Emporia Guest Speaker and Second Guest

Today we were very fortunate to have Karen Bevis, the elementary education advisor from Emporia State come to our classroom. Karen Bevis oversees both the Johnson Country Community College and Kansas City Community College partnership program that allows students to receive a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Emporia at these satellite locations.

            She was able to answer many questions and explain the program in greater detail. She provided each student with the 4 year course plan and an information brochure. Kaitlin Williams was lucky to receive a free Emporia State Education T-shirt.

She also passed along the following links:

 http://www.emporia.edu/teach/ncate/documents/SecondaryEdflierfolded.pdf

-          Secondary programs at ESU

http://www.jccc.edu/campus-visit/schedule-tour.html

-          the link for JCCC campus visits:

http://www.emporia.edu/elecse/undergrad/

-          Undergraduate Elementary Education Home Page

            Some exciting news is that Emporia will be hosting an Educator Open House on November 7^th from 4:00-5:30 pm. This is located at the Emporia State University- Kansas City location which is 8400 W. 110^th Street, Suite 150, Overland Park, KS 66210. Please feel free to email me at valveros@usd231.com with any questions.

We had a second guest in our classroom today, John Duncanson, our assistant principal joined us after the guest speaker for part of the movie Adam. He noted that society’s treatment and perceptions of individuals with disabilities has changed. He contributed to our lesson by asking some thought provoking questions:

            If we as teachers are charged with preparing students for the future and life, what skills are necessary to instill in students?

            Compare how the law perceives individuals with disabilities and how schools do. What is the difference? How does these differences impact students?