The MIM Management Team
Pam Williams
Coordinator of Services
SPDG Project Director
Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education
pam.williams@dese.mo.gov
Mary Ann Burns
Director, School Improvement Initiatives
Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education
maryann.burns@dese.mo.gov
Sharon Hoge, Ph.D.
Director, Curriculum and Literacy Services
Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education
sharon.hoge@dese.mo.gov
Doug Sutton
Director, Career Education Initiatives
Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education
doug.sutton@dese.mo.gov
Tim Lewis, Ph.D.
Professor, Special Education
Director, MU Center for School-wide
Positive Behavior Support
University of Missouri-Columbia
lewisTJ@missouri.edu
Megan T. Freeman
Assistant Director, Effective Practices
Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education
megan.freeman@dese.mo.gov
Pattie Noonan, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor
University of Kansas
Center for Research on Learning
pnoonan@ku.edu
Ginger HenryCoordinator of Services
SPDG Project Director
Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education
pam.williams@dese.mo.gov
Mary Ann Burns
Director, School Improvement Initiatives
Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education
maryann.burns@dese.mo.gov
Sharon Hoge, Ph.D.
Director, Curriculum and Literacy Services
Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education
sharon.hoge@dese.mo.gov
Doug Sutton
Director, Career Education Initiatives
Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education
doug.sutton@dese.mo.gov
Tim Lewis, Ph.D.
Professor, Special Education
Director, MU Center for School-wide
Positive Behavior Support
University of Missouri-Columbia
lewisTJ@missouri.edu
Megan T. Freeman
Assistant Director, Effective Practices
Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education
megan.freeman@dese.mo.gov
Pattie Noonan, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor
University of Kansas
Center for Research on Learning
pnoonan@ku.edu
Director Effective Practices
Office of Special Education
ginger.henry@dese.mo.gov
Gwynn Ready
Supervisor, Effective Practices
Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education
Office of Special Education
(573) 751-0601
Gwynn.Ready@dese.mo.gov
Dennis D. Harden, Ed.D.
Coordinator, Career Education
Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education
dennis.harden@dese.mo.gov
Cathi Rust
Supervisor, School Improvement,
Accountability, Data, and Accreditation
Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education
catherine.rust@dese.mo.gov
Erica Lembke, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Missouri-Columbia
lembkee@missouri.edu
Ronda Jenson, Ph.D.
Research Consultant, Missouri Integrated Model
Director of Research
UMKC Institute for Human Development
jensonr@umkc.edu
Thea Scott
Director of Three-Tiered Model Coordination
Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education
Thea.Scott@dese.mo.gov
Amy Gaumer Erickson, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor
University of Kansas
Center for Research on Learning
aerickson@ku.edu
MIM Partners
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education works with educators, legislators, agencies and citizens through its statewide school-improvement initiatives and regulatory functions to assure that all citizens have access to high-quality public education from early childhood to adult education.