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Program: RPDC - Northwest
Location: 5. Lathrop School District (Lathrop, MO)
Audience: Mentors for BTAP Year 1 Teachers
Dates: 7/28/2025 to 2/24/2026
This program offers learning and support for mentor teachers.
MTDS Mastering: Foundations of Coaching and Mentoring is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System.
This opportunity provides:
-coaching, observation, and feedback training and support.
-consultant support
-regional networking with other mentor teachers
-opportunities to apply newly acquired skills with beginning teachers
-competency-based programming
*Lunch included. Graduate Credit available.
Location: 5. Maryville (Maryville, Mo)
Location: 5. St Joseph (St Joseph, MO)
Audience: K-12 Alternative Certification Teachers
Dates: 7/29/2025 to 7/31/2025
MTDS TeachNow: Alt Cert Institute supports those entering the teaching profession through a non-traditional avenue.
This institute will assist non-traditionally certified teachers in preparing to teach their students. This does NOT fulfill state requirements for alternative certification
Covered in this institute:
-lesson planning strategies
-alignment of objectives to district curriculum and/or Missouri Learning Standards
-research-based classroom management strategies, effective classroom practices, and strategies for discouraging unwanted behaviors
-vocabulary, acronyms, and codes of conduct teachers are expected to know
-other topics based on the needs of the group
This program is not a substitute for a Beginning Teacher Assistance Program. This training is also offered on July 22-24 in Trenton
Location: 5. Trenton (Trenton, MO)
Dates: 8/1/2025 to 2/23/2026
Audience: Beginning Teachers
Dates: 8/4/2025 to 3/9/2026
Beginning teachers are one of our greatest assets. Yet, 17% of teachers leave the career within the first five years (Gray et al., 2015). Effective professional development is a key factor of teacher retention (Podolsky et al., 2018).
This program is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System MTDS Beginning Teacher Assistance Program (BTAP) meets Missouri's BTAP certification requirements. This opportunity provides:
MTDS Beginning Teacher Assistance Program (BTAP) meets Missouri's BTAP certification requirements.
-networking with other new teachers and educational consultants
-just-in-time learning (critical firsts)
-awareness of the phases of a new teacher
-relationship-building skills *Lunch included. Graduate credit is available
Audience: Mentors who have been trained by RPDC within the last two years
Dates: 8/4/2025
Dates: 8/5/2025 to 3/11/2026
Dates: 8/5/2025
Dates: 8/6/2025 to 3/16/2026
Dates: 8/6/2025
Dates: 8/7/2025 to 3/19/2026
Dates: 8/7/2025
Location: 5 Varies (Maryville/St Joseph, MO)
Audience: K-12 Teachers with 3 or more years of teaching
Dates: 8/8/2025 to 4/15/2026
-completed a Beginning Teacher Assistance Program in MO
-completed at least 3 years of successful teaching
-a strong desire for professional improvement
-Statewide event with national expert, John Antonetti
-a copy John's book: 17,000 Classroom Visits Can't Be Wrong
-access to on-demand learning modules to enrich teacher learning anywhere and anytime
-networking with other teachers
-competency-based programming * Lunch included. Graduate credit available.
Audience: Second Year Teachers
Dates: 9/8/2025 to 3/23/2026
You made it through year one, but your learning never stops! Continue your growth as an emerging teacher!
MTDS Beginning Teacher Assistance Program Year 2 (BTAP2) offers continued support for early career teachers.
MTDS Beginning Teacher Assistance Program Year 2 (BTAP2) is part of the Missouri Teacher Development System and is open to any teacher who has completed the first year of a Beginning Teacher Assistance Program in Missouri.
MTDS Beginning Teacher Assistance Program Year 2 (BTAP2) meets the second year of Missouri's BTAP certification requirements.
-competency-based programming Lunch provided. Graduate Credit available.
Dates: 9/9/2025 to 3/31/2026
Dates: 9/9/2025 to 2/10/2026
Missouri students need great teachers. Your role as a builder of the next generation of educators is SO important! Together we can help build the future of Missouri teachers.
Regional Grow Your Own cohorts are designed:
Join us for quarterly meetings if you are a designer/facilitator of a GYO club/chapter or class who wants to:
Regional cohorts support the implementation and growth of GYO teacher recruitment programs in all Missouri school districts and charter schools. The state MTDS GYO Teacher Development Specialist, Sandy Humbyrd, a former Ed Pathways Dual Credit Class Teacher & Ed Club Sponsor who completed doctoral work on Missouri's GYO programs, will be facilitating cohort gatherings. To sign-up for the Teaching as a Career Externship, complete the form linked through the QR code on the Teaching as a Career Externship flyer or go to https://tinyurl.com/TeachExternship Lunch included
To sign-up for the Teaching as a Career Externship, complete the form linked through the QR code on the Teaching as a Career Externship flyer or go to https://tinyurl.com/TeachExternship
Dates: 9/11/2025 to 4/2/2026