K-12
Big Rapids Public Schools(BRPS):
The SOE and the BRPS maintains an active and ongoing partnership that includes many
grant partnerships
(e.g., BRPS-Cycle 11; Cycle 9; etc.), teaching collaborations (e.g., field based supervisions;
expert adjuncts from K-12; (team-taught methods courses), and continuous professional development.
Dr. David Borth is our contact person at BRPS.
Port Huron/St Claire ISD:
The School of Education has a partnership with the St. Claire ISD in Port Huron
as an effort to help provide teacher certification to the vocational education teachers in that
district. This partnership has been the topic and a co-presented national conference. Dr. Kathleen
Szuminski is our contact person at St. Claire.
Community Colleges
Bay Mills Community College (BMCC):
The College of Education & Human Services (COEHS) and the School of Education have partnered
with BMCC to provide K-12
teacher education at Michigan’s only Tribal College.This was sponsored through the U.S.
Department of Education Special Projects Professional Development Grant – a Discretionary
Grant under Indian Education – Professional Development. The grant helped provide the initial
development and offerings for its first three years. During those three years, BMCC and the
School of Education worked together to institutionalize this offering so that it would remain a
permanent one through the COEHS at BMCC. Dr. Martha McLeod is our contact person at BMCC.
Grand Rapids
Community College (GRCC):
Ferris State University/Grand Rapids (at the Applied Technical Center) and the School of
Education is partnering with GRCC to provide a seamless 4-year teacher certification offering.
Students at GRCC will be able to simultaneously enroll at GRCC and FSU and take classes from
both institutions to complete the requirements for Elementary Certification and a B.S. degree.
All classes will be offered at either GRCC or at FSU/GR – ATC.
Dr. Laurie Farber is our contact person at GRCC.
MOTT Community College:
The School of Education is partnering with MOTT Community College to provide a seamless
4-year teacher certification offering. Students at MOTT will be able to simultaneously enroll
at MOTT and FSU and take classes from both institutions to complete the requirements for
Elementary Certification and a B.S. degree. All the classes will be offered at MOTT/Flint. Michael Ennis is our contact person at MOTT.
Red River Community College:
Ferris State University, through its University Center for
Extended Learning and the School of Education in the COEHS has
partnered with Red River Community College in Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada in order to provide a four-year degree (B.S.) to its
educational and vocational instructors. Dr. Nancy Reddy is our contact person at FSU for this
partnership.
Universities/Colleges
Western Michigan University
(WMU):
Ferris State University, through the School of Education, has partnered with
WMU to provide a joint doctorate in Career and Technical Education (CTE). Dr. Katherine Manley is FSU’s contact for this partnership
and Dr. Carol Woloszyk is WMU’s contact.
Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis:
FSU-GR with the SOE has partnered with IUPUI to provide two
on-line graduate level courses for FSU’s Masters degree with an
option in Philanthropy Education. Dr. Donald Green, Dean at FSU-GR, serves as the contact person
for this partnership.
Kendall College of Art & Design
(KCAD)/FSU:
FSU’s School of Education has partnered with the Kendall College of Art and
Design to provide a K-12 teacher certification in the visual arts. Although Kendall is owned by
FSU, it remains its own entity. Dr. Oliver Evans, President at KCAD, is our contact person for
this partnership.
Public:
UA - Plumbers and Pipefitters
FSU with the School of Education and the HVAC Department has partnered with the UA. The SOE
will provide a B.S. in Training in Business and Industry (TBI) degree while the HVAC department
will provide their content area specialty.
Council of Michigan Foundations – Learning
to Give
FSU-Grand Rapids with the School of Education has partnered with the Council of Michigan
Foundations and its Learning to Give initiative to provide an option in FSU’s Masters of
Education (M.Ed.) program for Philanthropy Education.Dr. Kathy Agaard at the Council of
Michigan Foundations is our contact person for this partnership and helps to provide the
expertise in Philanthropy Education for this component of the M.Ed. option.
