Bishop's Blog

Kappa Delta Phi A Kappa Delta Phi initiation meeting was held on Tuesday, April 18 and was very well attended. Mary Ann Bouas is in charge of this organization here on campus. Dr. Mark Engelhardt played a prelude before the ceremony. Summer Syllabi Tammy Cox, Director of Teacher Education would like to let you know that summer syllabi will soon be emailed to instructors that are assigned summer courses.  Watch for this important email! Twins in the Office On Tuesday there was a twin siting. This was too good not to take a picture. Graduation Reminder Graduation is Tuesday, May 2.  If you rented your regalia, I would like to urge you to: #1.  Make sure it fits. #2. Iron it so it looks presentable. I'm looking forward to celebrating with you and our students! Senior Walk It's a great MBU tradition for the seniors to walk from the SRC building to the chapel every year and the whole campus lines up to cheer them on.  Here are some o...

Classroom Visits I am interested in visiting your classroom! I might just pop in sometime in the next month so please don't be alarmed by my presence. I simply want to get a glimpse of the great things happening in our classrooms. I had the wonderful opportunity to sit in on Susan Hladky's ECTA 323 Curriculum, Assessment, and Data-Based Decision Making class this morning. She had a 4th grade teacher from Valley Park share with the students about analyzing assessment through data teams, Trish Alexander, 4th grade teacher at Valley Park Teacher Education Council Meeting Monday's TEC meeting was beneficial as we had the opportunity to hear from our local school districts. I shared our APR results, accreditation updates, a comparison of our first year teacher/principal survey data results compared to the state, and then they shared regional hiring needs. First Year Teacher/Principal Surveys We will be reviewing this data at our faculty meeting on Tuesday. I look ...