Student Teaching Advisory Council

The Student Teaching Advisory Council (STAC) originated in 1982. It includes elementary, middle, high school and special subjects and administrative representation. University personnel also serve on STAC. The Council meets four times annually.

The Council functions include:

1. Improving student teaching and practicum experiences by sharing concerns, ideas, etc. with one another.
2. Assuming an advisory role for future program directions.
3. Encouraging clear communication between public school and university personnel in student teaching placement and interview procedures.
4. Serving in an advisory capacity to Education Academic Services (EAS), the office that administers the field experience programs.
5. Encouraging joint efforts between the university and public schools in such areas as: curriculum, discipline, group dynamics. Suggested areas of collaboration included computers, special education programs, etc.
6. Serving in a liaison capacity, bringing ideas, to and from peers, to the attention of the Council.

STAC Membership for 2005-06

Joey Anderson, Curriculum and Instruction
Ricki Benton, Education Academic Services
Laura Godfrey, Wright Middle School, Madison
Jeffrey Hamm, Education Academic Services
Peter Hewson, Curriculum and Instruction
Charles James, Curriculum and Instruction
Leslie Kebbekus, Stephens Elementary School, Madison
Margot Kennard, Education Academic Services
Susan Beck Knowles, Oregon High School, Oregon
Gary Lake, Agricultural and Life Sciences
Kathy Lewinski, Education Academic Services
Heather Lott, West High School, Madison
Kimber Malmgren, Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education
Kelly Meyers, Verona Area High School, Verona
Ann Niedermeier, Wright Middle School, Madison
Heidi Notbohm, Sauk Trail Elementary School, Middleton-Cross Plains
Ann Redmond, Kromrey Middle School, Middleton-Cross Plains
Jo Richards, Curriculum and Instruction
Trici Schraeder, Communicative Disorders
Barbara Smith, Memorial High School, Madison
Valli Warren, Education Academic Services
Paula Wolfe, Curriculum and Instruction
Ken Zeichner, Associate Dean, School of Education

Clinical Associates (CA)

The Clinical Associates Committee consists of elementary and middle school teachers and administrators, university personnel and teacher education students. It meets four times annually. It is an advisory group focusing on clinical education in the Elementary Education program.

Clinical Associates are active members of the committee. After serving as a CA, by-laws indicate that individuals then serve as Building Representatives (CABRs) to their schools. CABRs are not active committee members, but given their prior knowledge of the committee, they are able to continue serving as liaisons between their staffs and the CA committee. Madison Metropolitan School District schools utilized for field experience placements have either a Clinical Associate or a Building Representative. Other districts or schools utilized for field experience placements also have a representative to the committee.

2005 – 2006 Clinical Associates/Clinical Associate Building Representatives
School-Based Clinical Associates:

Cathy McGaw, Chavez Elementary School
Ryan Flessner, Cherokee Middle School
Nancy Curtin, Crestwood
Roseann Murphy, Falk Elementary School
Catherine Lyman, Hawthorne Elementary School
Ken Swift, Lapham Elementary School
Ruth Noble, Lowell Elementary School
Kathy Mack, Marquette
Sue Uminski, Elm Lawn, Middleton
Mary Klehr, Midvale Elementary and Lincoln Elementary Schools
Paula Bauch, Randall Elementary School
Barbara Brodhagen, Sherman Middle School
Nan Youngerman, Spring Harbor Middle School
Nancy Booth, Thoreau
Allen Cross, Wingra School

Madison Metropolitan School District Liaison:

Mary Ramberg
Student Representative: vacant
Student Representative: vacant

University-Based Clinical Associates:

Ricki Benton, Program Assistant, Education Academic Services
Marianne Bloch, Elementary Education, Practicum I
Diane Falkner, Elementary Education
Gloria Ladson-Billings, Elementary Education, Practicum IV
Mary Louise Gomez, Elementary Education Program Chairperson, Practicum II      
Carl Grant, Co-Director of Student Teaching, Elementary Education
Jeff Hamm, Assistant Dean, Education Academic Services
Jo Richards, Clinical Associates Coordinator, Elementary Education
Ed Taylor, Elementary Education program, Practicum III
Alice Udvari-Solner, Special Education
Valli Warren, Student Services Coordinator, Education Academic Services
Ken Zeichner, Associate Dean, Co-Director of Student Teaching, Elementary Education

Clinical Associate Building Representatives:

Mary Hendrickson, Allis Elementary School                          
Diane Coccari, Black Hawk Middle School   
Lisa Reinemann, Elvehjem
Bari Lopez, Emerson  
Deborah Hoffman (principal), Franklin Elementary School
Carol Heibel (principal), Glendale
Jessie Ripley, Gompers
Nicole Schaefer (ass’t.princ.), Hamilton Middle School
Joan Freeman, Huegel
Paul Bishop (principal), Jefferson
Sharron Heibl, Kennedy
Susan Hobart, Lake View
Laurie Stehle, Leopold Elementary School
Pam Wilson (principal), Lindbergh
Cathy Hunt, Mendota Elementary School
Julie D’Onofrio, Muir
Karen Spilde, O’Keeffe Middle School
Karen Holschuh, Orchard Ridge Elementary School
Linda Kailin (principal), Sandburg
Sheila Briggs (principal), Schenk
Colleen Lodholz (principal), Sennett Middle School
Erica Smith, Shorewood Elementary School
Vicki Julka, Stephens
Jacqueline Strahl, Toki Middle School
Julie Frentz (principal), Van Hise Elementary School
Terry Meissen, Whitehorse Middle School
Nancy Evans (principal), Wright Middle School

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