Coordinator of Student Teacher Placement and Field Experience
Office: Bishop Hall 618
Phone: (231) 591-2689
E-mail Address: baark@ferris.edu
Profile:
| Education: |
Master of Science in Career and Technical Education |
| Concentration: | Instructor Option |
| Dissertation Topic: | “A Comparison of the Relationship between Personality Type and Selected Demographic and Academic Characteristics” |
| Professional Experience: |
14 years in higher education and 22 years in allied health education |
| Teaching Experience: | Adjunct faculty at Ferris State University and Baker College of Cadillac |
| Professional Development: | National Student Teacher Supervision Conference; Learn Today, Teach Tomorrow Conference; SOE Academic Advising Workshop; FSU Employee Leadership Development Program; Disabilities Workshop; Collaboration with MI and Out-of-State Teacher Preparation Programs; Annual Equity in the Classroom Conference; Diversity Lecture Series |
| Presentations/ Publications: |
Field Placement Informational Meetings; Student Teaching Orientation; University Supervisor Clinical Supervision Workshop; Program Presentations to Local Schools; FPO Video; Pre-Student Teaching and Student Teaching Guides |
| Professional Memberships: | Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD); Directors and Representatives of Teacher Education Programs (DARTEP); Michigan Association of College for Teacher Education (MACTE); Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) |
| Additional Duties | Review Committee, Chair; TEAC Stakeholders Committee Member; Search Committee Member; Field Placement Policies and Procedures; University Supervisor and Seminar Instructor; |
| Hobbies | Reading, art, music, gardening, walking and bicycling |
