Advisory Council

The KELI Advisory Council provides recommendations to the Steering Committee and the Executive Director, and participates in two-way dialogue regarding vision, priorities, implementation, sharing of resources, and effectiveness of programming. Each official KELI Sponsor is entitled to the following membership on the KELI Advisory Council appointed by the host site in collaboration with the representative: Kansas Association of School Boards, (two members): Kansas Department of Education, (two members); Kansas State University’s College of Education, (two members); United School Administrators, (5 members selected from KASSP, KAESP, KAMSA, and KASEA—3 of the 5 members who are current Kansas principals and represent elementary, middle and high school leadership; and 2 of the 5 who represent special education administrators; the Kansas School Superintendents Association (3 members who are current Kansas district leaders and representative of district leadership in small, medium and large settings; and the Executive Director as ex-officio (non-voting) facilitator.

 

KELI Advisory Council Membership

Kansas Association of School Boards Katie Allen Board of Education kallen@mcrel.org

Kansas State Department of Education Shane Carter scarter@ksde.org

Kansas State University Tonnie Martinez College of Education tonnie@k-state.edu

School Administrators Eric Sacco Middle & Grade School Principal, USD #224 Clifton Clyde esacco@usd224.com

Daniel Ackerman High School Principal, USD #443 Dodge City ackerman.daniel@usd443.org

Lena Kisner Special Education Administrator, Reno County Cooperative #610 lkisner@rcec610.com

Angie Karraker Special Education Director, USD #261 Haysville akarraker@usd261.com

KELI Staff Mischel D. Miller Executive Director mischel@ksu.edu

Donna Augustine-Shaw donna5@k-state.edu

Jamie Griffin jeg14@k-state.edu

Caroline Hafner chafner@ksu.edu