Midway Elementary PDS/LSUS
Midway Elementary PDS/LSUS partnership focuses on excellence in teaching and learning, as well as the continuing development of students and staff on both campuses.

The partnership between Midway and LSUS benefits the students at Midway as well as the teacher candidates at LSUS. The purposes of this partnership are:

• Assist the students of Midway to achieve maximum levels.
• Provide K-5 classroom opportunities for students preparing to be teachers.
• Provide staff development opportunities for University and Midway faculty.
• Provide model classroom settings for innovative practices.
• Assist new teacher education graduates entering the profession.
• Provide on-site undergraduate and graduate education.
  

PK-16+ Council
The PK-16+ Council brings together representatives of all the stakeholders in education from pre-school through graduate school. The Council was formed by the University Chancellor and charged with identifying ways to improve the quantity and quality of teachers and the achievement of Prek-12 students in our schools. The Council provides opportunities for collaboration between Prek-12 educators, higher education and community leaders to identify ways and means for redesigning teacher education programs and enhancing efforts to recruit, prepare, support and retain highly effective teachers and educational leaders to have a significant impact on Prek-12 student achievement and, therefore, on the quality of life in our communities.

PK-16+ Council members include:

Dr. Charles Wilson, PK-16+ Coordinator, Director of Graduate Studies LSUS
Dr. Vincent Marsala, Chancellor LSUS
Dr. Stuart Mills, Provost and Vice Chancellor LSUS
Dr. Patricia Doerr, Associate Vice Chancellor LSUS
Dr. Cynthia Gant, Coordinator and Chair Education Department Southern University Shreveport
Mrs. Patty Trudell, Director, Consortium for Education, Research, and Technology
Mr. Jim Conerly, Executive Director, Alliance for Education
Mrs. Tina Kendrick, Director Region VII Educational Service Center
Dr. Stan Wilkins, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bossier Parish Community College
Mr. Ken Kruithof, Superintendent, Bossier Parish Schools
Ms. Ann Alford, Assistant Superintendent Bossier Parish Schools
Mr. Gene Couvillion, Principal, Haughton High School Bossier Parish
Mrs. Kay Easley, Superintendent, Red River Parish Schools
Mrs. Patricia Horton, Supervisor Elementary Education Red River Parish Schools
Mr. Ron Festavan, Superintendent, Caddo Parish Schools
Ms. Marlene Ritter, Director of General Education Caddo Parish Schools
Ms. Priscilla Pullen, Principal Midway Elementary PDS Caddo Parish
Mr. Eddie Smithey, Assistant Principal, Midway Elementary PDS Caddo Parish
Mrs. Charlotte Watson, Principal, University Elementary School Caddo Parish
Mr. Walter Lee, Superintendent Desoto Parish Schools
Mr. Todd Lintzen, Supervisor of Instruction, Desoto Parish Schools
Dr. Stephanie Aamodt, Chairman of Biology Department LSUS
Dr. Dave Gustavson, Chairman of Education Department LSUS
Dr. William Vekovius, Dean, College of Sciences LSUS
Dr. Severn Doughty, Dean Continuing Education LSUS
Dr. Dave Anderson, Professor History/Social Science LSUS
Dr. Merrell Knighten, Dean College of Liberal Arts LSUS
Dr. Gale Bridger, Dean College of Education and Human Development LSUS

Teacher Cadet Program
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Sport Science Institute
The Sport Science Institute is designed as a consortium of faculty from Louisiana State University in Shreveport (LSUS) and the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport (LSUHSCS), collaborating in research, service and education in a broad spectrum of activities related to sport and exercise science. In addition to conducting interdisciplinary research, the Institute will serve as an educational outreach unit and will participate in academic programs at the undergraduate and graduate level. LSUS and LSUHSCS faculty involved represent a variety of backgrounds of sport experience and scholarly direction. All have a common interest in interdisciplinary research, education, and service activities that merge sport and science. While this type of research, service, and education is at present occurring in specific situations, the Institute serves to coordinate efforts, attract significantly more external funding, and bring important visibility to Louisiana and the institutions and researchers comprising the Institute.

Objectives of the Institute include:

1. Interdisciplinary research in the burgeoning field of sport and exercise science. The Institute will facilitate the establishment of a network of researchers/scholars interested in sport science and related fields. The two initial partners, LSUS and LSUHSCS, plan to actively recruit researchers from other Louisiana institutions for involvement in research projects as the Institute develops. Opportunities for collaboration will be extended to researchers based at other North Louisiana colleges and universities including Grambling State University, Centenary College, Bossier Parish Community College, and Southern University at Shreveport.
   
2. Establishment of a formalized link between academic researchers and the professional community. Collaborative efforts will include participation by non-academic researchers and other professionals at area health care institutions, including Christus Schumpert Health Care System, Doctors’ Hospital, Willis Knighton Medical Center, Overton Brooks Veterans Administration Hospital, Barksdale AFB Health & Fitness Center, Biomedical Research Institute, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services Region III, and others as opportunities and interests dictate.
   
3. Establishment of a clearinghouse for the community and Institute scholars in matching research/educational interests and expertise with community needs and problems. The Institute facilitate the application of academic and professional knowledge to address community needs and problems and to provide information and expertise for policy making in sport science and related fields.
   
4. Develop new educational opportunities and strengthening of existing educational programs for undergraduate and graduate students in the growing fields of sport and exercise science, wellness/fitness, and related disciplines. The Institute will enhance academic programs at both LSUS and LSUHSCS.
   
5. Promote a cooperative community service and public education efforts. The Institute coordinates the development of joint projects to provide service to the community and educational outreach to targeted populations, such as K-12 students and their parents, disabled individuals, etc.
   
6. Attraction of significant external funds to support the expansion of interdisciplinary research, community service and education programs. Establishment of the Institute will strengthen the potential for securing major grants from agencies such as NIH, NSF and USDOE and funding from corporate and other sources concerned with sport science. Corporate support for endowed professorships and corporate sponsorship for research and outreach programs will be sought.
   
7. Promotion of economic development and employment growth in North Louisiana economic sectors related to the Sport Science Institute. The Institute will be an asset for further growth in North Louisiana’s regional health care industry and for attracting additional sport science related events to the region. For example, special events and seminars will attract professionals from out-of-state whose spending will benefit area businesses.

The Institute’s objectives are in agreement with the roles, scopes and missions of both LSUS and LSUHSCS. As a part of its mission, LSUS seeks to enhance the cultural, technological, social, and economic development of the region through outstanding teaching, research and service. LSUHSCS seeks to improve the health of Louisiana residents by serving as a focus of teaching and research in the health sciences. The Institute will clearly further the partner institutions’ missions through research, education and service to the community.