Bishop's Blog

SMSTA/SASCD/KDP The students met this week and had the pleasure of hearing from our very own Dr. Pam Stanfield. Dr. Stanfield spoke on the "Children I Have Loved, Lessons I Have Learned", inspired by her published book. Students enjoyed the presentation and were eager to participate and ask questions after the presentation. This group of main campus students is gaining momentum. Thanks to Nichole Dales, Ricki Roth, and Mary Ann Bouas for your efforts with this group. Dr. Pam Stanfield Students participating at SMSTA meeting Early Childhood Rivers Bend AEYC  Rivers Bend AEYC has extended its deadline for proposals. For all of you early childhood folks, you are invited to submit a proposal for the upcoming "Stepping Up to Leadership" Pre-conference and the Rivers Bend AEYC Annual Conference to be held on April 8-9 at St. Charles Community College. As noted on their recent request for proposals, "Your knowledge and experience would be a vital addit...

Campus Labs - Accreditation Module Tonia Crane, Alicia Noddings, Jeremy Ruckstaetter, Nancy Sickler and I participated in a conference call training session with Emily Rose Barry, our Campus Labs representative. As the Counseling Program is pursuing CACREP accreditation and the Education Division is preparing for our Spring 2018 CAEP accreditation visit, we will be leaning heavily on the Campus Labs Compliance Assist Module for data collection and documentation. This module will also help us with so much more than data collection, it will allow us to understand the data to help us make informed decisions about our division, programs, and courses for continuous improvement. You will all be playing a role in these important accreditation visits and the work needed to prepare the self-studies. Be prepared (as soon as we get through our HLC visit) to play an integral part in the preparation of these accreditation materials. Partnership with Lincoln County R-III School District Dr. Dyks...

Baby Girl Rauscher has arrived! Congratulations to Laura and her husband on the safe arrival of their beautiful baby girl, Monaghyn Rayne Rauscher. She was born on Tuesday at 3:44pm weighing 9 lb 8 oz and 21 1/4 inches in length. We praise God for this beautiful life! Baby Girl Rauscher Image Source: www.mo-case.org MoCASE Susan Hladky, Mark Engelhardt, Sheri Brandt, and I are at the Missouri Council of Administrators of Special Education Winter Conference in Columbia. Some of our adjunct instructors are also attending the conference. Jane Brown, Jason Lievanos, and Deanna Kitson are here learning important information that they can take back to their school districts. We listened to educational lawyers discuss special education and Office of Civil Rights issues. Yesterday afternoon the keynote speaker, Matthew Burns, Associate Dean for Research for the College of Education at the University of Missouri, presented a fascinating presentation regarding MTSS – Multi...