Wishing everyone a fantastic school year ahead! May your days be filled with exciting discoveries, wonderful friendships, and endless opportunities for growth. Remember to embrace each moment, learn from every experience, and keep your curiosity alive. Here's to making this year your best one yet! #BackToSchool #NewBeginnings #HaveAGreatYear 📓🍎
Wilbur D. Mills Early Childhood Special Education Program is Hiring!!
We are now hiring a paraprofessional and still needing a speech therapist. We have great schedules, pay, benefits, paid leave, retirement, and much more!
Contact Dr. Suzanne Bailey at sbailey@wdmesc.org for more information and details.
Last week, Arkansas Cooperative Technology Coordinators (ACTC) and Arkansas Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) presented multiple sessions at the ADE Summit in Hot Springs. Sessions focused on cyber awareness regarding insurance, timeline & system reconnections, superintendent cyber panel, MFA, COOP, data responsibility, and Google for school leaders.
WDMESC educators learning about the state’s plan for inclusive education and how general educators and special educators can collaborate to ensure access to grade-level content for ALL learners. Thanks, Robin Stripling and Tabitha Riendeau from DESE!
WDMESC Board of Directors had a great work session this week. Sessions included Tier I, CFAM, District Budgets and District Cyber Considerations.
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.