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MC3 Work in Arkansas

The Mid-Continent Comprehensive Center (MC3), in conjunction with each state education agency (SEA), develops an annual state work plan. The MC3 work plan for the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) addresses the following capacity building goals.

  • Build ADE’s capacity to support districts and schools most in need of improvement and close the achievement gaps among diverse student populations.
  • Enhance ADE’s capacity to to support districts and schools in their use of supplemental educational services to include approval, monitoring, and evaluation of vender services and performance.
  • Increase ADE's capacity to provide quality instruction to low achieving students in alternative education settings.

Read the full MC3 Arkansas Work Plan.

Latest Work

School Improvement Grant (SIG) Online Tool Training (November 29, 2011)

Education Trust National Conference (November 2, 2011)

Arkansas Common Core State Standards Meeting (January 17, 2012)

ELL AR IDEAS Professional Development Module Teleconference (February 9, 2012)

Assessment & Accountability Comprehensive Center Mini-Conference: Latest Issues in Assessment Quality (February 28, 2012)

National Indistar Summit (February 27, 2012)

MC3 Technical Assistance (TA) Team

MC3 Arkansas TA Liaison Janie Russell
MC3 Arkansas TA Coordinator Sharon Brooks

Arkansas State Coordinating Council

  • Dr. Tom Kimbrell, Commissioner
  • Mr. Phoebe Bailey, Teacher Center Coordinator
  • Dr. Laura Bednar, Assistant Commissioner for Learning Services
  • Mr. Deborah Coffman, Professional Development Associate Director
  • Dr. Barbara Hunter Cox, Teacher Center Coordinator
  • Ms Barbara Culpepper, Teacher Quality Education Coordinator
  • Ms Dana Davis, Supplemental Educational Services Coordinator
  • Ms Lisa Haley, Arkansas State Improvement Grant Literacy Coordinator
  • Mrs. Becky Jester, Director
  • Mr. Lori Lamb, Director of Alternative Education Programs
  • Ms Bernice Martin-Russell, Title 1 Coordinator
  • Ms Carol Massey, Reading First Director
  • Dr. Bill Nielsen, Program Support Manager
  • Ms Otistene Smith, School Improvement Federal Programs Liaison
  • Dr. Tracy Tucker, Director, Curriculum/Instruction


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