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Staff Directory - OATQ
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Contact - (605) 773-3553 |
| Melody
Schopp
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773-5232 |
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Office Staff - (605) 773-3553 |
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Steve Fiechtner- Assistant Director |
773-4774 |
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Job Duties: Accreditation
K-12, Accreditation Post Secondary Teacher Preparation,
Title II Higher Education, Graduation Requirements and
Calendars, Waivers |
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Jantina Nelson-Stastny - Management Analyst |
773-5470 |
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Job Duties:
Data Analysis, Initial
Certification, Highly Qualified Teachers, Praxis
Testing
For any questions
relating to certification, email us at:
certification@state.sd.us |
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Deedra
Gesinger
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Certification Specialist |
773-6934 |
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Job Duties:
Certification/Initial & Renewal, Highly Qualified
Teachers, Praxis Testing
For any questions
relating to certification, email us at:
certification@state.sd.us |
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Roxie Thielen - Certification Specialist |
773-4669 |
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Job Duties:
Initial & Alternative Certification, Lapsed
Certificates, Post Secondary Credentialing,
Praxis Testing
For any questions
relating to certification, email us at:
certification@state.sd.us |
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Lanette Johnston - Teacher Quality Specialist |
773-8415 |
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Job Duties: Teacher Quality Initiatives: Governor's
Teacher Leadership Conference,
Teacher of the
Year, Milken Educator of the Year,
National Board Certification, Highly Qualified
Teacher Plans, State Teacher Quality Plan, Title II
Part
A, Teacher to Teacher
Support Network |
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Carol Uecker - Accreditation Specialist |
773-4771 |
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Job Duties:
K-12 Accreditation, Alternative
Instruction (Home School), School Bus
Transportation, DOE Renewal Credit Approval |
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Sarah Carter - Education Specialist |
773-5213 |
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Job Duties: South Dakota
Virtual School, K-12 Accreditation, Teacher to Teacher
Support Network, Advance Placement |
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Lisa
Lomheim - Legal Assistant, Education Program Assistant II |
773-4705 |
Job Duties: Professional Practices, Background checks, Code of Ethics, Revocations/Suspensions/Denials, Student Rights, Student Due Process, Office for Civil Rights Coordinator, Section 504 Coordinator, Title IX Coordinator, and Administrative Rules Coordinator. |
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Pam Hoepfer -
Senior Secretary |
773-3426 |
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Job Duties:
Regent Scholar Certificates, Paraprofessional
Certificates, In state and Out of state Travel
Requests for OATQ and Bd. of Education members,
Reimbursements for: OATQ, Bd. of Ed. and their per
diems, TIF, Virtual School, Driver Education
questions, Certification Status calls. |
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Ferne Haddock - Secretary |
773-3553 |
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Job Duties: Secretarial
Support, Encoding Applications |
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