Rockin' Against Multiple Sclerosis Receives Chancellor's Excellence Award
Rockin’ Against Multiple Sclerosis (Mizzou RAMS), a student-run philanthropy housed in the Truman School of Public Affairs, was the recipient of a 2019 Chancellor’s Excellence Award for the Most Outstanding Large Organization at Mizzou. RAMS helps mid-Missourians with multiple sclerosis by raising funds for the MS Institute, which provides services and support for individuals living with MS. Second-year MPA student Jonathan McGuff, who has served as the organization’s graduate advisor the last two years, nominated RAMS for this honor.
The National Workforce Registry Alliance
Combine data across 14 state and regional workforce registries for early childhood and school-age professionals and provide a report detailing descriptive and inferential analyses on these data.
MU Center for Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support
Design and maintain a web application to facilitate reporting and evaluation of school districts’ and researchers’ use of data from the Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support system.
Missouri AfterSchool Network Evaluation
IPP provides evaluation services for the Missouri Afterschool Network (MASN) to address the quality of federally funded afterschool programs (21st Century Community Learning Centers, School Age Care) and locally funded afterschool programs.
Special Education Parent Survey
Survey of parents who have children that receive special services. Results are used for federal reporting and quality improvement efforts. One-third of all districts are surveyed annually.
School Improvement Grant (SIG) Support
Evaluation of changes in perceptions of administrative leadership and building based on student and faculty responses to the Missouri Advance Questionnaire (AQ).
First Year Teacher, Administrator, and Specialist Surveys
Survey of teachers, school administrators, and counselors who are in their first year of service. Supervisors are also surveyed. Data are used by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and preparation programs for evaluating preparation of public school staff.
Economic Development Experts Share Their Experiences With Students
The Truman School’s Regional and Economic Development Policy class recently hosted a panel of three distinguished guests discussing their role in local, regional and federal economic development and offering some insights into some of the more challenging aspects of this work.
The panel featured: