Dr. Jane Griffin ,

An adjunct professor with Louisiana Tech University in
the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Leadership was recently named principal of the year in the State of Louisiana. Congratulations to Dr. Griffin on her accomplishment. She serves as principal of Winnfield Sr. High School in Winnfield, LA.
 

Mr. Glenn Beer

There's an Angel among us!

Glenn is one of eight finalist in Louisiana for the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Angel Award. This award is given to deserving people who have done outstanding work with and for children.

Mrs. Brenda Lofton

Lofton named Louisiana Teacher of the Year!

 “I have always wanted to be a teacher, and I got a feel for it at a very young age,” says Brenda Lofton, the 2005  Louisiana teacher of the Year. Now in her 20th year of teaching ,Brenda teaches math and science at the AE Phillips Laboratory school.

Dr. Pauline Leonard

Project EPAS 2005-06 was a pilot project which partnered the College of Education with LaSIP, the Louisiana Board of Regents, and ACT to helpLouisiana schools better utilize ACT's Educational Planning and Assessment System (EPAS). The goal was to equip teachers, counselors and school administrators to use EPAS to direct counseling services, plan instructional interventions for students, evaluate and monitor their progress, and to help prepare them for postsecondary education success. The project has been refunded for the 2006-07 academic year and College of Education project team members continue to be intensely involved in facilitating workshops designed to empower ten new school teams to deliver EPAS professional development at their respective school sites.

Dr. Janis Hill

Dr. Janis Pardue Hill is the ELA Project Coordinator for the K-16 PSR Grant, a Board of Regents initiative that partners Louisiana Tech University with the Monroe City School System.  She also works with the La SIP EPAS Grant, designed to predict and improve high school students’ scores on the ACT, and serves as one of the co-directors for the CSI Grant, which focuses on improvement of the Reading Language Competencies for middle and high school students.  

"The Reading CSI Project"

There are five co-directors of "The Reading CSI Project" Dr. Amy Massey Vessel, Dr. Kimberly Kimbell-Lopez, Dr. Carrice Cummins, Dr. Janis Hill, and Dr. Tamara Powell. The first four are from the CIL department.

The Reading C/SI (Competencies/Subject Integration) Project was funded in spring of 2006 to provide professional development to middle and secondary math, science, and social studies teachers. With a national spotlight on adolescent literacy, the project will emphasize vocabulary, comprehension, writing, and assessment strategies for these specific content areas. Participants are represented from Caddo, Lincoln, Monroe City, Morehouse, and Richland Parishes. Approximately $265,000.00 in funding was provided by the Louisiana Systemic Initiatives Program (LaSIP)/Louisiana Board of Regents. Training will continue through the 2006-2007 academic year.