PLSB Members


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Tiffany Bone

Fort Smith Public Schools, Assistant Superintendent 

 

Representing: Arkansas ASCD as Executive Director

Term Expires: June 30, 2026

Hosea Born
Middle School Art Teacher, Hope Public School District
 

Representing: Arkansas Education Association
Term Expires: June 30, 2026

Dr. Mary Jane Bradley
Assoc. Professor & a Program Director, Arkansas State University
 
Representing:  Public Institutions of Higher Education and Arkansas Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

Term Expires: June 30, 2024 

Brenda Brown
Helena/West Helena School District
 
Representing:  Classroom Teachers - Birth-Kindergarten and Arkansas Education Association

Term Expires: June 30, 2024 

Brandi Cheers
3rd Grade Teacher, Marion School District - Math, Science, & Technology Magnet
 
Representing:  ASTA (Arkansas State Teachers Association)

Term Expires: June 30, 2026

Dr. Victoria Groves-Scott
University of Central Arkansas
 
Representing: Public Deans of Higher Education

Term expires: June 30, 2025

Kathy Howell
Clarksville School District
 
Representing: Classroom Teachers – Kindergarten-Grade 6 and Arkansas Education Association

Term Expires: June 30, 2025

Annette R. Hux
Interim Department Chair Educational Leadership, Curriculum & Special Education Center for Excellence in Education Arkansas State University
 
Representing: ArPEL
Term Expires: June 30, 2024
Dr. Harold Jeffcoat
Superintendent, Van Buren School District
 
Representing: Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators
Term Expires: June 30, 2024

 

 

John D. Keeling
Principal, Dardanelle Middle School
 
Representing: AAMLA through Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators

Term Expires: June 30, 2026

Dr. Karen Lasker
Director of Personnel, Conway Public Schools
 

Representing: ArkASPA (The Arkansas Association of School Personnel Administrators)
Term Expires: June 30, 2025

Dr. Raymond W. “Donny” Lee, Jr.
Harding University
 
Representing: Private Institutions of Higher Education and Arkansas Association of Colleges of Teacher Education
Term expires: June 30, 2025
Luke Lovins
Superintendent, Bay School District
 
Representing: AREA (Arkansas Rural Ed Assocation)
Term expires: June 30, 2026
Wendy Peer
Fort Smith
 
Representing: Arkansas Education Association
Term Expires: June 30, 2024
Karli Saracini, Assistant Commissioner Educator Effectiveness
Division of Educator Effectiveness & Licensure
 
Representing: Arkansas Department of Education, Division of Elementary & Secondary Education

Term Expires: N/A - Non-Voting Member

Melissa Speers
Superintendent at Jessieville School District
 
Representing: AAEA  
Term Expires: June 30, 2026
 
Dr. Matthew Sutherlin, Director of Educator Preparation and Licensure
Division of Educator Effectiveness & Licensure
 
Representing: Arkansas Department of Education, Division of Elementary & Secondary Education

Term Expires: N/A - Non-Voting Member

Dr. Phong Tran
Superintendent at Friendship Aspire Schools for Arkansas
 
Representing: Non-Licensed Teachers at Arkansas Public School Resource Center (APSRC)

Term Expires: 2025

 

Dudley Webb, III
5th Grade Teacher, Lake Hamilton School District; Reading and Writing
 
Representing: Arkansas State Teachers Association (ASTA)
Term Expires: June 30, 2026
Tonya Williams
Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education
 
Representing: Early Childhood Education
Term Expires: N/A – Non-Voting Member
 
 

For more information, please contact:

 
Professional Licensure Standards Board
Arkansas Department of Education
Division of Elementary and Secondary Education
Four Capitol Mall, Box 30
Little Rock, Arkansas
Office:  501-371-8014

Fax:  501-682-3781

Whitney James, Managing Attorney
Professional Licensure Standards Board
Four Capitol Mall - Box 30
Little Rock, AR  72201
Work Phone:  (501) 682-0166
Email:  Whitney.James@ade.arkansas.gov