Kim Wilson will be a member of the 2025 Association of Teacher Educators’ Dr. W. Robert Houston Leadership Academy. She is also presenting at National Association for School-University Partnerships (NASUP) and Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) in March. Kim served as a Guest Editor of special issue of NASUP’s journal School University Partnerships with focus on Collective Impact.  She was an invited author for a chapter in an edited book focused on serving marginalized youth in educational settings for IG Publishing.  

 

 

Teacher Apprentice Program™ (TAP™) faculty at the Shawnee Mission School District Teacher Education College Fair for high school students and paraprofessionals.

 

Kansas Annual CTE Conference, Ed Rising State Conference, Olathe School District PASSPort Event: HS and Para/Sub, KDEC Conference, Elevating Literacy Conference, Kansas Association of Mathematics Teachers Conference (hosted at WSU), Class visits to Johnson County Community College, Butler Community College and WSU Tech.  

 

Aaryn Ludens attended the ISTE AI training allowing TAP student access to personalized International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) developed Pre-Service AI Modules, titled, “AI for Tomorrow’s Teachers”. These will be integrated into TAP 323: Technology Seminar in Elementary Education course. The modules focus on exploring how to ethically use AI to increase effectiveness as a teacher, as well as how to integrate AI learning in Pk-6 classrooms.  

 

 

Over 170 graduates and guests came to WSU to celebrate fall graduation. The event was sponsored by our valued partner, Credit Union of America.