Co-Hosted by Drs. Allen Pratt, Jared Bigham, and Christopher F. Silver, The Rural Voice discusses the common themes and experiences facing teachers, parents, and administrators in elementary and secondary rural education. We have two new episodes featuring interviews from the National Forum to Advance Rural Education in November!

Interview with Bill Chapman and Jason Bell - As members of state and national rural educator associations, Chapman and Bell value the quicker impact and tight-knit community support possible in rural schools. They encouraged embracing the strengths of rural schools, not just the struggles.

Interview with Josh Reese - Representing a small, 5,000-student district, Reese values the opportunity to empower staff to benefit students. He stressed the importance of partnerships and advocacy to align stakeholders toward progress.

TeachUNITED is a proud partner of the National Rural Education Association and works with rural schools like yours throughout the U.S. 

Our educator training programs are customized with and for each community and are designed to help teachers and administrators adopt proven, high-impact teaching and learning strategies through 1:1 coaching, peer learning groups, and engaging workshops. 

These programs improve student academic achievement as well as teacher skills, morale, and retention. Recent participating schools experienced year-over-year outcomes like:

Email Marcia McCaffrey (marcia@teachunited.org) for a free custom needs assessment. As a non-profit, we may also have grant funds available to underwrite a portion of the program cost.