NASDTEC Podcasts

Brian Devine, Massachusetts DESE Shavon Harris, Alabama State Board of Education

Ashley Bartley and Lisa Ghormley, Associate Dean, College of Education, University of Phoenix

Malina Monaco, Vice President of Accreditation Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation

Anne Marie Fenton, NCAEE Chairperson & Director of Rules Management and Educator Assessment Georgia Professional Standards Commission

Leah Breen, Director Sean Kottke, Manager, Educator Preparation Sarah-Kate LaVan, Assistant Director Kelli Cassaday, Education Consultant Office of Educator Excellence Michigan Department of Education

Erin Jacobson, Coordinator Marijke Leibel, Assistant Coordinator North Dakota Teacher Support System North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board

Carolyn Angelo, NASDTEC Attorney Phillip Rogers, NASDTEC Executive Director

Patrick Halladay, Director of Educator Quality Ellen Cairns, Results-Oriented Program Approval Coordinator Andrew Prowten, Pre-service Education Quality Coordinator Vermont Agency of Education Others TBA

Dr. Phil Rogers, the Executive Director and CEO of the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) and Marcus Beauregard, the Director of the Defense State Liaison Office with the Department of Defense, discuss the progress, current status, and the direction of the Interstate Compact. Each of our guests may be contacted through email. Marcus Beauregard'...

Melissa Jacks, Educator Licensure Program Manager and Andy Sullivan, Director of Licensure, Arkansas Department of Education Gary Bunn, Director of the Office of Candidate Services, University of Central Arkansas Darrick Williams, Director of Human Resources, Pulaski County (AR) Special School District

Pam Hill, Teacher Mentor Mark MacLean, Superintendent Randy Wormald, Assistant Superintendent New Hampshire School Administrative Unit #46 Merrimack Valley and Andover

Hannah Putman, Managing Director of Research National Council on Teacher Quality

Mischel Miller, Director of Teacher Licensure and Accreditation Scott Gordon, General Counsel Kansas State Department of Education

Kelly Coash-Johnson, Executive Director, American Association of School Personnel Administrators

Cynthia Conn, Associate Dean Nicole Bies-Hernandez, Senior Data & Reporting Analyst Christy Farley, Vice President for External Affairs and Partnerships Northern Arizona University Kathleen Paulsen, Director Teachers Academy Induction Program, Arizona K12 Center

Colleen O’Neil, Associate Commissioner, Educator Talent Mary Bivens, Executive Director, Educator Workforce Development Colorado Department of Education

Ellen Mandinach, Senior Research Scientist Saroja Warner, Director for Talent Development and Diversity WestEd

Lucy Bush, Associate Professor of Education/Assistant Dean Mercer University Kara Cowdrick, Adjunct Professor of Education, Mercer University/Elementary ESOL Teacher, Gwinnett

Becky Pitkin Jamie Boyd

Dr. Meghan Salyers, the Director of Student Teaching & Accreditation in the College of Education at the University of Mary discusses the use of the Model Code of Ethics for Educators in their teacher preparation program.   Meghan Salyers and Becky Pitkin can be reached at msalyers@umary.edu and rpitkin@nd.gov .

Our guest in this episode is Mike Arakawa from Nevada. Mr. Arakawa works in the Nevada Department of Education where he serves as the Chief Compliance Investigator. In our discussion, Mr. Arakawa talks about Nevada’s use of the Statewide Central Registry to identify applicants who have had an allegation of child abuse or neglect substantiated against them. Mr. Arakawa can be reached through email...

In this episode, Alex Manuel, the Executive Director of the Washington Professional Educator Standards Board, discusses the development of new cultural competency standards for teachers.  Alex can be reached at alexandra.manuel@k12.wa.us . 

Mischel Miller works in the Kansas State Department of Education where she serves as the Director of Teacher Licensure and Accreditation. In this episode, Dr. Miller talks about the new system for automatic renewal of teacher licenses in Kansas.  Mischel can be reached at mmiller@ksde.org . 

Aaron Ross, the Director of Professional Conduct in the Ohio Department of Education, discusses a new, creative initiative called "Letters to Characters" designed to educate and inform certified personnel about the Licensure Code of Professional Conduct for Ohio Educators. Aaron can be reached at Aaron. Ross@education.ohio.gov . 

In this episode Christina Linder and Katie Rhodenbaugh, from the College of Southern Idaho, discuss their work in rural teacher recruitment and retention. Christina Linder and Katie Rhodenbaugh may be reached through email at CPLinder@csi.edu and krhodenbaugh@csi.edu respectively.