Lisa Silmser

Job Titles

• Program Director
  Education K-12 (M.A.), Graduate School
• Adjunct Assistant Professor
  Teaching (M.A.), Graduate School
  Academic Behavioral Strategist License, Graduate School
  Special Education (M.A.), Graduate School

Highlight

Lisa is grateful to have been called to the ministry of teaching. She keeps current on K-12 practices by remaining in the classroom and readily shares practical expertise and stories from her experiences in a variety of settings, including teaching special education students in an online school. She teaches in the MA in Teaching, MA in Special Education and M.A. in K-12 Education programs. She is program director for MA in K-12 Education. Areas of interest include Instructional Strategies, Differentiation and Interventions, Special Education, Language Arts and Literacy, and Online Instructional Practices.

Started at Bethel

2002

Education

• Bethel University - B.A., 1992
• Bethel University - M.Ed., 1996
• Bethel University - 2015, Ed. D.

Biography

Lisa is grateful to have been called to the ministry of teaching. She keeps current on K-12 practices by remaining in the classroom and readily shares practical expertise and stories from her experiences in a variety of settings, including teaching special education students in an online school. She teaches in the MA in Teaching, MA in Special Education and M.A. in K-12 Education programs. She is program director for MA in K-12 Education.

Courses Taught

*  EDUC594 Methods of Effective Instruction

*  EDUC621 Foundations of Education

*  EDUC730 Introduction to Differentiation and Responsive Teaching

*  EDUC756 Writing the Master's Thesis

*  EDUC630 General Teaching Methods

*  EDUC614 Educational Research

*  SPED618 Foundations of Instructional Strategies for Teaching Students with Mild to Moderate Disabilities

*  SPED631 Responsive Instruction, Intervention and Assessment

*  SPED625 Special Education Planning and Programming

Past Courses:

*  EDUC685 Methods of Teaching Communication Arts and Literature

*  EDUC604 Introduction to Theories and Practices of Teaching and Learning

*  EDUC668 EBD Practicum and EDUC669 LD Practicum

*  EDUC490 Student Teaching Block

*  EDUC497 Student Teaching Seminar for Secondary Language Arts

Awards

2017 Faculty Excellence Award

Certificates and Licenses

Teaching License in: Secondary Language Arts 7-12, Emotional/Behavioral Disorders K-12, Specific Learning Disabilities K-12, Communication Arts and Literature 5-12

Professional Organizations, Committees, and Boards

Higher Education Literacy Partnership

MN Reading League

Teaching specialty

Instructional Strategies, Differentiation and Interventions, Special Education, Language Arts and Literacy, Online Instructional Practices