Email: l-silmser@bethel.edu
Job Titles
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Adjunct Assistant Professor
Education K-12 (M.A.), Graduate School
Teaching (M.A.), Graduate School
Academic Behavioral Strategist License, Graduate School
Special Education (M.A.), Graduate School
Highlight
Lisa is grateful to have been called to the ministry of teaching. She keeps current on K-12 practices by remaining in the classroom and readily shares practical expertise and stories from her experiences in a variety of settings, including teaching special education students in an online school. She teaches in the MA in Teaching, MA in Special Education and M.A. in K-12 Education programs. She is program director for MA in K-12 Education. Areas of interest include Instructional Strategies, Differentiation and Interventions, Special Education, Language Arts and Literacy, and Online Instructional Practices.
Started at Bethel
2002
Education
- Bethel University - B.A., 1992
- Bethel University - M.Ed., 1996
- Bethel University - 2015, Ed. D.
Biography
Lisa is grateful to have been called to the ministry of teaching. She keeps current on K-12 practices by remaining in the classroom and readily shares practical expertise and stories from her experiences in a variety of settings, including teaching special education students in an online school. She teaches in the MA in Teaching, MA in Special Education and M.A. in K-12 Education programs. She is program director for MA in K-12 Education.
Courses Taught
* EDUC594 Methods of Effective Instruction
* EDUC621 Foundations of Education
* EDUC730 Introduction to Differentiation and Responsive Teaching
* EDUC756 Writing the Master's Thesis
* EDUC630 General Teaching Methods
* EDUC614 Educational Research
* SPED618 Foundations of Instructional Strategies for Teaching Students with Mild to Moderate Disabilities
* SPED631 Responsive Instruction, Intervention and Assessment
* SPED625 Special Education Planning and Programming
Past Courses:
* EDUC685 Methods of Teaching Communication Arts and Literature
* EDUC604 Introduction to Theories and Practices of Teaching and Learning
* EDUC668 EBD Practicum and EDUC669 LD Practicum
* EDUC490 Student Teaching Block
* EDUC497 Student Teaching Seminar for Secondary Language Arts
Awards
2017 Faculty Excellence Award
Certificates and Licenses
Teaching License in: Secondary Language Arts 7-12, Emotional/Behavioral Disorders K-12, Specific Learning Disabilities K-12, Communication Arts and Literature 5-12
Professional Organizations, Committees, and Boards
Higher Education Literacy Partnership
MN Reading League
Teaching specialty
Instructional Strategies, Differentiation and Interventions, Special Education, Language Arts and Literacy, Online Instructional Practices