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Harlingen CISD opens demonstration ‘Wolverine Inspiration Network’ classroom; expands teacher residency work with UTRGV
Summary
District leaders unveiled a demonstration classroom (the Wolverine Inspiration Network) built from the Step Up/teacher‑residency work and funded partly by blended‑learning grants; staff described measurable student gains in resident teacher classrooms and plans to record and share best practices districtwide
Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District officials unveiled a new demonstration site classroom at Means Elementary — the Wolverine Inspiration Network, also called the Wind Room — and described how the space will expand the district’s teacher‑residency and induction work in partnership with UTRGV.
District leaders traced the initiative to the Step Up program (begun in 2016) and a later teacher‑residency partnership the district developed with UTRGV and an outside partner, US Prep. The residency pays candidates during a yearlong supervised placement and pairs residents with mentor…
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