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Realizing Excellence for ALL Children in Mississippi (REACH MS) is Mississippi’s State Personnel Development Grant which focuses primarily on supporting school-wide and district-wide implementation of Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support (PBIS) at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.  Recently, several new initiates were added:  PBIS Early Childhood, Universal Design for Learning and Significant Cognitive Disabilities.  Awarded to The Mississippi Department of Education in 2005, the grant is operated by the University of Southern Mississippi’s Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education.

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REACH MS
reachms@usm.edu

Dr. Hollie Filce, Principal Investigator
hollie.filce@usm.edu
601-266-6376

Selina Merrell, Director
selina.merrell@usm.edu
601-325-6958

Mary Dean Keyes, Administrative Specialist
601-266-4693

Patty Gautier, Family, Data & Dissemination Coordinator
patricia.gautier@usm.edu
228-218-9805

Rich Baker, Web Guy
rich.baker@usm.edu

 

PBIS K-12

Kasey Keith, Ed.S., PBIS Specialist
kasey.keith@usm.edu
601-266-4693

Sydney Wise, M.A., PBIS Specialist
Sydney.Wise@usm.edu
662-401-8506

 

PBIS Early Childhood

Dr. Brittany Herrington, Early Learning Specialist
Brittany.Herrington@usm.edu
601-266-4693

 

Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Dr. Brittany Herrington, Significant Cognitive Disabilities Specialist
Brittany.Herrington@usm.edu
601-266-4693

 

UDL

Hope Ratcliff, UDL Specialist
Frances.Ratcliff@usm.edu
Cell (601) 695-0081
601-695-0081

The purpose of REACH MS is to:

  • Provide high quality professional development opportunities meeting the needs of educators, related service providers, families and children of our state. 
  • Increase the engagement of stakeholders within and beyond the Mississippi Department of Education to support a more unified, sustainable structure of professional development processes, products, and opportunities for both pre-service and in-service educators.
  • Engage and support local education agencies, institutes of higher learning, families, and other stakeholders to increase Mississippi's capacity to meet state goals relevant to PBIS through program improvement.

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College of Education and Human Sciences

127 Joseph Greene Hall (JGH) 
118 College Dr. #5023
Hattiesburg, MS 39406

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601.266.4568