The main continuous improvement project in which the Educator Preparation Program is engaged is the Annual Program Evaluation (APE). The APE process requires program faculty to evaluate their program with state and/or national standards. Reports are based on data generated by program candidates who completed the program during the previous academic year. The reports are submitted in the fall, and then members of the Educator Preparation Assessment Committee review them and provide feedback. In the course of preparing the APE report, faculty must analyze data and make judgments about the degree to which program completers are meeting expectations on the standards. Based upon these judgments, they then identify a few specific changes that they will attempt to make over the next year to address relative deficiencies or build upon relative strengths. The very first section of the APE report is an update on the changes proposed the previous year. Data upon which proposed changes were based is referenced both in this first section and in the section of the report that describes changes planned for the coming year. APE processes themselves have evolved over the past few years in response to faculty feedback and so are, also, an example of EPP efforts at continuous improvement.

program program contact
Agriculture Education Marissa Wilson
mjwilson@semo.edu
Art Education dlmse@semo.edu
Biology Education James Champine
jchampine@semo.edu
Chemistry Education Rachel Morgan-Theall
rmtheall@semo.edu
Counseling Education, Specialist Travis Smith
tsmith1@semo.edu
Early Childhood Education Cassie Borst
caborst@semo.edu 
Early Childhood Special Education, MAT eese@semo.edu 
Educational Administration, Specialist Sherry Copeland
slcopeland@semo.edu
Elementary Education, MA Brandy Hepler
bhepler@semo.edu
Elementary Education, UG Larry Bohannon
rlbohannon@semo.edu
English Education Jessica Muckerman-Presson
jnpresson@semo.edu
Exceptional Child (Cross-Categorical), UG Dixie McCollum
dgmccollum@semo.edu
Exceptional Child Education, MA (Non-cert) Dixie McCollum
dgmccollum@semo.edu
Exceptional Child, MAT eese@semo.edu 
Family & Consumer Sciences Education Sarah Garner
sgarner@semo.edu
Higher Education Administration, MA Brooke Clubbs
bclubbs@semo.edu
Mathematics Education William McNeary
wwmcneary@semo.edu
Mental Health Counseling, MA Jan Ward
jward@semo.edu
Middle School Education, Language Arts/Social Sciences William Bratberg
wbratberg@semo.edu
Middle School Education, Mathematics, Science William Bratberg
wbratberg@semo.edu
Music Education: Instrumental dlmse@semo.edu
Music Education: Vocal dlmse@semo.edu
Physical Education Adolfo Ramos
aramos@semo.edu
Seidu Sofo
ssofo@semo.edu 
Physics Education Joseph Murphy
jmurphy@semo.edu
School Administration, MA Lisa Bertrand
lbertrand@semo.edu
School Counseling, MA Jan Ward
jward@semo.edu
School Psychological Examiner, Certificate Jan Ward
jward@semo.edu
Secondary Ed: Educational Studies, MA Robin Smith
rlsmith@semo.edu
Secondary Ed: Educational Technology, MA Robin Smith
rlsmith@semo.edu
Social Science Education Courtney Kisat
ckisat@semo.edu
Special Education Administrator Lisa Bertrand
lbertrand@semo.edu
STEM, MAT William Bratberg
wbratberg@semo.edu
Teacher Leadership, MA Margaret Noe
mnoe@semo.edu
Teacher Leadership, Specialist Sherry Copeland
slcopeland@semo.edu
World Languages Education dlmse@semo.edu
Phone
Educator Preparation
(573) 651-2556
Certification/Background Check
(573) 651-5932
Field Experiences
(573) 651-2411
Location
Office
Scully 301
Mailing Address
Educator Preparation
One University Plaza
Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63701