School of Education Winter 2024

Students’ Experiential Learning

leader on campus, serving as President of the Stout Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, Vice-President of the Phi Upsilon Omicron Honor Society, and as a residence hall manager. Kaitlyn Gillis, a student in the M.S. School Counseling program, came to UW-Stout after completing a degree in psychology at UW-Madison, with minors in education and German. She currently serves as the Graduate Student Co-Director for the Wisconsin School Counseling Association (WSCA), a position she applied for after learning about it from a class presenter. In this role, she shares information from the WSCA Board/association with school counseling graduate students across the state. In addition, she will co-lead a leadership summit in the summer for WSCA student representatives from each of the campuses in Wisconsin, public and private, that have school counselor preparation programs. She is enjoying gathering input from other school counseling students, assessing their needs, and working to meet those needs through WSCA. She also appreciates learning how to advocate for herself and others in a professional manner.

Students Serving on State Education Boards

UW-Stout’s education programs are represented on two education-related boards this year. Hannah Timm, a junior Family & Consumer Sciences Education major, was nominated and selected by the Department of Public Instruction to serve as the student representative on the state Professional Standards Council for Teachers. This Council serves as an advisory committee to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction on policy matters in the areas of licensure, educator preparation, evaluation, and effective teaching. Other members include PK-12 teachers from public and private schools, administrators, school board members, and university faculty. As the student representative for educator preparation programs, Hannah has become proficient in advocating for and supporting teacher excellence, specifically how to aid first year teachers through peer mentoring, teacher preparation, and policies that support teachers. She hopes that the conversations with the Council can spark ideas for supportive school board and state policies and practices to develop teacher excellence. Hannah is also a Technology Education Competition and Conference Four Technology Education Engineering Collegiate Association (TEECA) student members participated in the 74th Four-States’ Regional Technology Conference November 9 and 10, 2023, in Pittsburg, Kansas. The TEECA students participated in the Problem Solving, Tech Challenge, and Teaching a Lesson Plan competitions. In addition, students attended professional development breakout sessions during the conference. The highlight of the event for the TEECA students was Miranda Johnstone, a freshman Technology Education student, winning the Teaching a Lesson Plan competition. The team of TEECA students designed a lesson plan around measuring and Miranda presented the lesson plan.

Hannah Timm

Kaitlyn Gillis

TEECA students and advisor, Barb Bauer, at the Four-States’ Regional Technology Conference.