met at Chicot Elementary in Little Rock on Saturday, August 24 for the first All Corps professional development of...
ATC Fellows Learn Skills, Deepen Content at 4th PD
On Saturday, April 13, Arkansas Teacher Corps fellows and staff met at Chicot Elementary in Little Rock for the fourth and final All Corps professional...
ATC Professional Development in Action
The Rural Schools Collaborative joined Arkansas Teacher Corps for the January All Corps Saturday, where teaching fellows from across the state come together for professional...
ATC Fellows Sharpen Skills During 2nd All Corps PD
On Saturday, November 11, Arkansas Teacher Corps fellows and staff met at Chicot Elementary in Little Rock for the second All Corps professional development of...
ATC Kicks Off 2023-24 Year With 1st Saturday PD
On Saturday, August 26, ATC fellows and staff met at Chicot Elementary in Little Rock for the first All Corps PD of the 2023-24 year. Fellows learned transformational teaching strategies, collaborated with each other to generate solutions to current problems they’re experiencing in their classrooms, and split into eight content-specific groups to develop knowledge and skills relevant to their content area, such as incorporating art into ELA, creating inquiry-based unit plans in science, understanding differences in the new math standards, and using differentiated reading strategies to improve literacy in the elementary classroom.
U of A Wellness Program to Support ATC Fellows
An interdisciplinary faculty team in the University of Arkansas' College of Education and Health Professions has developed a wellness program for Arkansas Teacher Corps fellows with funds from a college WE CARE grant after a survey of ATC fellows revealed a critical need for mental health programming to help prevent burnout and exit from the teaching profession. WE CARE+Wellness kicked off on July 10 with a workshop for the 38 fellows in ATC's 11th cohort, who will continue to receive support on implementing the program into their lives throughout the school year.
2023 Cohort Completes ATC Summer Institute
Congratulations to the 38 fellows in ATC's 2023 cohort for completing the ATC Summer Institute, a six-week program that all new teaching fellows complete before their first year! Split between two weeks in-person at Arkansas State University and four weeks online on Zoom, the ATC Summer Institute is an intensive and demanding experience to prepare fellows to be "Day 1 ready" that many often refer to as "teacher boot camp".