Educators earn advanced degree without leaving home
New program allows principals, teachers to earn master’s degree in Arkansas
Published: May 4, 2019
Five Catholic principals and teachers are about to become the first class of Arkansas graduates in Catholic school leadership master’s degree program.
The new partnership with St. Louis University is also expanding to allow professors to teach in Little Rock and to start a new doctoral program.
“I think it’s a wonderful program. I think it really prepares our principals to be good principals in a Catholic setting,” said Theresa Hall, superintendent of Catholic schools.
The virtual classes were available twice a month on Saturdays at the diocese’s House of Formation in Little Rock. After one more course in June, the educators who will earn their degree include Mary Kay Jones, principal at Blessed Sacrament School in Jonesboro; Rebecca Kaelin, principal at St. Boniface School in Fort Smith; Jared Schluterman, a science teacher at Subiaco Academy; and Sarah Wendel, a fourth-grade teacher at Christ the King School in Little Rock. Alice Stautzenberger, principal at St. Vincent de Paul School in Rogers, attended classes on the St. Louis campus.
The educators were able to use the video equipment already set up at the House of Formation, where seminarians have used the technology for seminary studies.
The educators attended virtual classes with others from the dioceses of Oklahoma City and Dallas cohorts.
Dr. John James,
Article source: https://www.arkansas-catholic.org/news/article/6034/Educators-earn-advanced-degree-without-leaving-home