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Faculty and Staff

Dr. Charles Carona Dean

Professor Judy Abercrombie Assistant Professor of Education

Dr. Bonnie Bond Director of Master of Education in School Counseling

Professor Bob Burgin Associate Dean

Mrs. Jean Dudley Undergraduate Advisor

Dr. June Elms Assistant Professor of Kinesiology

Dr. Ray Galloway Director of Master of Education in Kinesiology

Miss Tiffany Guerra Graduate Recruiter

Dr. Marilyn Haller Professor of Education

Dr. Tam Jones Director of Master of Education in Educational Leadership

Dr. Sharon Lee Director of Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction

Dr. Caia McCullar Professor of Music Education

Professor Martha Oldenburg Assistant Professor of Education Director of Field Services

Mrs. Kayla O’Neal Secretary

Dr. MaryBeth Sanders Director of Master of Education in Special Education

Professor Amie Sarker Director of Master of Education in Reading and ESL

Dr. Carolyn Spain Director of Master of Arts in Teaching and Pathways to Teacher Certification

Mrs. Kathleen Vernon Graduate KNES Advisor

Dr. Phil Williams Kinesiology Department Chair

Spring 2011 www.dbu.edu/education

Dallas Baptist University

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Newsletter

DBU College of Education

Spring 2011 College of Education 1

Dr. June Elms named DBU Advisor of the Year

DBU recently named Dr. June Elms as the 2010-2011 Advisor of the

Year. Dr. Elms describes receiving the recognition as “an honor” and “a

big, nice surprise.” This honor is awarded once a year based on student

nominations. One student who nominated Dr. Elms stated that, “My

advisor is a wonderful lady, a great professor, an amazing advisor, and so

full of Christ‟s love.”

Dr. Elms advises between 30 and 35 students each semester, and she said

that the biggest challenge is making sure she provides adequate time to

advise each student. She said that the most enjoyable part of advising

students is, “when we get to the end and they see the light at the end of

the tunnel and get excited.”

Dr. Elms has been a professor and advisor for the Kinesiology

Department for the last six years. Prior to her time at Dallas Baptist

University, she worked in the public school system for 33 years. There

she taught middle school and coached a variety of sports including

volleyball, basketball, track and field, and cross country. Dr. Elms

obtained her bachelor‟s degree in All-level Physical Education and

Health from Howard Payne University. Then she went on to get her

master‟s degree in physical education and her doctorate of education in

teaching physical education in college from East Texas State University

(now Texas A&M Commerce).

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” William Butler Yeats

Fall 2010

Undergraduate

Education

Graduates

Bryan Baumann

Jordan Branch

Tabitha Dafft

Angelyn Davis

Esteban Gallegos

Savannah Haye

Brittaney Laessig

Hannah Lewis

Christopher McMullen

Rebecca Miller

Mary Mills

Lauren Moors

Tori Oglesby

Morgan Pappas

Amy Phillips

Lawrence Skidmore

Amber Smith

Jeanelle Stines

Ashley Valdez

“ c r e a t i n g a l e g a c y of l e a r n i n g ”

2 College of Education Spring 2011

New Faces in the College of Education:

Jean Dudley is the new undergraduate advisor in the College of Education and

comes to DBU from Grace Temple Baptist Church where she worked in student

ministry for many years. In her role as undergraduate advisor, Jean coordinates

registration, monitors degree plan progress, and ensures that students meet all

requirements for admission to the Teacher Certification Program.

Kayla O‟Neal is the new secretary in the College of Education. Kayla is a

graduate of DBU with a bachelor‟s degree in Christian Studies and was

also a member of the Student Senate. Before coming to the College of Ed-

ucation, Kayla was a teacher in the Child Development Program at High-

land Park United Methodist Church, and she also has been an intern at

Second Baptist Church in Houston and Hillcrest Baptist Church in Cedar

Hill. Kayla can be reached at 214-333-5200 or [email protected].

Spring 2011

Undergraduate

Education

Graduates

Wade Aaron

Allyson Bales

Bradley Barksdale

Haley Corbell

Meagan Edwards

Andrea Esselman

Hannah Fain

Callie Freeling

James Gardner

Andru Gilbert

Hannah Green

Mallory Hairston

Arthur Herriott

Natalie Holmes

Kendra Houliston

Cole Janini

Katie MacLeod

Michael Mazur

Michael McGee

Emanuel Medina

Andrew Morgan

Vickie Mundell

Heather Niederhauser

Haddon Norris

Keilly Rivera

Deanna Rollette

Megan Sauder

Ashley Saunders

Carly Skinner

Jennifer Spain

Jared Stafford

Kristen Tucker

Philip Tyler

Aleksandra Verea

Lindsay Walters

Jared Whitmire

Christa Williams

Michael Williamson

Lesya Yakovuk



DBU Graduates Receive UN “Best Practices” Award

DBU graduates from the M.Ed. Reading and ESL program cohort in Hurst-Euless-

Bedford Independent School District received a “Best Practices Award” from the

United Nations (UN). This award

honors two years of work after they

attended a 2009 UN conference on

protecting human rights and then

created and developed a student

service club, “Club We Can,” for

students in grades 3-6. The club

helps students understand human

rights and engages them in ways to

serve their local school,

community, and world. This award

is given to teachers who apply

content from the UN conference in their classroom instruction and in their school

districts in innovative ways. (Awardees pictured above include DBU graduates

Kaylyn Hughes, Annagrace Small, and Connie Rensink).

Here is additional information from the HEB ISD website:

“ „Club We Can‟ began with 35 students, four teachers, and one parent.

The foundation of all club projects is universal human rights and

responsibilities. The teachers designed a model project to show

students how to plan and organize volunteer work. Students then chose

and organized their own projects, which included a food drive and

school flower bed maintenance. Students also conducted a drive for

science lab materials and a fund raising project for children in Kenya.

The 2009-2010 school year ended with a well-attended International

Night. The event celebrated the foods, languages, and cultures of North

Euless students and families. In addition to students' enthusiasm for

„Club We Can,‟ the teachers saw both academic achievement and

school atmosphere improve over the course of the year. This school

year began with a group of 50 club members who have challenged

themselves with one project per month.”



Transforming Lives:

Where Are They

Now?

Andrea Adams

4th Grade, Mansfield ISD

Tara Bounds

5th Grade, Life Charter-Red Oak

Claire Brown

ELAR, Carrollton–Farmers Branch

Elyse Carlisle

3rd Grade, Highland Park ISD

Marcy Gowesky

2nd Grade, Waco ISD

Zach Harms

H.S. History, Denton ISD

Joy Henry

ELAR, Arlington ISD

Aaron Houston

H.S. Math, Grand Prairie ISD

Ali Acosta Isham

5th Grade, Mansfield ISD

Katy Waddell Odom

ELAR, Connolly ISD

Ashton Oliver

1st Grade, Mansfield ISD

Sarah Singley

5th Math/Science, Duncanville ISD

Daniel Slider

Elementary Music, DeSoto ISD

Staci Tschirhart

4th Grade, Grand Prairie ISD

Does the College of Education

know where you are?

Contact Jean Dudley

and let us know!

[email protected]

COE Awards for 2010-2011

Each semester the College of Education is privileged to recognize two people

who have contributed to education in general and specifically to the work done in

DBU‟s College of Education. One award is given to persons who have graduated

from one of the programs in the College of Education. It is the Dorothy M. Bush

College of Education Outstanding Alumni Award. The other is given to a person

who is not a DBU graduate, but who serves our students in some way. It is the

Service to Education Award. The awards are presented during the Educators‟

Banquet that is held at the end of the fall and spring semesters.

During the fall banquet, the awards were given to Shannon Houston and Chuck

Roberts. Mrs. Houston received the Outstanding Alumni Award. Shannon is a

graduate of the Master of Education in Educational Leadership program at DBU.

She is the principal of Watauga Middle School, which is a part of the Birdville

Independent School District. Mrs. Houston has also served on the Educator

Preparation Board at DBU, evaluating portfolios presented by graduate students.

She served on a focus committee to suggest improvements for the undergraduate

program that was hosted by the COE. Mr. Roberts is the principal of Sheppard

Middle School in the Mansfield Independent School District and received the

Service to Education award. He is also an adjunct professor in the College of

Education. In addition, he has assisted several DBU students in scheduling

interviews and eventually being hired not only at his school, but at other schools

in the district.

The spring banquet awards were presented to Brianna Sinden-Redding Blake and

Venetia Sneed. As a graduate of the undergraduate COE program, Mrs. Blake

received the Outstanding Alumni Award. She is an English teacher at Seguin

High School in Arlington Independent School District. She received the

Outstanding Teacher award for her school, served as student government sponsor,

and taught leadership classes. Mrs. Sneed is the Director of Human Resources at

the Mansfield Independent School District and has received the Service to

Education award there. She began her education career in the classroom with

Birdville ISD, became assistant principal in Arlington ISD, and also worked in

Human Resources in Arlington. She has been instrumental in placing student

teachers from DBU in the Mansfield ISD. She honored us when she said, “Placing and hiring DBU students is always an easy process for the reputation of

DBU, the rigorous course of study, the program preparation of its interns and the

heartfelt passion of the students are evident in the students you send our way.”

DOROTHY M. BUSH

COLLEGE OF

EDUCATION

SCHOLARSHIP

RECIPIENTS

Spring 2011

Education Scholarship

Kendra D. Houliston

Lauren R. Moors

Ashley P. Saunders

Carly L. Skinner

Huffhines Scholarship

Katie I. MacLeod

Rebecca A. Miller

S. Morgan Pappas

Keilly D. Rivera

Rodney F. Shelton

Scholarship

Claire E. Clyne

Brittaney F. Laessig

Andrew B. Morgan

Deanna R. Rollette

Aleksandra R. Verea



Accreditation Rating

DBU has once again received the highest rating of “Accredited” from the TEA

Accountability System for Educator Preparation (ASEP). Until the end of the 2009-

2010 academic year, this accreditation was based on the university pass rates for

the TExES examinations. For the past five years, our pass rates have been 99%,

100%, 98%, 99%, 100% respectively. The pass rate performance standard for each

candidate group is:

70% for 2009-2010 academic year



Beginning with the 2010-2011 academic year, our accreditation will be based, not

only on pass rates, but on four performance standards:

Pass rates

Results of appraisals of beginning teachers by school administrators (principal

surveys)

Improvement in student achievement by beginning teachers for the first three

years (beginning in 2012)

University Preparation Program evaluations of first year teachers

Special Recognition

Professor Diane Morren has been awarded a Fulbright teaching grant to the

Central American University in Managua, Nicaragua. She is a DBU College of

Education adjunct professor whose specialization is in English as a second or

foreign language (ESL/EFL) and literacy instruction. Diane will be training

national ESL/EFL teachers at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

DBU graduate Connie Rensink was selected for the Fulbright-Hays Project

Abroad in India this summer. She will be spending several weeks in India

and will be writing curriculum on the Millennium Development Goals.

Connie completed her M.Ed. in Reading and ESL at DBU in May of 2010.

DBU graduate Yvonne Estes was appointed as the Elementary Bilingual/ESL

Coordinator in the Lewisville Independent School District for the 2010-2011

school year. Yvonne completed her M.Ed. in Reading and ESL at DBU in 2010.

FALL 2010

Master Education

Graduates

Michelle Adams

Kasondra Baudo

Ty Bixler

Dana Blackaby

Meridith Brown

Lashean Bullock

Elaine Chapman

Angela Clark

Ashley Daniel

Alicia Delay

Yvonne Estes

Victoria Figueroa

Amanda Fuller

Bhaumik Gandhi

Charis Giddins

Eduardo Gonzalez

Melissa Gonzalez

Kimberly Gordon

Julia Gorski

Melanie Gotlieb

Rebecca Harmon

Amber Helton

Deanna Houston

Bambi Jack

Christi Janecek

Wade Jansma

Joyce Kim

Jill Kukuk

Robbie Loudermilk

Alexandra Maddox

Lee McClurg

Princess McKinley

Amanda Mehringer

Linda Merriott

Melissa Mitchell

Monica Mize

Teri Nipp

Dipenkumar Patel

Himanshukumar Patel

Tejas Patel

Vijaybhai Patel

Jane Ponceti

Cheryl Powell

Theresa Ray

Dana Roberts

Kathy Roberts



DBU Service Project in Bangladesh

This past fall, the College of Education students, faculty, and staff prepared and

delivered 120 school boxes packed with essential school supplies to support

children in poverty in rural Bangladesh. The Muslim children and their families

were delighted by these special school boxes, and Christ‟s love was shared in a

practical and powerful way as DBU students delivered the boxes and lovingly

interacted with the children. Professor Amie Sarker from the College of

Education and biology professor Dr. Deanna Noyes led the DBU team of

students as they served in Bangladesh. The team included biology students who

tested the fields for the rural farmers so they could have more productive crops.

The College of Education faculty and staff have also sponsored the operation of

a Bangladesh village school for 30 children in honor of Dr. Charles Carona,

Dean of the College of Education. The partnering organization for these

projects, Gospel For Muslims (GFM), was started by Dr. Abraham and Amie

Sarker, professors at Dallas Baptist University. GFM‟s non-governmental

organization in Bangladesh provides microloans that assist rural entrepreneurs to

come out of poverty with dignity and integrity, clinics where no other healthcare

is available, primary schools where access to

education is very limited (the literacy rate is 27%

or less), and other humanitarian aid projects.

The village area where GFM‟s ministry is at

work is 90% Muslim, 9%

Hindu, and most people live

on less than $2 USD a day.

DBU‟s partnership with

GFM brings hope to the

precious people of

Bangladesh through

its efforts to eradicate

poverty and illiteracy,

and establish churches

in rural areas that have

yet to hear the Gospel.

FALL 2010

Master Education

Graduates ...continued

Lucia Salinas

Anita Shepherd

William Shull

Pranav Thakker

Jodi Thompson

Renata Torres

Tiffany Tyer

Lara Underwood

Christine Van Scoyoc

Lucy Vincent

Terry Ward

Diane White

Patricia Wine

Kathleen Witte

SPRING 2011

Master Education

Graduates

Margie Bailey

Angie Baker

Lauren Barksdale

Sarah Bateman

Ashley Belton

Andrea Brooks

Talia Cairo - DeLaCruz

Bobbie Carter

Stafanie Chapman

Kareeme Charles

Yao Chen

Jacquelyn Chovanec

Crystal Claus

Mayselle Cockins

Trace Craft

Colleen Cromley

Salima Didarali

Courtney Edwards

Audra Floyd

Samantha Garza

Lindsay Giesey

Ashley Glass

Sarah Gray

Matthew Hansen



Congratulations Dr. Carolyn Spain!

Dr. Carolyn Spain, Director, Master of Arts in Teaching at Dallas Baptist

University, was awarded her Ed.D. in Administration Leadership from the

University of North Texas in December 2010. The purpose of her dissertation was

to investigate high school policies and procedures that address educator sexual

misconduct. High school principals completed an online questionnaire which

addressed administrator knowledge of state and federal laws and regulations;

knowledge of district policies and procedures; experience with educator sexual

misconduct; training and communication available in their schools and school

districts for staff, parents, and students; the policies and procedures in place in

secondary schools to prevent educator sexual misconduct; and related problems

that are reported to school administrators. The College of Education faculty

applauds Dr. Spain in her recent achievement.

Kinesiology Department Moving

The Kinesiology Department has relocated their offices to the College of Education.

Dr. Phil Williams moved from the Burg Center and Mrs. Kathy Vernon, Dr. June

Elms and Dr. Ray Galloway moved from the Ebby Halliday Center. The

Kinesiology offices are now located in what used to be the offices for the

Communications Department.

With the move, classroom 112 has been approved to become a kinesiology lab. The

kinesiology lab will allow students to receive practical experience in fitness and

performance assessments necessary for developing exercise and performance

prescriptions. We are excited about the move, and will begin equipping the lab with

state-of-the-art equipment necessary for training our kinesiology and exercise

science majors.

Professor Amie Sarker, program Director of the Master of Education in Reading and

English as a Second Language (ESL), holds a 4-hour training seminar every fall and

spring semester on ESL. The attendees are the teacher candidates for that particular

semester, plus any former DBU College of Education graduates who are interested in

getting help to prepare for the state ESL certification exam.

DON’T MISS THE FREE ESL SEMINAR!

SPRING 2011

Master Education

Graduates ...continued

Mandy Henson

Susan Hester

Rashida Hobbs

Dallas Horne

Britni Johnson

Robina King

Patricia Longoria

Chiawei Lu

Laura Mastin

Jerre McGaughy

Phillip McMillan

Ann Medina

Yuridiana Mendoza

Melissa Meler Mieyr

Donna Morrison

Jeanne Mowry

Kara Nanson

Edna Owens

Dolly Pandya

Lisa Parker

Juhiben Patel

Neely Pedersen

Justin Pinckney

Latasha Rayford

Treeca Rayson

Marguerite Roberts

Miguel Rodriguez

Pamela Rushing

Shelbee Russell

Shea Sanchez

Shana Sinisi

Rebecca Smith

Kristen Stephaniuk

Joseph Stockett

Annie Tam

Kristie Thompson

Brittany Torres

Renata Torres

Ana Travis

Jana Traylor

Elizabeth Tyre

Erin Warnick

Joy West

Janaea Williams

Miahasha Williams

Catherine Wimbrey

Dale Worley

Melina Wouters



New Educational Diagnostician Program

DBU, in response to teacher/counselor inquiries, is now offering a

comprehensive educational diagnostician‟s program that contains five key

courses including the 160-hour state mandated practicum. Dr. MaryBeth

Sanders is working with Professor Bob Burgin to complete the new Texas

Education Agency revisions to the program reports. The program should

receive full certification this summer.

Candidates who are interested in the program (Option 1) must hold a current

Master of Education degree and have completed two years of teaching. Option

2 for candidates is to complete the certification program while taking Master of

Education in Special Education classes with an Educational Diagnostician

Specialization. They would need two years of teaching experience prior to

obtaining state certification. Graduates of the Master of Education in School

Counseling (MEDSC) only need three of the five courses, because two of the

certification classes are also part of the MEDSC.

New Accelerated B.S. or B.A./Master of Education in Special

Education Program

Undergraduate students seeking their B.S. or B.A. in EC-6, may now apply for

the Accelerated B.S. or B.A./Master of Education in Special Education. The

program allows undergraduate students to take two reading classes at the master

level. Those two courses meet requirements for both the bachelor and master

programs. Undergraduate students may take additional graduate special

education courses while they are following the teacher education track, when

their degree plans allow. The Master of Education in Special Education is

normally a 36-hour master program, but reduces to 30 hours when six hours are

gained through the accelerated track.

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