MARCH 2024

Congratulations to our CEPS faculty who recently earned Promotion/Tenure!

The CEPS is proud of you!

Dr. Diane Best - Associate Professor/Tenure

Dr. Kelly Paynter - Full Professor

Dr. Jeannie Frazier - Associate Professor/Tenure

Dr. Stacey Gill - Associate Professor/Tenure

Dr. Shana Smith - Associate Professor/Tenure

Congratulations to our CEPS 2024 Alumni Hall of Fame inductees. A ceremony will be held April 17 to honor the inductees!

Paul Edmondson - Music Education

Tarmen Siaway - Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Timothy Gallahar - Instructional Leadership

Donnita Jorges - Family & Consumer Sciences

Shenikia Truss - Child Development

Mica Mecham - Instructional Technology

Leah Smith - Library Media

Julie Graben - Special Education

Lauren Wood - Elementary Education

Anita Colley - Secondary Education

Aimee Weathers - Early Childhood Education

John Hammett - Physical Education

History has been made again!!!

It has been another history making event for Jacksonville State University FCCLA Chapter and has brought home the Gold! The chapter participated in the Alabama FCCLA State Leadership Conference in Montgomery.

The chapter received the Golden Star Banner Award. This is the highest award a chapter can receive from the state association.

The chapter also had two teams compete in FCCLA STAR Events. We proudly announce that the chapter has two teams receiving OVERALL 1ST Place in State and National Qualifiers receiving a bid to Seattle, WA in June.

Congratulations goes out to Trey Landman and Anna Patterson for their Chapter Service Project, and Elise Mayberry and Kadence Logston for their Promote and Publize Project.

Way to represent Gamecocks!!! Seattle Bound!!

The CEPS welcomes Mrs. Emily Haynes to our Office of Accreditation, Certification, and Partnership Intiatives. Mrs. Haynes is the Administrative Assistant for the Clinical Experiences portion of the OACPI. Emily comes to us with several years of higher education experience in the JSU Financial Aid Office. WELCOME, Emily!

edTPA is a performance-based, subject-specific assessment and support system used by teacher preparation programs throughout the United States to emphasize, measure and support the skills and knowledge that all teachers need from Day 1 in the classroom. For each handbook field, the placement is a Pre-Kindergarten to 12th grade classroom. edTPA is a subject-specific assessment that includes versions for 28 teaching fields. The assessment features a common architecture focused on three tasks: Planning, Instruction, and Assessment.

Aspiring teachers must prepare a portfolio of materials during their student teaching clinical experience. edTPA requires aspiring teachers to demonstrate readiness to teach through lesson plans designed to support their students' strengths and needs; engage real students in ambitious learning; analyze whether their students are learning, and adjust their instruction to become more effective. Teacher candidates submit unedited video recordings of themselves at work in a real classroom as part of a portfolio that is scored by highly trained educators. edTPA builds on decades of teacher performance assessment development and research regarding teaching skills and practices that improve student learning.

It was our pleasure to welcome ALSDE Assistant Superintendent Autumn Jeter who visited the CEPS complex. She is pictured with Dean Kimberly White.

The JSU Child Development Center enjoyed a fun week with Read Across America and Dr. Seuss' birthday! Thanks to everyone who read to our little Gamecocks!

Hello from the Friendliest Campus in the South, but mostly - HOME! My name is Hanna Madrigal, and I am currently an Academic Advisor II serving the College of Education and Professional Studies! I love serving students and helping them reach their goals and dreams! I am passionate about advising and advocating for my students and giving them the academic knowledge and insight that they need to succeed. I have worked at Jacksonville State University since 2019 when I started off in the Admission’s Office recruiting students and being the Dual Enrollment Counselor.

I am a two-time Jax State alumna graduating with my bachelor's degree in Integrated Studies in 2018, and then graduating with my first master's degree in Emergency Management in 2022. I am currently working on my second master's degree in Secondary Education concentrating in General Science. I am married to my husband, Chris Madrigal (Captain/Asst. Director at UPD), we are expecting a baby in June, and have a chocolate labrador named Jax! I love spending my free time outdoors, shopping, and spending time with family!

I look forward to serving you on your journey at Jax State and connecting you with many different resources!

Go Gamecocks!

-Hanna

The Special Education Collaborative Dual (SCD) Teacher Candidates (TC) and the Early Childhood Elementary (ECP) Teacher Candidates part of the Teacher Education Department, were able to take a collaborative field trip to the JSU Field School at Little River Canyon along with Dr. Cynthia Connor, Professor of Special Education and Mrs. Aimee Weathers, Instructor of Early Childhood Education. The group was welcomed by W. Peter Conroy, Director of Environmental Policy and Information Center who gave a brief overview of the facility. Then the TCs were divided into four groups each containing both ECP and SCD TCs. At some point during the morning, each group attended a lesson demonstration on Herpetology, led by Rebekah Taylor, Assistant Director, and a lesson on Alabama Black Bears, led by Beth Milam Sewell, Outdoor and Environmental Education Associate. Each group also participated in a hike to Little River Falls led by Cindi Fitzpatrick, Kelly Wagner, and Rebecca Latham led the hikes for your group.

Teachers and students from public schools, private schools, and homeschools visit the JSU Field School during the academic year. Over 7000 people were hosted at educational events in 2023 and in 2022 over 4000 people. A majority of the TCs who attended this collaborative activity will be teaching in schools within the Northeastern Alabama area. They now are familiar with what the JSU Field School can offer. The Teacher Education Department plans to continue the partnership with the JSU Field School and plans to coordinate many visits for the TCs in the future.

Dr. Alhammouri and his class enjoy the spring weather by holding class outdoors at the CEPS complex.

Happy birthday to our CEPS team members who are celebrating March birthdays!

David Scott

Deanna Bohannon

Courtney Christopher

Krystal Cochran

Chris Shaw

Amiee Thrasher

Want to see someone smile? Be with them when they find a CEPS duck!

I've been telling a huge UNTRUTH since August 2023...I've flat out lied! 😀 I AM THE DUCK LADY!

I wanted to do something fun to celebrate being in our new complex and my upcoming retirement. I hope everyone has enjoyed finding our CEPS ducks! I've been within hearing range and sight of a few finding the ducks and there are typically shrieks of excitement and huge smiles! The ducks will be around for about three more months before I retire this summer. If you haven't found one, you still have a chance! Happy hunting! #cepsducks

Deanna Bohannon

Administrative Assistant to the Associate Dean

Email: bohannon@jsu.edu
Website: https://www.jsu.edu/education/index.html
Location: 115 College Street Southwest, Jacksonville, AL, USA
Phone: 256-782-8200
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