Bishop's Blog

As much as I enjoy the slow pace of summer, I am much more energized by the more structured and more productive days of the school year. Please read below for more information about the happenings in the Education Division this past week. President's Party Full-time faculty and staff were invited to attend a celebration in the Great Hall last Friday night. The president does a great job entertaining us as he presents awards to faculty and staff who are new, have been working at MBU for milestone years, or are recently retired. Congratulations to those of you who were honored! President Lacey presenting to a full house Judith Scott receiving her award Jim Chellew receiving his award F ield Experience/Student Teaching/Internship Supervision This semester I have required all full-time faculty members to supervise students out in the field. Most of our adjuncts are practicing educators working in schools, so they are able to stay up-to-date on current practices. F

Welcome Back! The new school year has begun, and I am excited about what this year will bring. As we have tackled many projects over the last few years, I am looking forward to our continued efforts to develop effective teachers, leaders, and counselors. Syllabus Project The summer months were full of work by lead instructors, staff members, and individual instructors to make sure we had our syllabi updated. Thanks again for all of your efforts! I created this graphic following our Dean's Council as there was some confusion among divisions regarding the syllabus project. Hopefully, this will provide some clarity.  Syllabus Project Update and Clarification Policies Included Alignments Included Credit Hour Calculator Creator Information regarding submission to Provost’s Office Stored University University Univ, Div, Prog, & Course Objective/Assessment Alignments Included C.H.C. included for each del