Bishop's Blog

Dr. Keith Ross named next President! The Board of Trustees announced yesterday that Keith Ross will be our next president beginning on January 10, while Dr. Alton Lacey will serve as the Chancellor until his retirement next summer. Congratulations, Dr. Ross! We look forward to serving under your leadership for many years to come. Emerson  Excellence in Teaching Award MBU assistant professor and Assistant Dean of Education Dr. Alicia Noddings has been recognized as a recipient of the 2017 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award. Noddings joins 108 St. Louis area colleagues across K-12 and higher education who were honored for their commitment to students and their outstanding work in the classroom. Educators were nominated by administrators at their institutions. Awards were presented Sunday, November 12 during a ceremony and reception at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Clayton. Pictured here at the ceremony are Dr. Noddings and Missouri Baptist University Provost Dr. Arlen Dykstra. T...

This week has been full of Zoom exploration, CAEP and CACREP preparations. As our Counselor Education faculty have been learning the new live-streaming platform, Zoom, the teacher education folks have been working on details for our CAEP site visit and implementing new ideas in their classrooms. This week's blog includes great information that you all shared. Enjoy reading what is happening in the world of your colleagues. From Jan Speck, full-time Counselor Education faculty Online School Counseling student Barb Wilson attended my presentation at the Missouri School Counselor Association conference. It's great that Barb is attending the conference. MBU Counselor Education Adjunct Sarah Dix introduced the keynote speaker at the Missouri School Counselor Association conference. Sarah is immediate past president of this organization. From Kathleen Bauer, MBU Adjunct for Language Acquisition of the Young Child We completed the chapters on Infants/Toddlers/Preschoolers ...

Education Division Organization Meeting On Wednesday, October 25 the Education Division Student Organizations met. This meeting is for education students who are part of one or more of the following professional organizations: SASCD is the student chapter of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; SMSTA is the pre-professional organization for Missouri State Teachers Association; and KDP is Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 6 at 3:30 p.m. in FLD 308. The topic for this meeting will be Diversity in the Classroom. Please share this information with your students. These organizations are very beneficial for them. Contact Ricki Roth if you have any questions or need brochures. Please share this information with your students. Education Directors' Meeting A Directors' meeting was held on Tuesday, October 31. The directors for teacher education met and we reviewed the MEES data tha...

MACTE Conference On October 23-25, Susan, Alicia,and I attended the MACTE Conference at the Lake of the Ozarks. Amy Zielinski from Fox School District attended with us and presented with Susan on our Win-Win partnership with the Fox School District. Additional notes from the conference have been added to the Ed Division PD Canvas shell. Particular items of interest were surrounding information related to the Annual Performance Report and an alternative to CAEP accreditation. This coming year's APR will not include programs being separated by tier. Programs will either be accredited, provisionally accredited, or not accredited. However, due to the infancy of the APR, all programs will be identified as accredited until 2020. We were also presented with a new educator preparation accreditation option - AAQEP. Click  here  for more information. MBU will continue pursuing CAEP accreditation, but it is certainly interesting to know that an alternative option might be available. Cli...

Education Faculty Meeting On Tuesday, October 10 the faculty met and the Traveling Apple was awarded to Marsha Tierney. Marsha received the award for her outstanding work in the classroom and her dedication to the Franklin County RLC. During the faculty meeting we reviewed CAEP data from the DESE 1st year teacher, principal, and counselor surveys, as well as the SWOTS for this year. We also celebrated birthdays for: Clint Limoges, Laura Rauscher, Michelle Einig, and Patrick Cleveland. Patrick brought treats for everyone and since there were four out of seven people in the Counselor Education Department celebrating their October birthday, the cake said Probability: 1 in 20. 😊 ACSI Professional Development Forum On Thursday, October 12 and Friday, October 13 several folks from MBU presented at the ACSI Professional Development Forum in O'Fallon, MO. Jason Lievanos: Restoring Relationships & Managing Behavior Colleen Hulcer: 10 Classroom Strategies for the Presch...