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MC3 Work in Missouri

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 Missouri Department Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) addresses the following capacity building goals.

• Assist DESE in expanding its capacity to support districts and schools most in need of improvement.
• Increase DESE's capacity to provide high quality professional development by providing the necessary knowledge, skills, and tools to support increased student performance.
• Enhance DESE's capacity to support districts and schools in improving numeracy and literacy instruction for students in grades K-12 by providing professional development and support for implementation of scientifically and research based practices in middle and high school literacy and numeracy instruction based on evidence from reports, briefs, and products and services from social scientists, the content centers, and other providers in the national technical assistance network.
• Improve the quality of instruction at all levels of schools and in supplemental services.
• Enhances DESE's system of support to improve instruction for English language learners (ELLs).
• Build DESE's capacity to improve the quality of instruction at all levels in schools by providing professional development and support for implementation of the Missouri Intervention Model (MIM), a Response to Intervention (RtI) model.

Read the full MC3 Missouri Work Plan.

Latest Work

Warrensburg RtI Institute (September 30, 2010)

ELL Coaches' Academy Follow-up II (September 30, 2010)

Missouri Three-tiered Model of Intervention Strategic Planning Meeting - Follow-up Conference Call (June 3, 2010)

Missouri RtI Collaborative Conference Call (July 16, 2010)

Northeast/Northwest RtI Institute (August 9, 2010)

MC3 Technical Assistance (TA) Team

MC3 Missouri TA Liaison Ellen Balkenbush
MC3 Missouri TA Coordinator Patricia Fleming

Missouri State Coordinating Council

• Dr. Chris Nicastro, Commissioner
• Ms. Mary Ann Burns, School Improvement Initiatives Director
• Ms. Suzy Cutbirth, Director
• Mr. Larry Flakne, Federal School Improvement Director
• Mr. Dennis Harden, Career Education Coordinator
• Mr. Sharon Hoge, Curriculum and Literacy Services Director
• Mr. Stan Johnson, Assistant Commissioner
• Mr. Howard Jones, Project Success Coordinator
• Ms. Nancy Keating, Curriculum and Assessment Assistant Director
• Ms. Julia LePage, Special Education, Effective Practices Assistant Director
• Mr. John Lewis, South Centrtal Regiona Professional Development Center (MO) Director
• Ms. Becky Odneal, Missouri School Improvement Program Chief Accountability Officer
• Mr. JoAnne Ralston, Director
• Ms. Ginny Vandelicht, School Improvement Support Director
• Ms. Pam Williams, Special Education Coordinator