Becky Pitkin

Lucy Bush, Associate Professor of Education/Assistant Dean Mercer University

Ellen Mandinach, Senior Research Scientist

Colleen O’Neil, Associate Commissioner, Educator Talent

Dr. Meghan Salyers, the Director of Student Teaching & Accreditation in the College of Education at the University of Mary discusses the use of the Model Code of Ethics for Educators in their teacher preparation program.  

Meghan Salyers and Becky Pitkin can be reached at [email protected] and [email protected].

Our guest in this episode is Mike Arakawa from Nevada. Mr. Arakawa works in the Nevada Department of Education where he serves as the Chief Compliance Investigator. In our discussion, Mr. Arakawa talks about Nevada’s use of the Statewide Central Registry to identify applicants who have had an allegation of child abuse or neglect substantiated against them.

Mr. Arakawa can be reached through email at [email protected]. 

In this episode, Alex Manuel, the Executive Director of the Washington Professional Educator Standards Board, discusses the development of new cultural competency standards for teachers. 

Alex can be reached at [email protected]. 

Mischel Miller works in the Kansas State Department of Education where she serves as the Director of Teacher Licensure and Accreditation. In this episode, Dr. Miller talks about the new system for automatic renewal of teacher licenses in Kansas. 

Mischel can be reached at [email protected]. 

Aaron Ross, the Director of Professional Conduct in the Ohio Department of Education, discusses a new, creative initiative called "Letters to Characters" designed to educate and inform certified personnel about the Licensure Code of Professional Conduct for Ohio Educators.

Aaron can be reached at [email protected]. 

In this episode Christina Linder and Katie Rhodenbaugh, from the College of Southern Idaho, discuss their work in rural teacher recruitment and retention. Christina Linder and Katie Rhodenbaugh may be reached through email at [email protected] and [email protected] respectively.