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Our Story

The New Mexico Early Childhood Learning Department at the Central Region Educational Cooperative (CREC) is dedicated to supporting high-quality coaching and professional learning to inspire educators across New Mexico. Through funding from the Early Childhood Education and Care Department, we provide Practice-Based Coaching (PBC) to approximately 628 preschool educators in both school-based and community based classrooms, these include NM PreK, Special Education 619 IDEA, Title I, and district grantee Head Start funded preschool classrooms. A total of 921 teachers receive Practice-Based Coaching (PBC) either from one of our 36 CREC Early Childhood Instructional Coaches or one of the 19 Internal District Early Childhood Instructional Coaches.

Practice-Based Coaching is a professional development strategy that uses a cyclical process to support teachers’ use of effective teaching practices. PBC involves the following components:

Collaborative partnerships between coaches and teachers
Shared goals and action planning based on teachers’ needs and interests
Focused observation of teachers’ implementation of practices through video capture
Reflection and feedback to promote teachers’ learning and improvement

Meet Our Coordinators

Amanda Rottman

Lead Early Childhood Instructional Coaching Coordinator

Kayla Pipkin

Early Childhood Instructional Coaching Coordinator

Katrina Gallegos

Early Childhood Instructional Coaching Coordinator

Emily Renfro

Early Childhood Instructional Coaching Coordinator

Valerie Cervantes

Early Childhood Instructional Coaching Coordinator

Holly Meyer

Data Analyst Coordinator

Meet Our Coaches