Social Studies Teacher 1974-1975 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas Academic and Teaching Accomplishments Initiated discussions with University of Missouri Columbia regarding the concept of a cooperative doctoral program. Program was funded and initiated in 1997. Initiated and chaired Task Team to develop graduate programs on-site in Northeast Missouri.
Program currently enrolls fifty graduate students.
Developed a consortium of school administrators from the Northwest Service region to provide monthly in-service opportunities. Initiated a school-university partnership with Washington Middle School, Maryville, Missouri. Initiated Advisory groups from the three regional administrator associations in northwest Missouri. Coordinated development of an outcomes based curriculum for the department featuring nine competencies and 144 outcomes. The comprehensive exam was correlated to these.