Keesje Mills, Administrative Assistant

Keesje Mills may not have a math degree, but it doesn't lessen her enthusiasm for the subject!

She actually attended LCSC as a super-non-traditional student, entering the Diesel Mechanics program as a 27 year old single mother. She continued her education earning a Bachelor degree in Diesel and a Bachelor degree in Management in 2010. She has worked at LCSC since then.  Now happily married and a mother of 3 boys she still tinkers on engines, leads a 4H hedgehog group and has learned to bake a mean loaf of bread.

Dr. Kacey Diemert

Dr. Kacey Diemert is just starting her third year as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education at Lewis-Clark State College. In this position, Kacey has been enjoying the privilege of educating future K-12 teachers. Her research interests focus on professional development of K-12 teachers with specific attention to teacher-led professional development in mathematics content and practices for teaching, and identifying the professional knowledge most valued by teachers to support teaching with mathematics standards and other innovations. She accepted the position as Director of the Regional Math Center this summer.

Kacey taught high school mathematics in Longview, WA; and thanks to a rural upbringing, she is accustomed to the circumstances and needs of rural area teachers. Kacey grew up in a small farming community on the Hi-Line of Montana between Shelby and Havre, and is very excited to get to know her new community here in Idaho. During her free time, Kacey has a blast gardening, fixing her new house, and playing with her two miniature schnauzers, Anakin and Leia, and her cat, Finn.

Ryan Dent

Meet Our New Mathematics Specialist

Ryan Dent

Ryan will begin as the Region Math Specialist on July 1st! He has been serving as a K-12 District Math Administrator responsible for district-wide planning and implementation of ongoing, task-based professional learning experiences for teachers and administrators. With a clear passion for deep conceptual understanding in mathematics, student reasoning, problem-solving and productive disposition, Ryan has facilitat-ed professional learning at the local, regional and national lev-els on many pedagogical and mathematical topics. Having years of other experiences as an Elementary School Principal, Middle School Assistant Principal, Middle School Math Coach, Middle School Math Teacher, and Special Education Teacher, combined with his pedagogical content knowledge in math, en-ables wonderful opportunities to collaboratively support Region 2’s students, teachers and administrators. In his off time, Ryan loves spending time outside hiking, camping and snowboarding with his wife and their 3 children ages 9, 7 and 6.