Sample List of Milestones of our Program Completers

Initial Programs Completer Program Area Year School/District Milestone Kurt Jones Science Education 2018 Fairview High School (TN) Hired as principal for Fairview High School in Tennessee. He began his career in Williamson (Tennessee) Country Schools 16 years ago as a teacher and coach at Franklin High School. Molly Elementary Education 2018 St. Eugene Catholic School, Hired as principal at St. Eugene Catholic Goldsworthy City Archdiocese School. Cara Viviani Early Childhood 2018 Sequoyah Elementary School in Named an Public Schools’ Education Oklahoma City Public Schools Finalist for Teacher of the Year 2017-2018. (OKCPS) (OK) Timothy Campbell Elementary Education 2018 Yukon Middle School, Yukon Named Rookie Teacher of the Year for Public Schools (OK) Yukon Public Schools. Alona Whitebird History Education 2019 Southmoore HS, Moore Public Named the James Madison Fellowship Schools (OK) recipient for Oklahoma. Cara Bowerman Art Education 2019 , Named Finalist for Oklahoma Teacher of Edmond Public Schools (OK) the Year 2020 and named District Teacher of the Year for Edmond Public Schools. Alicia Hunt Elementary Education 2019 Cleveland Elementary School, Received the News Channel 4 First Fidelity OKCPS (OK) Bank's Pay It Forward Award. She received this award because of her work creating a program to help meet the needs of her students and their families outside of the traditional classroom setting. Jessica Metz Elementary Education 2019 Edmond Public Schools, OK Named KOCO Channel 5 Teacher of the Month. Keri Smith Elementary Education 2020 Independence Selected Yukon Public Schools 2020 District Intermediate School, Yukon Teacher of the Year. Selected as a 2021 OK Public Schools, OK Teacher of the Year Finalist Allyson Salles Elementary Education 2020 Hebron Valley Elementary, Elementary First-Year Teacher of the Year Lewisville School District, TX Christina Sundly Elementary Education 2021 Selected as a 2021 DaVinci Scholar by the DaVinci Institute, Oklahoma’s Creativity Think Tank Hanna Pavao Special Education 2021 Heritage Elementary, Edmond Edmond Public Schools Rookie Teacher of Public School, OK the Year 2020-2021 Lisa Pitts Elementary Education 2021 Oakdale Middle School, Oakdale OK finalists for the Presidential Awards for Public School, OK Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching Tobi Mitchell Elementary Education 2021 Started the One Little Person Scholarship

Advanced Programs Completer Initial Program Advanced Program Year School/District Milestone Area at UCO Area Diana Lebsack Educational 2018 Yukon Middle Serves as Yukon Middle School principal. She was Leadership School, Yukon selected as the 2018 Middle Level Principal of the Public Schools Year by the Oklahoma Middle Level Educators (OK) Association (OMLEA). She has served three years as a principal and 13 years as a school administrator. Jamie Hinds Secondary Education 2018 Webster Named an Oklahoma City Public Schools’ Finalist Middle School, for Teacher of the Year 2017-2018. OKCPS (OK) Kyla Kaufman Educational 2018 Bodine Named an Oklahoma City Public Schools’ Finalist Leadership Elementary, for Teacher of the Year 2017-2018. OKCPS (OK) Heather Zacarias Educational 2018 John Rex Named the director of elementary education at Leadership Charter School, John Rex Charter School. She has been involved in Oklahoma City education for more than two decades. Most (OK) recently, she served as principal at Adams Elementary School in OKCPS. Michelle Shelton Elementary Reading Education 2018 Pioneer Named site Teacher of the Year and a finalist for Education Intermediate 2019 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year School, Noble Public Schools (OK) Kathleen Suzanne History Secondary Education 2018 West Junior Named site Teacher of the Year Manning Education High, Moore Public Schools (OK) Misha Gray Reading Education 2018 Deer Creek Named site Teacher of the Year at Deer Creek Elementary Elementary School 2017-2018 School, Deer Creek Public Schools (OK) Ramae Collins Educational 2019 Mustang Promoted to Head Principal Leadership Middle School, Mustang Public Schools (OK) Jean Ambriz Educational 2019 John Marshall Named head principal after serving as the Leadership High School, assistant principal at Centennial Middle School in OKCPS (OK) OKCPS. David Jewell Educational 2019 Piedmont High Named assistant principal. In 2018-2019, he was a Leadership School, principal intern at Roosevelt Middle School, Piedmont OKCPS. Public Schools (OK) Lori Torbert Early Childhood Early Childhood 2019 Shidler Received the title “Reggio Mentor” and serves as Education Education Elementary a coach for the school’s transition to becoming a School, OKCPS Reggio inspired practicing school. (OK) Tracy Hunt Reading Education 2019 Oklahoma City Hired as the secondary English Language Arts Public Schools Coordinator for the district after being hired as (OK) the literacy coach at Northwest Classen High School the previous year. Barbara Bayless Reading Education 2019 Choctaw Public Named a finalist for Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, Schools (OK) 2013-2014. Cheri Long Library Media 2019 Oklahoma Named the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Education Department of Food and Forestry Farm to School program Agriculture coordinator. "The Farm to School program was (Formerly, designed to connect farmers with schools in an Moore Public effort to provide healthy, local food for students Schools, OK) and to serve as an educational tool to teach students where their food comes from." Joanna Eldridge Special Education 2019 Edgemere Named site Teacher of the Year and second Elementary runner-up for District Teacher of the Year School, OKCPS 20172018. (OK) Ginger Billman Special Education 2021 Richmond Selected as a 2021 OK Teacher of the Year Finalist Elementary, Stillwater Public Schools, OK Melanie Ball Elementary Reading Education 2021 Cotteral Selected as a 2021 OK Teacher of the Year Finalist Education Elementary, Guthrie Public Schools, OK Melissa Barlow Educational 2021 Yukon High Selected as a 2021 OK High School Principal of the Leadership School, Yukon, Year by OASSP OK