Kathy Shipman coordinates the partnership program between the University of Montana Western, Montana Tech in elementary and secondary education, and the Helena College. She teaches courses in both general education as well as special education and predominately teaches her classes online or face to face in UMW’s distance programs. Kathy strives to incorporate experiential teaching and learning into her online courses, and along with teaching education courses at UMW, she is a university supervisor for student teachers and the Montana Western/Montana Tech Education Club Advisor.