Student Council for Exceptional Children, Missouri State University

Congrats to past SCEC President, Aubrey Hardy, on this incredible achievement!!!

DESE & Missouri’s Milken Educators presented the Missouri Teacher Leader of Tomorrow Awards at today’s State Board of Education meeting, recognizing 10 promising pre-service teachers enrolled in educator preparation programs & celebrating their potential to become lasting positive influences within the teaching profession.

Learn more about today's honorees here: https://dese.mo.gov/media/pdf/missouri-teacher-leader-tomorrow-award-0.

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Aubrey Hardy named a 2025 Missouri Teacher Leader of Tomorrow by Missouri Milken Educators - News - Missouri State University She is a Missouri State special education graduating senior.

Way to go, Aubrey!!! ♥️🐻🦅

Aubrey Hardy, a Missouri State University student currently student teaching at Nixa High School, has been selected to receive the Missouri Teacher Leader of Tomorrow Award. This is a prestigious honor for student teachers in Missouri. 🏆

Hardy will join the Nixa High School staff as a special education teacher for the 2025-2026 school year. 🦅

Autism Minute: Differential Reinforcement

It's Exceptional Children's Week! Exceptional Children’s Week is an annual celebration of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities and/or gifts and talents. Check out more about this week and how you can plan your own celebration: https://exceptionalchildren.org/events/exceptional-childrens-week-2025

Congratulations to our FIRST Focus at Four attendance drawing champs!!

⭐️Sydney Rehm, Dallas County R1
⭐️Elizabeth Washington, Waynesville
and
⭐️David Rice, Marshfield

Attend our next Focus at Four event TOMORROW 3/27/25 at 4pm to learn about some neat technology/AI tools you can use in your classroom, and be entered to win a prize of your own!!

Focus at Four. Technology in Special Education

Zoom link: https://missouristate.zoom.us/j/81296217605

NEXT WEEK! Sense of Community is back and next week we are diving into teacher retention in Missouri. Tune in to hear from eight area schoolteachers about the joys and challenges of being an educator.
All episodes will also be available after they air on KSMU.org/senseofcommunity

ICYMI: CEEDAR has a new IC on supporting content learning through technology for K-12 students with disabilities! This IC highlights the critical role of both assistive and instructional technology in enhancing students’ learning experiences and learning outcomes. 🧑‍💻
http://ceedar.education.ufl.edu/innovation-configurations/

📢TOMORROW!!! 📢

Can’t wait to see everyone at Hill Hall tomorrow at 6!

Missouri State University SCEC President and VP, Aubrey and Kobe, presented an amazing poster discussing the characteristics of school programs that improve graduation outcomes for students at-risk of dropping out!

Excellent job!!

College of Education at Missouri State University

Missouri Council for Exceptional Children

Council for Exceptional Children

Way to go Dr. Craig!

Did you know that Missouri State University has a Disability Studies Minor? We were so excited to have the intro class stop by and learn more about empower: abilities and how we serve the community. We talked about ways Centers for Independent Living continue the work of advocacy started by pioneers in the Independent Living Movement.

DAS 100 taught by Dr. Chris Craig is an Introduction to Disability Studies that provides a multidisciplinary introduction to the many dimensions of Disability Studies, including the history, social, cultural, political, legal, and economic perspectives on disability in American society. https://catalog.missouristate.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=6&poid=1813&hl=%22disability+studies%22&returnto=search