MSTA Presents

Open enrollment bills, cell phone bans and more in this AI-generated episode summarizing the MSTA Action newsletter.

Tara Link, New Teacher Support and Innovation Coach at Moberly School District, joins MSTA Presents. We discuss her workshop, Classroom Management: +1 Your Toolbox, which will be presented at MSTA's Virtual Teacher Summit on February 19. 

You can sign up for the workshop here.

In addition, Tara has co-authored a book with Beth Whitaker titled Teacher Induction That Works: A Lasting Impact from Day 1. You can learn more about the book and purchase it here.

An AI-generated episode summarizing the Jan. 24, 2025 issue of MSTA Action. 

An AI-Generated summary of the Jan. 17, 2025 edition of MSTA Action

This AI-generated podcast recaps the lastest MSTA Action newsletter, keeping you up-to-date on public education news from Jefferson City.

MSTA Presents speaks with FIRST® in Missouri Executive Director Laura Roth. FIRST in Missouri provides robotic programs to Missouri students, Pre-K-12. You can learn more about FIRST in Missouri by visiting the links below:

FIRST in Missouri website – local support and calendar of events

FIRST - global headquarters website

Experiential Robotics Platform 

Videos

• Not a Robot

• Join FIRST - Get Anywhere

• Coaching and Mentoring with FIRST

Today, MSTA Presents spoke with Sonya Gough, AIMS Facilitator and ELA Educator, and Jay Jarrett, Principal at the Hall McCarter Education Center in the Blue Springs School District. We spoke primarily about the Applied Innovation Middle School Program but also discussed many other programs offered at the Education Center. 

You can learn more about Hall McCarter by emailing Jay Jarrett at [email protected]. 

To find out more about the AIMS program you can visit a similar program based in Iowa: Iowa Big.

Morgan Dennehy, District Manager for Junior Achievement in Central Missouri, joins MSTA Presents to discuss Junior Achievement and the organization's K-12 programs.

You can contact Morgan here.

Central Missouri Junior Achievement website: https://centralmissouri.ja.org/

Junior Achievement St. Louis website: https://greaterstlouis.ja.org/

Today, we speak with Jenni Ryan, the Missouri Arts Council's arts education program specialist. Jenni outlines the A+ Schools Network and a new whole-school arts integration training program available for Missouri schools. 

To find out more information, contact Jenni:

Phone: 314.340.6857

Email: [email protected]

Here are some links for other established state programs:

Oklahoma A+ Schools: 

Louisiana A+ Schools: 

North Carolina A+ Schools: