Teacher Academy

Teacher Academy In a world where there is a negative perception of careers in education, we at the Teacher Academy want to change the narrative.

The Teacher Academy helps students identify their career interests, offers teaching experience through field placements, and jump starts their college education with multiple dual credit course options. We help student start their teaching career off strong by:

-offering 6-9 college credit hours towards a teaching degree
-offering exposure to multiple career paths
-providing hands-on, real-world

learning experiences through field placements
-providing mentorship through Scholar Teacher's bachelor's program
-incentivizing Scholar Teacher's return to teach at their alma mater post- college
graduation

Check out more information on our website! At the Teacher Academy we're inspiring our next educators!

Next in our Senior Spotlight series is Maddy Hodgson! Maddy is a 2nd year student and apart of our all day program! Madd...
05/04/2026

Next in our Senior Spotlight series is Maddy Hodgson! Maddy is a 2nd year student and apart of our all day program!

Maddy has been in Mrs. Odell’s Kindergarten classroom at Raymore Elementary for the last two years. This year she also has an internship at Spring Up Preschool!

Raymore-Peculiar LEAD Center

First years got to experience J Biz Town at Junior Achievement Kansas City! We love getting to help young students have ...
05/01/2026

First years got to experience J Biz Town at Junior Achievement Kansas City! We love getting to help young students have real-world experiences!

Raymore-Peculiar LEAD Center

Next in our Senior Spotlight is Shelby! Shelby is a first year scholar teacher and has spent her year in Mrs. Trutzel’s ...
05/01/2026

Next in our Senior Spotlight is Shelby! Shelby is a first year scholar teacher and has spent her year in Mrs. Trutzel’s 2nd Grade classroom at Raymore Elementary!

Because she did so amazing in the fall semester, Shelby was offered an internship at Springing Up preschool!

We can’t wait to see all that you accomplish, Shelby!


Raymore-Peculiar LEAD Center

Our next Senior Spotlight is Zoey Bates! Zoey is a 2nd year Teacher Academy student who does Teacher Academy all day! In...
04/21/2026

Our next Senior Spotlight is Zoey Bates! Zoey is a 2nd year Teacher Academy student who does Teacher Academy all day!

In the morning she does an Educators Rising internship at the LEAD Center. In the afternoon she is placed in Mrs. Buckley’s 4th grade classroom at Eagle Glen!

Raymore-Peculiar LEAD Center

Our first Senior Spotlight is Allison Fitzgerald! Allison is a 2nd year Teacher Academy student. She is placed in Mrs. M...
04/07/2026

Our first Senior Spotlight is Allison Fitzgerald! Allison is a 2nd year Teacher Academy student. She is placed in Mrs. Moore’s 5th grade Social Studies and Science class at Raymore Elementary! We can’t wait to see all you accomplish, Allison!

Raymore-Peculiar LEAD Center

Congrats, Dakota!! Two of our current Scholar Teachers work for Dakota and one of our alumni is a site coordinator for B...
02/06/2026

Congrats, Dakota!! Two of our current Scholar Teachers work for Dakota and one of our alumni is a site coordinator for BOOST! This is so deserved! 👏🏻

We went to Missouri State University’s Working with Children and Families Day today! We also got to meet up with some Ra...
02/06/2026

We went to Missouri State University’s Working with Children and Families Day today! We also got to meet up with some Ray-Pec alumni as well!

Raymore-Peculiar LEAD Center

01/09/2026

This moment captures the heart of Teacher Academy!

Senior Maddy Hodgson earned a full-tuition scholarship to Park University, a reflection of her commitment to becoming an educator and the intentional choices she made throughout the program.
When students are given meaningful opportunities to explore their future, amazing things happen. Congratulations, Maddy! 🎉🍎

It's been a busy first month of school! We've got a great group of future educators this year! Raymore-Peculiar LEAD C...
09/19/2025

It's been a busy first month of school! We've got a great group of future educators this year!

Raymore-Peculiar LEAD Center

We are so thankful to Dr. Coleman, Ray-Pec Director of Special Education, for coming in to speak to Year 2 students abou...
04/17/2025

We are so thankful to Dr. Coleman, Ray-Pec Director of Special Education, for coming in to speak to Year 2 students about her experiences in Special Education and how important Special Education is to our school systems!

Raymore-Peculiar LEAD Center

We attended a training at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art's Educator Resource Center where we learned all about Visual ...
04/10/2025

We attended a training at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art's Educator Resource Center where we learned all about Visual Thinking Strategies. Then, Ben and Lindsey, Second Year Teacher Academy students, lead VTS conversations over various art pieces in the museum!

Raymore-Peculiar LEAD Center

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Raymore, MO
64083

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Monday 11:30am - 3am
Tuesday 11:30am - 3pm
Wednesday 11:30am - 3pm
Thursday 11:30am - 3pm
Friday 11:30am - 3pm

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