Wilbur D. Mills Education Service Cooperative

Migrant Education students from Riverview, Searcy and White County Central attended STEM Camp at Harding University.

The WDMSEC Early Childhood Special Education Program is seeking applicants for the following positions: Full-time speech therapist to begin in August, 2023. This is a nine month position and follows the school year schedule and calendar. Teacher retirement as well as other benefits are included with this position. Travel is reimbursed for providing speech services, and the coop is increasing speech staff pay with the recently passed Act 237 of 2023 (LEARNS).The program is also seeking part-time contract speech. Medicaid/Eschool Administrative Assistant for the 2023-2024 SY. Qualified applicants should be knowledgeable in Medicaid billing and eschool for preschool services, and/or skills closely related to these. This position is a 12 month position and qualifies for teacher retirement and other benefits. This position has recently received an increase in pay for next year. Behavior consultant to work with our early childhood special education teachers and children to support behavioral strategies and skills in the classroom. This position is a nine-month position with travel reimbursement included for providing behavioral services. Qualified applicants must have a bachelor's degree in education, special education, or early childhood education, and be willing to obtain an early childhood special education endorsement. An early childhood educational background in counseling and/or mental health is desired. This position qualifies for teacher retirement and other benefits, and the cooperative has recently increased this position pay for next year with the recently passed Act 237 of 2023 (LEARNS). For more information, contact Dr. Suzanne Bailey, Early Childhood Special Education Program Coordinator at sbailey@wdmesc.org or 501-882-3852.

May 9, 2023 is National Teacher Appreciation Day!

Early Childhood Special Education Program is Hiring for the 2023-2024 SY! Administrative Assistant Speech Therapist Sped Teacher Behavior Specialist Contact Dr. Suzanne Bailey for more information and details at sbailey@wdmesc.org or 501-882-3852.

Summer's coming! Don't forget to register for PD sessions at bit.ly/3KDkuvX.

Hiring for 2023-2024 SY Wilbur Mills Early Childhood Special Education Program Speech Therapist- 190 day contract  Administrative Assistant- 240 contract   For more details contact Dr. Suzanne Bailey at 501-882-3852 or sbailey@wdmesc.org 

Our member districts are HIRING and WDMESC is hosting a Job Fair this Thursday night, March 30, at 6:00 pm. Interested applicants should come ready to meet and greet and possibly interview! Prior to the Job Fair, Grand Canyon University will be hosting an information session from 4:30 to 6:00. Current and future, certified or classified public school employees are welcome and will benefit! See you there!

WDMESC will be hosting a Teacher Job Fair this Thursday, March 30, 2023. Please help share the word with anyone interested in becoming a teacher or joining one of our member school districts! Paras and other support staff would benefit from this as well!

ADE Secretary Jacob Oliva and a team from DESE spoke with superintendents and guests today at WDMESC. Arkansas Department of Education

Last week, WDMESC hosted our first ever, America's Battle of the Books Regional Tournament. Students from Augusta, Cabot, Hazen, Lonoke, Searcy and White County Central participated. The Battles for the Primary Division were held on March 7th and the Battles for the Elementary and Middle School Divisions were held on March 8th. Congratulations to ALL students who made it to the regional tournament!!! Primary Division Winners 1st Place: The Searcy Chocolate Chip Cookies 2nd Place: The Searcy Book Masters 3rd Place: The Cabot Roses Elementary Division Winners 1st Place: The Cabot Bookworm Buddies 2nd Place: The Lonoke Dream Readers 3rd Place: The Cabot Wild Readers Middle School Division Winners 1st Place: The Hazen Masterminds 2nd Place: The Hazen Book Busters 3rd Place: The Augusta Magic Bookends

WDMESC is hiring! Administration Assistant for Early Childhood Special Education Program Start Date- July 1, 2023 Application open until filled Contract length- 12 months Salary- Per Salary Schedule Duties- As assigned by supervisor to assist with program needs and goals Education- Minimum- high school diploma Preferred Candidates- Experience with office related duties and roles, customer service, billing, early childhood, special education, and prior administrative assistant experience Contact Person- Dr. Suzanne Bailey at 501-882-3852 or sbailey@wdmesc.org

The Arkansas Instructional Innovation Association (aiia) will be having their annual conference on Saturday, February 11th from 9:00 am-4:00 pm at the Ronnie Williams Student Center on the University of Central Arkansas Campus. This year's theme will be "Designing for Digital Citizens" featuring Keynote Speaker Dr. Kriston Mattson. Miss Arkansas, Ebony Mitchell, will also be a guest speaker. We have an awesome schedule of sessions in the following strands: Online Teaching Innovation Tech and Technology Innovation Digital Citizenship Innovation Strategies for 2023 and Beyond Playground Demos Conference Registration link: https://aiia.regfox.com/aiia-conference-2023

WDMESC Receives Highest Ratings

Susan Chafin provided an excellent training for library media specialists on book repair at WDMESC!

WDMESC Early Childhood Department is seeking a Special Education Mental Health Therapist for contract services. Contract- As needed only basis to support early childhood children with special needs Contact Person: Dr. Suzanne Bailey at sbailey@wdmesc.org or 501-882-3892 for more information and details.

Please help us get the word out about our upcoming Teacher Job Fair!

Early Childhood Special Services Program at WDMESC has an opening for a paraprofessional position. This person needs to have a minimum of a high school diploma and bilingual, with proficiency in Spanish. Experience working with early childhood children is a plus, but not a requirement. Training will be provided. If interested, please send resume' to Dr. Suzanne Bailey at sbailey@wdmesc.org.

WDMESC Director Brad Horn and Assistant Director/TCC Leasha Hayes attended DESE’s Annual Report to the Public with the State Board and ESSA Steering Committee. Schools on the Move from across the state were recognized.

Wilbur Mills Co-op and Northwest Co-op are teaming up for STEAM Week, November 7-11! The link below will take you to a flyer with links to several STEAM activities. These can be used in your classroom, shared with students to do on their own, or adapted to something you are doing in your classroom. In the middle of the week, we will have Real World Wednesday. Starting at 9:00 am that day, we will have live zooms with people who are currently working in a STEAM field. If you don't have time to watch them live, we will be recording each of the zoom sessions and will send out links later in the week. You can watch as many or as few as you like at your convenience. Click the following link for STEAM Activities and Real World Wednesday https://bit.ly/3DLESGz

We loved having our high school students on campus for WDMESC's High School Chess Tournament!