Faculty Spotlight:
Kim Wilson will be a member of the 2025 Association of Teacher Educators鈥� Dr. W. Robert
Houston Leadership Academy. She is also presenting at National Association for School-University
Partnerships (NASUP) and Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) in March. Kim served
as a Guest Editor of special issue of NASUP鈥檚 journal School University Partnerships
with focus on Collective Impact. She was an invited author for a chapter in an edited
book focused on serving marginalized youth in educational settings for IG Publishing.
Faculty Activity:
Teacher Apprentice Program鈩� (TAP鈩�) faculty at the Shawnee Mission School District
Teacher Education College Fair for high school students and paraprofessionals.
Upcoming TAP鈩� events:
Kansas Annual CTE Conference, Ed Rising State Conference, Olathe School District PASSPort
Event: HS and Para/Sub, KDEC Conference, Elevating Literacy Conference, Kansas Association
of Mathematics Teachers Conference (hosted at WSU), Class visits to Johnson County
Community College, Butler Community College and WSU Tech.
Innovations in Curriculum:
Aaryn Ludens attended the ISTE AI training allowing TAP student access to personalized
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) developed Pre-Service AI
Modules, titled, 鈥淎I for Tomorrow鈥檚 Teachers鈥�. These will be integrated into TAP 323:
Technology Seminar in Elementary Education course. The modules focus on exploring
how to ethically use AI to increase effectiveness as a teacher, as well as how to
integrate AI learning in Pk-6 classrooms.
TAP Pinning Celebrations:
Over 170 graduates and guests came to WSU to celebrate fall graduation. The event
was sponsored by our valued partner, Credit Union of America.