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BECOMING A TEACHER LEADER: *Taking Responsibility for Student Learning*
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	Dr. Richard Porr, Associate Professor and Chair (A.A.S., Missouri Western State College; B.S.E., Northwest Missouri State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City) Full-time, Tenured Faculty EDU 331, EDU 510 816-271-4332 porr@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111 http://staff.missouriwestern.edu/users/porr/

	Tina Dye, Assistant to the Chairperson (B.S.E., Missouri Western State University, M.S. in Ed) Professional Staff 816-271-5951 tdye1@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111 http://academic.missouriwestern.edu/tdye1/

	Kit Blake, Instructor (B.S.E., Missouri Western State University; M.S., Northwest Missouri State University) Full-time, Tenure Track Faculty 816-271-4303 EDU 375, EDU 360, EDU 483, EDU 484 blake@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111 http://academic.missouriwestern.edu/blake/

	Dr. Debby Bogle, Associate Professor (B.S.E., M.A., Ed. S., Pittsburg State University; Ph.D., University of Kansas) Full-time, Tenured Faculty 816-271-4304 EDU 304, EDU 340, EDU 540 bogleds@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111 http://academic.missouriwestern.edu/bogleds/

	Dr. Susan Claflin, Assistant Professor (B.A, Ottawa University; M.A., Kansas State University; Ph.D., University of Kansas) Full-time, Tenured Faculty 816-271-4365 EDU 417, EDu 419, EDU 358, EDU 412, EDU 413, EDU 420 mclaflin@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111 http://staff.missouriwestern.edu/users/mclaflin/

	Kay Dickerson, ESL/TESOL (B.S., Northwest Missouri State University; M.S., Kansas State University) 816-271-4193 edickerson@missouriwestern.edu Spratt Hall 105f

	Dr. Barb Eddins, Assistant Professor (B.S.Ed., Missouri Western State College; M.S., M.S.Ed., Northwest Missouri State University; Ed.D., University of Kansas 816-271-5952 EDU 202, EDU 304, EDU 404 beddins@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall 111 http://staff.missouriwestern.edu/users/beddins/

	Dr. Nancy Edwards, Professor (B.A., Graceland University; M.Ed., University of Columbia; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City) Full-time, Tenured Faculty 816-271-4449 EDU 403, MAT 351, EDU 615 edwardsn@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111 http://staff.missouriwestern.edu/users/edwardsn/

	Dr. Douglas Eicher, Associate Professor (B.S, University of Nebraska-Omaha; M.A., Ed Spec, University of Nebraska-Kearney; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln) Full-time, Tenure Track Faculty 816-271-4300 EDU 225, EDU 352, EDU 315,EDU 386 deicher@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111 http://academic.missouriwestern.edu/deicher/

	Dr. John Ellis, Assistant Professor (B.S., Indiana State University; M.A., Ed.D., Ball State University) Full-time, Tenure Track Faculty 816-271-4302 EDU 304, EDU 330, EDU 620 jellis6@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111 http://academic.missouriwestern.edu/jellis6/

	Dr. Elizabeth Hendrix, Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Alabama) Full-time, Tenure Track Faculty 816-271-4332 EDU 202, EDU 308, EDU 530, EDU 580 mhendrix4@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111 http://academic.missouriwestern.edu/mhendrix4/

	Lisa Robbins, Instructor (B.A., St. Louis University; M.S. Ed., University of Kansas) Full-time, Tenure Track Faculty 816-271-5629 EDU 315, EDU 342, EDU 357, EDU 359, EDU 370 lrobbins@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111 http://staff.missouriwestern.edu/users/lrobbins/

	Dr. Mike Smith, Professor (B.A., Ashland College; M.S., University of Dayton; Ph.D., Indiana University) Full-time, Tenured Faculty 816-271-4514 EDU 310, EDU 320, EDU 360, EDU 520 smithms@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111 http://staff.missouriwestern.edu/users/smithms/

	Dr. Timothy Wall, Assistant Professor (B.A., Truman State University; M.S.Ed., Northwest Missouri State University; Ed.D., University of Missouri-Columbia) Full-time, Tenure Track Faculty 816-271-4533 EDU 202, EDU 225, Assessment Coordinator for Education timwall@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111 R http://staff.missouriwestern.edu/users/timwall/

	Mrs. Janice Talley Full-time Administrative Assistant Elementary Specialist talley@missouriwestern.edu

	Mrs. Debbie Crisler Half-time Administrative Assistant Secondary/K-12 Specialist crisler@missouriwestern.edu

Adjunct Faculty
	Dawn Dennis, 816-271-4332 EDU 413 ddennis1@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111

	Ms. Cathy Gann, M.S., Reading Specialist (M.S. Elementary Education, Northwest Missouri State University; B.S. Elementary Education, Missouri Western State University) 816-271-5621 EDU 101 gann@missouriwestern.edu Hearnes Center 218

	Mike Flowers, Instructor (B.S. in Ed, Northwest Missouri State University, M.S., in Ed Admin, Northwest Missouri State University) Adjunct Faculty 816-271-4367 EDU 202, EDU 308, EDU 311, EDU 312 mflowers@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall 111 http://staff.missouriwestern.edu/users/mflowers/

	Mrs. Tammy Flowers, (M.A., Early Childhood, William Woods University) 816-271-4332 EDU 140 tmaretoli@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111

	Deb Lyons, 816-271-4332 EDU 342, EDU 419 dlyons@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall 111

Adjunct Supervisors

	Dr. Bart Albright (Ed.D., University of Kansas) 816-271-4332 Supervision balbright@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111

	Mrs. Pat Burton, (Ed.D., Secondary, NWMSU) 816-271-4332 Supervision Murphy Hall, 111

	Mrs. Joyce Edwards, (M.A., Science in Ed & Leadership, NWMSU) 816-271-4332 Supervision EDU 404 Micro Teaching jedwards11@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111

	Mr. Larry Edwards, (M.A., Mathematics, Ed Administration, NWMSU) 816-271-4332 Supervision EDU 404 Micro Teaching ledwards4@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111

	Mr. Marvin Fine, (M.A., Administration, NWMSU) 816-271-4332 Supervision mfine@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111

	Ms. Patty Hartenbower, M.S., PE, Health (B.S., M.S., Northwest Missouri State University) 816-271-4474 harten@missouriwestern.edu Looney Complex 214G

	Mrs. Loes Hedge, (M.A., Elementary, NWMSU) 816-271-4332 Supervision lhedge1@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111

	Dr. Jennifer Hegeman, Ph.D., Math/Education (B.A., Augustana College; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City) 816-271-4374 hegeman@missouriwestern.edu Agenstein Hall, 101

	Mr. Jeff Hinton, M.A., Music (B.M.E., M.A., Northeast Missouri State University) 816-271-4429 hintonje@missouriwestern.edu Potter Hall, 108

	Vic Kretzschmar, 816-271-4332 vkretzschmar@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111

	Mrs. Jan Marriott, (M.S., Elementary, NWMSU) 816-271-4332 Supervision jmarriott4@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111

	Mrs. Kathy Matt, (M.A., Elementary, NWMSU) 816-271-4332 Supervision EDU 340, EDU 375 kmatt@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111

	Mrs. Jan Miller, (M.A., Special Education, NWMSU) 816-271-4332 Supervision wilcox@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111

	Dr. Patty Palmer, (Ed.D., C&I, Administration, University of Kansas) 816-271-4332 Supervision outpalmr@greenhills.net Murphy Hall, 111

	Mrs. Terry Pritchett, (M.A., Education, NWMSU) 816-271-4332 Supervision Murphy Hall, 111

	Ms. Sharon Sherwood, (M.A., Elementary, Music, NWMSU) 816-271-4332 Supervision Murphy Hall, 111

	Mr. Don Weston, (M.A., Elementary, Administration, NWMSU) 816-271-4332 Supervision dweston1@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111

	Dr. Nannette Wolford, Ed.D., PE (B.S., Missouri Western State College; M.S., Northwest Missouri State University; Ed.D., University of Kansas) 816-271-4487 wolford@missouriwestern.edu Looney Complex 214E

	Denise Young, (B.S., Elementary Education, University of Central Missouri; M.S., Elementary Education, Northwest Missouri State University) 816-271-4332 Supervision dyoung16@missouriwestern.edu Murphy Hall, 111

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