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Center of Excellence in Middle-level Interdisciplinary Strategies for Teaching (CE- MIST)

Dr. Gary J. Senn, Director
Ms. Deborah McMurtrie, Program Director
Janice Weeks, Administrative Assistant, 803-641-3769

The purpose of CE-MIST is 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.

• Partner Schools
  • A.L. Corbett Middle School
  • Johnston-Edgefield-Trenton (JET) Middle School
  • Leavelle McCampbell Middle School
• Goals and Objectives
• Visit the other South Carolina Centers of Excellence

Did You Know?

There are over 20 Centers of Excellence sponsored by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education. Three of those centers are at USC Aiken: Educational Technology (CEET); Advancement of Rural, Under-Performing Schools (CERUPS); and Middlelevel Interdisciplinary Strategies for Teaching (CE-MIST).

CE-MIST Programs for 6-8 Students
Student Programs Lesson Information, Standards Correlations, Pre- and Post- Visit Activities, and Traveling Science Kits

CE-MIST Programs for Teachers
Teacher Workshop Information, Summer Institutes for Teachers, Traveling Trunks

CE-MIST & Aiken Writing Project
(June 8- July 2, 2010)

CE-MIST Programs for Preservice Teachers
Workstudy position - CE-MIST Teaching Assistant, Service Learning Project