CE Mist
Center of Excellence in Middle-level Interdisciplinary Strategies for Teaching (CE-MIST)
Dr. Gary J. Senn, Director
Dr. Deborah McMurtrie, Program Director
Dr. Bridget Coleman, Curriculum Coordinator
CE-MIST aims to develop and model state-of-the-art in-service and pre-service teacher training programs that concentrate on interdisciplinary curriculum development and implementation at the middle school level. CE-MIST will develop innovative practices that enable school personnel to improve student achievement, provide effective, sustained, high-quality professional development, incorporate field-based teacher education programs that involve technology-based instructional techniques, and implement innovative practices for teaching children with diverse backgrounds and diverse learning styles. CE-MIST will model these programs as it provides professional development for higher education faculty around the state of South Carolina.
CE-MIST is made possible under a grant from the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education under the auspices of the Education Improvement Act (EIA) Teacher Education Centers of Excellence Grant Program.
Goals and Objectives
Goal 1: Developing and modeling exemplary teacher training programs.
Goal 2: Providing hands-on, inquiry-based, research-supported programs.
Goal 3: Developing an influential constituency for the Center
Goal 4: Achieving a position of leadership in the state
Goal 5: Develop a detailed research agenda
Visit the other South Carolina Centers of Excellence
Partner Schools
Busbee Corbett Elementary Middle School
Johnston-Edgefield-Trenton (JET) Middle School
Leavelle McCampbell Middle School
Traveling Interdisciplinary Literacy Trunks (TILTs)
Available Kits, Implementation Guides, Unit Guides, Lesson Plans, Materials List
Programs for Middle-Level Students
Student Programs Lesson Information, Standards Correlations, Pre- and Post-Visit Activities, and Traveling Science Kits
See CE-MIST programs for Grade 6 - 8
CE-MIST Programs for Preservice Teachers
Service Learning Project for EDPY A334
CE-MIST Presentations at Conferences
- SCAMLE 2020
- AMLE 2018 Orlando, FL
- SCAMLE 2018
- AMLE 2017 Philadelphia, PA
- SCAMLE 2017
- AMLE 2016, Austin, TX
- SCAMLE 2016
- AMLE 2015, Portland, OR
- SCAMLE 2015
- AMLE 2014 Nashville, TN
- SCMSA 2014
- AMLE 2013, Minneapolis, MN
- SCMSA 2013
- AMLE 2012, Portland, OR
- SCMSA 2012
- AMLE 2011, Louisville, KY