Institute for Math and Science Education
The Institute for Math and Science Education (IMSE) is housed in the Echols Building on the UA Fort Smith campus.
The goal of IMSE is to assist preschool through college math and science teachers in meeting the needs of their students through professional development workshops, model lessons, and hands-on training. For more information on upcoming scheduled workshops, please contact one of our specialists.
Darlynn Cast, IMSE Director
Jan Martinez, Administrative Specialist
Judy Dunmire, Math Specialist
Stephen Brodie, Science Specialist
IMSE maintains a Resource Room of teaching materials, as well as a Library of professional journals and curricular books, all for teacher use and check out. Please select the link below for viewing the items available for loan.
Our Math and Science Specialist provide professional development in math, science, and technology content for Arkansas pre-service and certified teachers, as well as technology trainings for the UA Fort Smith faculty. This assistance is provided to individual teachers within their own classrooms, large-scale school faculty trainings, and multi-district trainings in the Institute's campus classrooms.
The service area of the Institute include over twenty of the Arkansas River Valley area school districts, including Alma, Booneville, Charleston, Cedarville, Clarksville, County Line, Fort Smith, Greenwood, Hackett, Hartford, Lamar, Lavaca, Magazine, Mansfield, Mountainburg, Mulberry, Mena, Ozark, Paris, Scranton, Van Buren, Waldron, and Westside.
Due to the close proximity to Oklahoma, the Institute also provides its services to many of the local Oklahoma school districts. These include Arkoma, Bokoshe, Cameron, Fanshawe, Gans, Heavener, Hodgens, Howe, Leflore, Monroe, Muldrow, Panama, Pocola, Poteau, Roland, Sallisaw, Sallisaw Central, Shady Point, Spiro, Stilwell, Talihina, Vian, Whitesboro, and Wister.
For more information on IMSE resources, please contact our Staff.
