Spotlight from our Executive Director
SWREC 10: Supporting Educators, Strengthening Schools, Serving Students
The Southwest Regional Education Cooperative (SWREC 10) is one of 10 Regional Education Cooperatives serving New Mexico schools. As a regional partner, SWREC is committed to supporting educators, school leaders, and students across southwest New Mexico by providing resources, professional learning, coaching, and services designed to meet the unique needs of our member districts.
SWREC proudly serves eight member districts: Animas, Deming, Lordsburg, Hatch, Silver City, Truth or Consequences, Reserve, and Cobre.
More Than Professional Development
SWREC provides a wide range of services designed to help districts maximize resources and strengthen educational opportunities for students. These services include Medicaid billing support and consortium pricing that allows member districts to access online educational platforms and resources, including programs such as Subject.ai and Edgenuity.
Perhaps most importantly, SWREC provides coaching, training, and mentoring for teachers and administrators. Professional learning opportunities are designed around the needs of educators and schools and include topics such as executive functioning, special education, mathematics, student engagement, CPI, leadership, and many others.
And when a school or district has a specific need, SWREC can tailor professional learning to meet it. Whether a district is looking for support with a particular instructional strategy, leadership challenge, student need, or school improvement priority, SWREC works alongside educators to develop learning experiences that are relevant, practical, and meaningful.
A New School Year, New Learning Opportunities
The upcoming school year brings an exciting lineup of professional learning opportunities for educators and school leaders.
SWREC will offer two mathematics professional learning series designed to address the different instructional needs of teachers across grade levels:
- K–3 Mathematics Series – focused on building strong foundational mathematics instruction for our youngest learners.
- Grades 4–12 Mathematics Series – designed to support teachers in strengthening mathematics instruction and student learning across upper elementary, middle, and high school.
In addition, SWREC will continue its teacher mentoring and coaching program, providing individualized support to teachers who are in their first three years of teaching or who have been referred to the program.
SWREC will also offer two Leadership Academies for building principals and assistant principals.
The first Leadership Academy is designed for building leaders who want to network with colleagues, strengthen their leadership skills, and deepen their understanding of leadership practices aligned to the EXCEL evaluation rubric.
The second Leadership Academy is designed specifically for school leaders who want to sharpen their skills in observing and providing feedback on mathematics instruction.
Professional Learning at No Cost to Our Member Districts
One of the many benefits of being a SWREC member district is that all SWREC professional learning opportunities are FREE to educators and leaders in our eight member districts.
Registration links for this year’s professional learning opportunities will go live during the first week of August.
To learn more about SWREC, explore upcoming professional learning opportunities, and access registration information, visit swrecnm.org.
Invested in Our Region
SWREC is more than a provider of professional development. We are a partner in the success of our schools.
We are proud to serve the educators and students of southwest New Mexico and are committed to helping our member districts build capacity, strengthen instruction, develop effective leaders, and create better learning experiences for every student.
SWREC 10 is here to support our schools, invest in our educators, and help our region thrive—one educator, one leader, and one student at a time.
SWREC Executive Director,
Valerie Brea
🌟 Spotlight on Instructional Excellence
July: A Month of Preparation, Inspiration, and Alignment
July was a powerhouse month of strategic planning, inspiring leadership, and team connection as we geared up for the upcoming school year!
Targeted Math Training RFP
To address our regional needs directly, we developed and issued an RFP to secure high-quality math training for our districts. Using walkthrough data collected over the past year, we identified key areas for growth and selected the program best aligned with our districts' specific requirements to ensure impactful support this school year.
NMCEL Conference Highlights
Our team had the privilege of helping put on and attend the NMCEL Conference. We heard from incredible keynote speakers, including George Couros and Kim Bearden, leaving us inspired, rejuvenated, and fully energized for the opportunities ahead in the new school year!
Team Retreat & Looking Ahead
We wrapped up the month with our annual staff retreat—a time to reconnect, align on goals, and build momentum. Our team is ready to rock and roll into the new school year!
Thank you to everyone who contributed to making July such a productive and inspiring month. Let’s bring this energy into the new school year! 🚀✨
Upcoming Trainings
August 2026 Schedule
One Team, One Student: FAPE and LRE
Toolbox for SPED Discipline
New Teacher Training
SPED Directors Leadership Academy
One Team, One Student: MLSS Referral and Child Find
SWREC Leadership Academy
What We Do at SWREC
At the Southwest Regional Education Cooperative (SWREC), our primary mission is to support our member school districts and charter schools with high-quality, cost-effective education services, administrative leadership, and technical solutions across New Mexico.
Instructional Services & Educator Mentoring
We eliminate the guesswork in professional development by partnering directly with school sites to design custom, targeted trainings. From state initiatives like NM DASH, LETRS, CPI, and PLC Development to structured literacy, we empower teachers to hone their craft and elevate student achievement.
- Math Leadership & Teacher Training: Building deep instructional capacity.
- Inclusion Trainings: Practical strategies for General Ed & SPED classrooms.
- Special Education Trainings: Legal compliance and discipline for special education students; IEP creation and implementation and working with students with disabilities in the general education classroom as well as tailored PD for member districts.
- Leadership Academies: Specialized cohorts for Principals & SPED Directors.
- De-escalation Training: Actionable classroom skills.
- Mentorship & Coaching: New teacher mentoring, struggling teacher support, and SPED law.
Medicaid School-Based Services (MSBS)
SWREC coordinates complete Medicaid reimbursement services—helping districts maximize federal funds for IEP/IFSP health services while maintaining full IDEA compliance.
Business & Operations Support
SWREC leverages group purchasing agreements and cooperative contracts to help member districts stretch their operational budgets on state-approved software, services, and educational vendors.
Technology & Event Logistics
Our technology team manages robust cybersecurity, system maintenance, event setup, and hybrid meeting hosting for SWREC and NMPED events. Additionally, we offer specialized district professional development on emerging classroom technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration in educational practices.