Our aim is to provide eastern Oregon educators with equitable access to sustained, quality professional learning in order to: recruit and retain high quality educators, and develop the capacity of regional educators to improve student learning. 

• Increase / leverage collaborative professional development opportunities around regional priorities 

• Maintain regional website and YouTube channel to increase access to regional professional development

• Build a mentoring cohort for non-traditional and traditional novice educators  

• Initiate facilitated professional learning networks (Rural Collaboratives)

• Continue developing an ongoing, sustained plan of support and regional toolkit for novice educators and mentors

• Create and develop pathways for recruiting high quality teachers to the region