WSU Transition to Teaching Program

04/22/2025

04/11/2025

Check out this video of our very own Corri Hernandez!! Corri teaches all of our Year 2 T2T courses and is also a former WSU T2T/MAT program completer. THIS is what being a rockstar teacher looks like! Come join the WSU T2T program to learn from the absolute best about how to become an effective and engaged secondary level educator!💛🖤

The competition is a combined project between five different curriculum areas: career, college, art, culinary art, digital media and engineering

03/26/2025

Community! Collaboration! Connections!
The WSU T2T program is an exciting alternative teacher licensure program that values the strength of personal connections for those that want to teach middle or high school! Come join us!!💛🖤

03/20/2025

For a year now we have been out of our beautiful & iconic building due to massive flooding in March 2024. T2T and the School of Education are super excited to finally be going "home" to Corbin Education Center in mid-May!💛🖤

03/06/2025

First year T2T science teacher Julio Villa has been selected for the National Science Teaching Association's "Fields of STEM" 2025 cohort group! Julio teaches biology at North High School in Wichita.

What? Participate in a year-long Professional Learning Cohort group. Receive a year-long NSTA membership (with free web seminars, PLUs, and e-books) and will attend the 2025 NSTA Fall National Conference in Minneapolis, MN where participants have a chance to present a session based on their learning and experiences in the program!

Who? High school science and CTE teachers in Biology, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Anatomy/Physiology, STEM and Food Science in the states of MN, ND, SD, NE, IA, IL, KS, MO, AK, and OK.

Congratulations Julio!! We are so proud of you!🖤💛

02/19/2025

Ready to change the world by becoming a middle or high school teacher in Kansas? Let the WSU T2T program help you make the jump!
https://www.wichita.edu/academics/applied_studies/School_of_Education/Programs/masters/T2T/

01/31/2025

01/15/2025

📣The WSU Transition to Teaching program is looking for a full-time clinical educator/program director to join our team!📣

https://jobs.wichita.edu/jobs/assistant-clinical-professor-of-education-director-of-transitions-to-teaching-program-wichita-kansas-united-states

Apply today or pass this information along to those who would be a perfect fit to lead our program!!

Department: School of Education Campus Location: Wichita, KS - WSU Main Campus Hire Type: Full Time Pay: Salary range begins at $73,000 and is commensurate with education and experience Work Schedule: Monday through Friday Export Compliance Requirement: No export control requirement. Job Story The S...

01/10/2025

Congratulations to our year 2 T2T teacher Sarah Schlottman for winning the Kansas Horizon Award!! Sarah is the speech/drama teacher at Abilene High School and works tirelessly for her students and community. She is an inspiration to all and most deserving of this honor. We are so proud of you Sarah and the amazing work that you do!!💛🖤

Abilene Schools Press Release:
On Thursday, January 9, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. Dr. Randy Watson, Commissioner for the Kansas State ofEducation, called Abilene High School to inform Mrs. Sarah Schlottman, 2nd Speech and Dramateacher, of how she has been selected as a Horizon Award winner for the State of Kansas. With thisaward, Sarah is now a member of the Kansas Exemplary Educator’s Network (KEEN). She will beinvited to the KEEN Conference and an honorary banquet in February. Dr. Watson stated, “We havethousands of outstanding teachers in their second year. Only 32 across the state are selected.”
Superintendent Greg Brown commented, “We are all very excited to see Sarah be recognized in thisway! Sarah is truly an outstanding teacher!”

01/06/2025

Happy New Year from the WSU Transition to Teaching program!

Cheers to a new year of growth, the new opportunities to positively impact our communities and the unlimited possibilities to do good in the world. 💛🖤

12/13/2024

T2T University Mentor Spotlight!

And last but not least, meet Stacie Turner, our newest member of the T2T university mentor team! Stacie brings years of secondary level teaching experience to her role as a T2T mentor/supervisor, especially in the area of English! Stacie shares "I am new to mentoring this year and am loving getting to know my first and second year teachers. They are showing so much growth! I enjoy guiding them to reflecting on their craft and taking risks with different teaching strategies." Thank you Stacie for the positive support and energy that you provide our new teachers!💛🖤

12/09/2024

T2T University Mentor Spotlight!

Jonda Walter has been a T2T university mentor for many years and is the leader of our mentor team. She is the absolute greatest when it comes to supporting and encouraging new teachers. Jonda shares "The joy of being a mentor: I am a cheerleader. I want my children and grandchildren to have the top teachers, teachers who care about them as people as well as teachers who can deliver the content. As a mentor I like to think that I help my Transition Teachers to navigate the expectations of being a student and a teacher. I hope that I encourage them to be brilliant and excel in their craft. But most, I hope I model that each person deserves respect, and encouragement and an opportunity for a new career path where they feel valued and help them to recognize that each day, they are making a difference in the life of a child. Shine in Brilliance!" Thank you Jonda for playing such an important role in the success of our beginning teachers!💛🖤

12/02/2024

T2T University Mentor Spotlight!

Melanie Matney is another one of our incredible T2T university mentors. She has been supporting our teachers for a number of years and we greatly value her expertise in teaching science. Melanie shares, "I like mentoring in the T2T program because it is exciting to walk alongside new teachers and hopefully encourage them to reach their full potential. Teaching is challenging and exciting. Most people who enter the program have a passion for a content area already. My role is to help them see ways they can foster that same passion in their students." Thank you Melanie for all that you do!!💛🖤

11/20/2024

T2T University Mentor Spotlight!

Meet Cindy Malcolm - one of our T2T university mentors! Our mentors/supervisors play a key role in our T2T teachers' success and we are so lucky to have them on our team!

Cindy shared, “The joy of teaching is in the learning! One of my favorite parts of the T2T program is seeing the growth from the first year to the second year. It is amazing to see our teachers confidence grow in their ability to teach their content with engagement. Reflection plays a significant role in teaching. After observing a lesson, I discuss with my assigned teachers what went well and what might they might try to do differently. The joy of teaching really is in the learning.”

Thank you Cindy for your AMAZING work!💛🖤

11/15/2024

Throwback Thursday - our dynamic T2T team from 2012! Even though the faces have changed over the last decade, our mission is still the same. Support, teach and encourage new educators as they transition to the teaching profession! Come join us!!💛🖤

11/05/2024

Happy Election Day!! Celebrate the honor and privilege it is to vote!!❤️🤍💙

10/28/2024

Wishing all of our T2T teachers (past and present) a week filled with Halloween fun - no tricks, just treats!!🍭🍬🍫