
School of Education
PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372
Phone: 910.521.6221/6539
Fax: 910.521.6165
Email: soe@uncp.edu
Location: Education Center, Room 108
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Advisory council information
An advisory council is a group of members (faculty, students, teachers, or administrators) who have been appointed by the specific Teacher Education Program to provide advice on current and future issues, directions and priorities of the Teacher Education Program.
The Advisory Council for the Undergraduate Art Education Program is as follows:
Fran Gertz - cooperating teacher. National Board certified
Tom Volkman - cooperating teacher
Ann Lopez - undergraduate Art Ed faculty
Karen Granger - undergraduate Art Ed faculty
Storm Frith - student
The Advisory Council for the Birth-Kindergarten Program is as follows:
Full-time Faculty, UNCP:
Judith Losh, Frankie Denise Powell, Irina Paraschiv, Karen Stanley
Adjunct Faculty:
Melanie Carnes: Director of Sandhills Children’s Center in Richmond County
Terrie Jordan: Kindergarten Teacher, Montclair Elementary, Cumberland Co; Power of K Initiative Participant, DPI, Clinical Teacher for Internships
Margaret Locklear: Hearing and Visually Impaired Coordinator, Regional
Kim Moser, Director of EDIS Program, Womack Army Medical Hospital (Assesses Children Birth-Five Years with Disabilities)
Diana Pierce, Pre-K Teacher, Montclair Elementary, Cumberland County, Clinical Teacher for Internships
Patricia Price: Service Agency Counseling Graduate, UNCP; stay-at-home Mom now
Marissa Scott Roach: ABD, UNC-Greensboro; Early Childhood Special Education
Courtney Walters: Clinical Psychologist, Health First Medical Center, Moore County
Students and Graduates:
Gracie Breeden, Kindergarten Teacher at Upchurch Elementary, Hoke County (graduate)
Ciji Brooks, Pre-Kindergarten Teacher at Southside Ashpole, Robeson County (graduate)
Jennifer Plummer, current student (traditional)
Linda Vandevender, current student intern (non-traditional and online cohort)
Janice Wright, Program Manager of Early Head Start, Cumberland County (graduate)
School Administrators:
Betty Brum, Principal, Upchurch Elementary School, Hoke County
Tona Jacobs, Principal, Pembroke Elementary School, Robeson County
Biology Education
The Advisory Council for the Elementary Education Program is as follows:
Angie Adams, graduate of program
Tona Jacobs, principal
Betty Brum, principal
Swannee Dickson, faculty
Becky Berdeau, faculty
Emily Long, faculty
Leilani Criss, current student
Renee Burke, current student
The Advisory Council for the English Education Program is as follows:
Jeffrey Lucas, UNCP Faculty
Scott Billingsley, UNCP Faculty
Elaine Davis, Teacher, Lumberton SHS; also UNCP Adjunct Faculty
Shannon Brayboy, Teacher, Lumberton SHS
Jamie Eads, Teacher, Union Pines HS; also a graduate of the program
John Smith, Student
Mathematics Education
Middle Grades Education
The Advisory Council for the Music Education Program is as follows:
Dr. Timothy Altman, Chair of Music
Marty Spitzer, Director of Marching Bands
Tracy Wiggins, Director of Percussion
Amy Kulbeth Stovall, UNCP alumna and Director of Choirs at Scotland HS
Tanya Edwards, UNCP masters graduate and middle school band director.
The Advisory Council for the Physical Education Program is as follows:
Pam Riemer
Lanette Locklear
Heneritta Nance
Sandra Evans
Science Education
The Advisory Council for the Social Studies Education Program is as follows:
Dr. Jeffrey K. Lucas, Coordinator, UG SSE Program Area; History Department Faculty
Dr. Scott Billingsley, History Department Faculty; Director, Graduate SSE Program Area
Ms. Elaine Davis, Adjunct SSE Faculty; Social Studies teacher, Lumberton SHS
Ms. Shannon Brayboy, Social Studies teacher, Lumberton SHS
Ms. Jamie Eads, 2007 graduate of the UNCP UG SSE program area; Social Studies teacher at Union Pines HS
Mr. John Smith, UG SSE student teaching intern, Scotland HS
The Advisory Council for the Special Education Program is as follows:
Lynn Blackshear Ray, EC Co-Director, Hoke County
Alicia Tate, Ed Director, Scotland County
Latisha Hines, Junior, UNCP
Lisandra Ackerman, Senior, Graduating, UNCP, May, 2009
Alan Chase, Senior, Graduating, UNCP, December, 2008
Updated: March 10, 2009
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