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Education professor named to board of 
Florida Council of Elementary Education

LAKELAND, Fla. (April 12, 2004) - Dr. Timothy R. Toops, assistant professor of education at Florida Southern College, has been named to the board of the Florida Council of Elementary Education. 

The FCEE was established in 1952 under the direction of the Department of Education to address the issues and problems facing elementary education throughout the state of Florida. The group is represented by all facets of elementary educators, including teachers, administrators, school supervisors, and college professors. The FCEE council meets two times each year to discuss current topics and make legislative recommendations. 

Toops joined FSC's faculty in 2000 after a 30-year career as an educator in Ohio. He graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University and went on to earn his master's degree as a reading specialist from Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. He received his doctorate in education with emphasis in curriculum and instruction from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. 


About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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