MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2001 Regular Session

To: Rules

By: Senator(s) Browning

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO COMMEND DR. BELINDA MOTHERSHED UPON THE OCCASION OF BEING NAMED DISTINGUISHED STAFF DEVELOPER BY THE MISSISSIPPI STAFF DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, Dr. Belinda Long Mothershed earned the Ph.D. in Education Administration in 1979 and an M.Ed. in special education in 1984 at the University of Mississippi, and a B.S. in special education in 1972 at Memphis State University; and

WHEREAS, she currently serves as Assistant Superintendent of Education for the Pontotoc County School District; and

WHEREAS, she previously served the Pontotoc County School District as JTPA Coordinator and Staff Development Coordinator; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Mothershed was an adjunct professor at the University of Mississippi, having previously served there as a graduate instructor and technical assistant; and

WHEREAS, she worked in the Baldwyn Separate School District as Special Education Director and special education teacher, and in the Earle (Arkansas) Separate School District and Madonna Day School in Memphis as a special education teacher; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Mothershed has been extensively involved in professional activities, serving on the High School Exit Exam Task Force, the Alternative Education/GED Task Force, the North Mississippi Education Consortium, Pontotoc County Project Task Force, the Federal Program Task Force, the Mississippi Professional Development Workgroup, the Working Committee for Standards and Measures, the Workplace Competency Committee for the Mississippi Assessment System, the State Staff Development Advisory Committee, the Advanced Leadership Development Program, the Public Forum Staff Development Task Force, Leadership Pontotoc County and as a State Department of Education Trainer in several modules; and

WHEREAS, she has also served on the Mississippi Cooperative Manpower Committee (University Task Force), on the Board of Directors for the Area 11 Special Olympics, the State Department of Education Advisory Council for Title VI and as a Mentor for Gifted and Talented Students in Autism; and

WHEREAS, she has participated in many other professional activities and given numerous presentations and technical reports in her field; and

WHEREAS, Dr. Mothershed has been honored by being chosen for Who's Who Among Colleges and Universities, 1983-1984, and was named "Outstanding Educator of the Year" by the Northeast Mississippi Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa in 1983; and

WHEREAS, she is a member of the Mississippi Association for School Administrators, the Mississippi Staff Development Council and the National Staff Development Council, the Association for Supervision of Curriculum and Development, the Mississippi Association for Supervision of Curriculum and Development, Phi Delta Kappa, the Mississippi Association for Federal Education Programs and Mississippi Professional Educators; and

WHEREAS, Belinda Mothershed holds licenses in the fields of Administrator, Secondary Principal, Special Subject Supervisor, Educable Mentally Retarded and Learning Disabilities; and

WHEREAS, she has been honored by the Mississippi Staff Development Council as the Distinguished Staff Developer of the Year; and

WHEREAS, it is the policy of this Legislature to recognize excellence and achievement of the citizens of this state, especially when exhibited by those who work with our young people, who are our future:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, That we do hereby commend Dr. Belinda Mothershed as the recipient of the Distinguished Staff Developer Award of the State.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be presented to Dr. Mothershed and the Pontotoc County School District.