State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mike Flanagan announced this month the appointment of two new office directors within the Michigan Department of Education.

Mary Alice Galloway has become the director of the Office of Education Improvement & Innovation; and Mike Radke, PhD, has been named director of the Office of Field Services.

Galloway has served as interim director for the Office of School Improvement since February of this year. She is an effective, experienced leader and administrator who has led the Department's efforts with its federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) School Accountability Workbook and Annual Consolidated State Performance Report. She played a key role in the high school re-design and seat-time waiver initiatives. She has a BA in English from Western Michigan University; and a MA in literature from Eastern Michigan University. In February 2000, Galloway became an Education Consultant Manager in the Office of Field Services, then served as Interim Director in the Office of School Excellence.  In December 2003, she was appointed State Assistant Administrator to serve as Senior Advisor to the Chief Academic Officer.

Dr. Radke came to the Department in 2003 as a supervisor in the MEAP office; and has been the assistant director for the Department's Field Services Unit in the Office of School Improvement since 2006 administering state and federal grants in excess of $900 million. He has provided leadership in establishing a statewide system of support for high priority schools; established a system for administering the Supplemental Educational Services tutoring program; and worked with districts throughout the state to update internal controls and school improvement plans. Radke has a BA in Psychology from Michigan State University; and a MA and PhD in Education Psychology, both from MSU. He has been an instructor for College of Education at MSU and an Assistant Professor in the College of Human Medicine there. He also served with American Board of Emergency Medicine as its Director of Certification and Research.  Radke is a former Okemos School board member and officer; author of numerous publications; member of Phi Delta Kappa and American Educational Research Association.