Success Stories

2019 Excellence in Teaching Awards

December 7, 2019

Teachers have the power to change many lives. Despite sometimes challenging circumstances, a lack of recognition and low pay, teachers give their all year after year, frequently volunteering time and even money to make...

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Career Pathways LANL Scholar Wyetta Bradley

November 26, 2019

(above left to right) During an on-campus networking event at Santa Fe Community College, LANL Scholars Francelia Martinez (accounting) and Amy Ketcheson (engineering) discuss balancing college courses, work and family...

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Janan Talmadge, ISEC Teacher at Velarde Elementary School

November 14, 2019

Janan Talmadge’s students are bursting with excitement for their Grand Canyon, Earth is Rock investigation in ISEC’s 6th grade Earth History kit. “We’re going to test rocks with acid!” exclaims Carlos Rascon-Bencomo,...

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Taos Pueblo & the Early Childhood Pueblo Outreach Project

November 7, 2019

Offering Culturally Grounded, Strength-Based Support for Young Children & Families  Raising an infant can be a daunting task, whether you are a first-time parent or have more than one child. No matter how much love...

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The Impact of Home Visiting

November 7, 2019

How One Taos Pueblo Family is Benefiting from the Support of Tiwa Babies  When Kyle Lynn Martinez became pregnant with her daughter Rosslyn, she did not need to be convinced to join Tiwa Babies home visiting program. “...

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Southwest Family Guidance Center Institute’s founder and CEO Craig Pierce presents Thriving Students training to teachers and staff from five Española Public School District elementary schools.

Thriving Students Training for Española Educators

October 14, 2019

Southwest Family Guidance Center and Institute Founder & CEO Craig Pierce led a workshop on understanding how trauma interrupts brain development in children and how to work with traumatized students in the...

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2019 Home Visiting Summit Offers Understanding in Early Childhood Trauma

October 11, 2019

Positive Relationships Identified as the Antidote to Childhood Trauma The Early Childhood Symposium and New Mexico Home Visiting Summit, co-sponsored by Santa Fe Community College Early Childhood Center of Excellence...

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Coronado High School STEM Challenge Team

September 19, 2019

Above: NM Wildlife Center’s Education & Outreach Manager Alex Patia (left standing) and Coronado High School science teacher Sergio Torres (right standing) guide students through a lesson on water quality testing on...

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TESOL Teacher Certification

September 19, 2019

Above: Melisha Martinez teaches a math lesson on money and decimals, asking her students to count by pennies, nickles, dimes and quarters with written calculations and by using calculators in preparation for a mock...

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