Recognized Trainers

                

College and Career Competency Wheel

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 school, 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 assertivenessconflict management, self-regulation, and self-efficacy.

 

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.

 

Jill Thompson, M.Ed.

Clearwater, KS [jthompson@usd264.org]. A highly skilled Kansas high school computer science educator, with a face-to-face and virtual training focus in self-regulation

 

Competency Framework Developers

Co-authors 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 www.CCCframework.org.

Pattie Noonan, Ph.D. 

Lawrence, KS [pnoonan@ku.edu]

Amy Gaumer Erickson, Ph.D.

Tecumseh, KS [agaumer@ku.edu]. 

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