Join Melissa as she interviews, Sean Rickert, incoming president of the Arizona Rural Schools Association, who discusses his goals and priorities for supporting and advocating for rural education in Arizona over the next few years. He emphasizes the importance of bringing rural education leaders together through conferences, roundtables, and other events to network, share resources and solutions, and amplify the voices and needs of rural schools. Rickert notes the persistent challenges of teacher recruitment and retention in rural areas and predicts an evolution in how education is delivered, with more personalized and technology-enabled approaches. His overarching aim is to listen to rural districts to understand their diverse needs and help them access the resources and relationships to provide quality education for rural students.

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