ADE Secretary Jacob Oliva and a team from DESE spoke with superintendents and guests today at WDMESC. Arkansas Department of Education
7 days ago, WDMESC
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
7 days ago, WDMESC
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
14 days ago, WDMESC
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
about 2 months ago, WDMESC
WDMESC Receives Highest Ratings
about 2 months ago, WDMESC
Susan Chafin provided an excellent training for library media specialists on book repair at WDMESC!
2 months ago, 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.
3 months ago, WDMESC
Please help us get the word out about our upcoming Teacher Job Fair!
4 months ago, WDMESC
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.
4 months ago, WDMESC
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.
4 months ago, WDMESC
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
4 months ago, WDMESC
We loved having our high school students on campus for WDMESC's High School Chess Tournament!
5 months ago, WDMESC
Another great group of students competed in WDMESC's Elementary Chess Tournament this week!
5 months ago, WDMESC
Dr. Tony Thurman of Cabot and Dr. Chris Nail of Beebe present to aspiring superintendents at AAEA's 2022 Aspiring Superintendent Program.
5 months ago, WDMESC
Family Mental Health Night October 19, 2022, 6:00-7:00 PM
The ADE, in partnership with the Cook Center for Human Connection, ARConnectNow, and Arkansas Trauma Resource Initiative for Schools (TRIS), will host this FREE, one-hour, virtual event.
This event will introduce parents, students, and educators to free resources to support youth mental-health concerns. This event will also provide a forum for participants to ask questions anonymously.
To register, visit https://bit.ly/ADE-FMHN
5 months ago, WDMESC
Did you know that last year our area schools supported over 600 students experiencing homelessness? This year we expect that number to exceed 1000. If your business, community organization, or you as an individual would like to support your school with these needs please complete the form linked below. Immediate needs include clothing, hygiene supplies, gift cards for food or gas, and medical services. For more information you may contact Tuer Kennard at tkennard@wdmesc.org or call 501-882-5467 extension 2260.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3P7IfyAfu-fX2af7SKbjegrv-sZmnmUlY_ewaj-7yoK7tHg/viewform?usp=sf_link
5 months ago, WDMESC
Math and Science Specialists, along with parent volunteers worked with the White County Iris Society to support 3rd grade students at McRae Elementary in Searcy. Students were able to choose an iris and learn to plant and care for them. Plants will be sent home in the Spring.
6 months ago, Ben Carrigan
Science teachers came together to learn about the AR K-12 science standards and how to engage students with a phenomenon at the start of a lesson. #ExploreBeforeExplain
7 months ago, Ben Carrigan
Science and Math Specialists from WDMESC are supporting Robots and Rockets Camp at Harding University. Over 50 middle school students from all across the co-op are attending the STEM focused camp.
7 months ago, Ben Carrigan
Erik Francis of Solution Tree leads WDMESC teachers in Deconstructing Depth of Knowledge.