Summer 2007
"[We] could not help but be impressed with the educational leadership program
[at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities]. It is a program worth emulating."
NCATE / Minnesota Board
of Teaching Review Team, Fall 2005
Features
Minnesota Principals’ Academy, by Dr. Gloria
Kumagai
Each month, 40 principals, current as well as retired, along with participants from
the State Department of Education and the University of Minnesota, come together
to learn best practices in school leadership. Dr. Gloria Kumagai provides us with
an update as this year’s academy reaches the half-way mark.
2007 UCEA Award, Dr. Nicola Alexander
Valeria Silva, Chief Academic Officer of the Saint Paul Public Schools, has been
chosen by EdPA as our recipient of the UCEA Excellence in Educational Leadership
Award for 2007!
The NEW EdPA 5387, Dr. Jennifer York-Barr
Dr. York-Barr announces a new teaching team for EdPA 5387—Administration of Teaching
and Learning.
Gaming, cognition and education, Dr. Scott McLeod
Dr. Scott McLeod, Educational Policy and Administration Assistant Professor and
Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education
(CASTLE), asks us to think about how gaming’s powerful cognitive aspects could be
used in the classroom.
Spotlight on…
Dr. Ted Blaesing
Dr. Ted Blaesing, Superintendent of White Bear Area Schools, honored the licensure
program this spring by teaching our new “School Finance Elections” workshop. Here
Dr. Blaesing explains why “Voting Yes for Schools” is now, more than ever, a necessity.
From the director, Dr. Ann Werner
Dr. Ann Werner
Dr. Ann Werner shares her thoughts on the dynamic process of the efolio and the
end-of-program panel review for students.
Regular columns
Bulletin board
- EdPA 5374: Leadership for Professional Development, Fall 2007-Spring 2008
- EdPA 5322: The School Superintendent, Fall 2007
- EdPA 5323: Women in Leadership, Fall 2007
- Recruitment is now underway for the 32nd participant group for the Minnesota
Site of the Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP)
- A new blog just for school leaders!
- Searching for a job in Minnesota education? Check out our job openings
Calendar
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Kudos
It’s time to celebrate: Congratulations to the recent graduates of the licensure
program!
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