Bishop's Blog

MACTE Conference Monday, March 27 through Wednesday, March 29 was the Spring MACTE Conference in Columbia. Susan Hladky, Alicia Noddings, David Collum, and I attended.  David and I made two presentations (along with one of our research partners, Larinee Dennis, from Hannibal LaGrange) sharing the results of our SimSchool research studies. On Wednesday the Outstanding Beginning Teacher awards banquet was held where two of our first year teachers earned this recognition and distinction. Kristen Strange is teaching in the Rockwood School District and Julie Lembke is teaching in the Wentzville School District.  We are so proud of these two ladies and the great job they are doing teaching the next generation. Kristen & Julie Kristen Strange Julie Lembke Alicia Noddings, Kristen, Julie, Susan Hladky, and me Doctoral Reception/Orientation We welcomed the most recent doctoral cohort last night at the Doctoral Reception/Orientation.  Dr. Shelton Smith does a

Faculty Meeting On Tuesday, March 21 we had a Professional Development Faculty meeting.  Clint Limoges and Jan Speck from the Counselor Education Department led a sand tray activity.  Sand tray activities are used with adults and children in therapy.  Our task was to make our work world in our tray with the various figurines, objects, and fun toys that we could choose from a table overflowing with objects. It was interesting to hear about everyone's "work world" through the objects they chose.  I look forward to faculty utilizing what they have learned in their classrooms when appropriate! Thanks, Clint and Jan, for sharing your knowledge and experiences that you had at a recent conference with the rest of us. CAEP Conference Alicia Noddings, David Collum, and I attended the CAEP Conference from Wednesday, March 22 through today in St. Louis.  Between the three of us we attended informative workshops that will help us with the CAEP a

Missouri Prep Educator's Annual Performance Report Wednesday's St. Louis Post Dispatch  included an article about the public release of the APR data. Our program had the third highest number of candidates in the state represented in the APR (some of our programs are not represented in the APR due to low enrollment,) and we had 75% of our 16 reported programs in Tier 1 out of four tiers. . The other 25% of our programs were in Tier 2. I am so thankful to all of you for your efforts over the last few years to make sure we were one of the first institutions to update our curriculum to meet the new certification requirements. We will continue to do all we can to ensure our students are successful on state assessments and rate our programs highly on the first year teacher surveys. Come by my office or check out the bulletin board to read the full article. SMSTA Day at the Capitol Ricki Roth took some students to Jefferson City on Wednesday. What a wonderful opportu

Education Faculty Meeting Tuesday, February 28 was our Education Faculty Meeting and we enjoyed discussing each other's spiritual gifts. We discussed how we use our spiritual gifts in our personal lives and in the workplace.Then the counseling faculty had a meeting while the teacher/leader faculty heard a great presentation from Greg Lawrence, Director of Technology in the Wentzville School District. See below. Professional Development Session After the faculty meeting, the teacher/leader faculty went to the computer lab and Greg Lawrence, Wentzville School District's Director of Technology and one of our adjuncts, spoke to the group about Google and using different programs with students.  Greg shared with the faculty important information about the SAMR model and the importance of utilizing the web when preparing teachers and leader Faith in Action Tom Smith is raising funds for seven students going on a mission trip to Guatemala by