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Realizing Excellence for ALL Children in Mississippi (REACH MS) is Mississippi鈥檚 State Personnel Development Grant which focuses primarily on supporting school-wide and district-wide implementation of Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support (PBIS) at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Recently, several new initiates were added: PBIS Early Childhood, Universal Design for Learning and Significant Cognitive Disabilities. Awarded to The Mississippi Department of Education in 2005, the grant is operated by the University of Southern Mississippi鈥檚 Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education.
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REACH MS
reachms@usm.edu
Dr. Hollie Filce, Principal Investigator
hollie.filce@usm.edu
601-266-6376
Selina Merrell, Director
selina.merrell@usm.edu
601-325-6958
Mary Dean Keyes, Administrative Specialist
601-266-4693
Patty Gautier, Family, Data & Dissemination Coordinator
patricia.gautier@usm.edu
228-218-9805
Rich Baker, Web Guy
rich.baker@usm.edu
PBIS K-12
Kasey Keith, Ed.S., PBIS Specialist
kasey.keith@usm.edu
601-266-4693
Sydney Wise, M.A., PBIS Specialist
Sydney.Wise@usm.edu
662-401-8506
PBIS Early Childhood
Dr. Brittany Herrington, Early Learning Specialist
Brittany.Herrington@usm.edu
601-266-4693
Significant Cognitive Disabilities
Dr. Brittany Herrington, Significant Cognitive Disabilities Specialist
Brittany.Herrington@usm.edu
601-266-4693
UDL
Hope Ratcliff, UDL Specialist
Frances.Ratcliff@usm.edu
Cell (601) 695-0081
601-695-0081
The purpose of REACH MS is to:
- Provide high quality professional development opportunities meeting the needs of educators, related service providers, families and children of our state.
- Increase the engagement of stakeholders within and beyond the Mississippi Department of Education to support a more unified, sustainable structure of professional development processes, products, and opportunities for both pre-service and in-service educators.
- Engage and support local education agencies, institutes of higher learning, families, and other stakeholders to increase Mississippi's capacity to meet state goals relevant to PBIS through program improvement.