Executive Advisory Committee
Meeting – 11/13/2023
Meeting – 2/14/2024
Members Present:
Michael Mills, Associate Dean, UCA; Donna Wake, Assessment Director, UCA; Sunny Styles-Foster, Interim Department Chair, UCA; Bethany Ratermann, Senior Director of Communications, LISA Academy; Elise Hampton, Principal, North Little Rock Middle School , 7-8; Holly Howard, Teacher Bentonville High School; Karen Norton, Instructional Specialist, Arch Ford ESC; Karen Lasker, Director of Recruitment and Student Services, Conway School District; Quintin Cain, Principal, Dunbar Middle School, LRSD; and Julie Workman, Teacher Center Coordinator, Arch Ford ESC
Initial Programs
Elementary K-6
Members Present:
Ashley Cox (UCA), Jamie Dallas (UCA), Jenny Chism, McKinley Green, Dee Dee Cain (UCA), Janet Filer (UCA), Tina Cope, Ashley Wilson (UCA), Stefanie Sorbet (UCA), Gary Logan, Carise Echols, Amber Brantley (UCA), Dayna Lewis, Mark Lewis, and Sunny Styles-Foster (UCA – ELSE Interim Department Chair)
Middle Level
Special Education (UG, MAT)
MAT (K-6, 4-8, 7-12)
Advanced Programs
ASTL
CLEI PhD
GATE
Members Present:
Brandon Rout, Sarah Cooper, Mike Gray, Alicia Cotabish (UCA), Rachelle Miller (UCA), and Nykela Jackson (UCA).
ITEC
Members Present:
Kirsten Wilson, ASCD-ISTE; Derek Ratchford, EAST facilitator, Sonora Middle School-Springdale School District; Lisa Russell, Arch Ford Education Cooperative; Vicki Parish, Instructional Designer UCA, ITEC program Alum; Stephanie Best, Clinical Instructor ITEC; and Dr. Allison Freed, Coordinator of ITEC program
LIBM
Reading
School Counseling
Members Present:
Millie Engler, Rebecca Camarigg, Melinda Shuffield, Dr. Odunola Oyeniyi (UCA), and Dr. Valerie Couture (UCA – Advisory Board Chair)
SLMA/EDLP
Special Education – (BK, GC, MSE, Resource)