Recognized Trainers
Chris Cooper, M.Ed.
Clearwater, KS (chris@impacteducation.net). An educator with a wealth of experience in school administration and teaching in Kansas schools, with a face-to-face and virtual training focus in self-efficacy and self-regulation.
Ryan Creadick, MA.Ed.
Pratt, KS (ryan.creadick@usd382.com). An educator and school administrator with vast experience working with Kansas schools, with a training focus in assertiveness.
Elise Heger, Ed.D.
Lawrence and Hugoton, KS (eheger@ku.edu). An educator with a wealth of experience in school administration and teaching in Kansas schools, with a training focus in assertiveness, conflict management, self-efficacy, and self-regulation.
Chris Perry, MS.Ed.
Baldwin, KS (chris@cultivateeducation.org). An special educator with vast experience in statewide professional development, including trauma-responsive school communities, with a face-to-face and virtual training focus in self-efficacy.
Amanda Rush, MS.Ed.
Topeka, KS (arush@tps501.org). A highly skilled Kansas school counselor and middle school math teacher, with a training focus in assertiveness.
Cindy Schultz, MS.Ed.
Manhattan, KS (cindyschultzconsulting@gmail.com). A Kansas school counselor and teacher with a wealth of experience in virtual learning, with a face-to-face and virtual training focus in self-efficacy and self-regulation.
Competency Framework Developers
Coauthors of The Skills That Matter: Teaching Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Competencies in Any Classroom, Teaching Self-Regulation: 75 Instructional Activities to Foster Independent, Proactive Students, the Competency Framework professional development process, lesson sets on multiple competencies, and numerous resources available at CCCFramework.org.
Pattie Noonan, Ph.D.
Lawrence, KS (pnoonan@ku.edu)
Amy Gaumer Erickson, Ph.D.
Tecumseh, KS (agaumer@ku.edu)