New
Department:
Organizational
Leadership, Policy,
and Development
Effective July 1, 2009, a
new department has been created
that integrates the business and
marketing education, human
resource development and adult
education, and comprehensive
WHRE programs from the
Department of
Work and Human Resource
Education (WHRE) into the
department formerly known as
Educational Policy and
Administration (EdPA). The
name of this new department is
Organizational Leadership,
Policy, and Development (OLPD).
It will offer exciting
opportunities for collaboration
and interdisciplinary education
and research. Click
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Leading Minnesota’s schools
The college’s Department of Educational Policy and Administration
is home to the administrative licensure and graduate programs that
have produced a majority of the state’s educational leaders,
recognized by their professional organizations as premier leaders.
Below we list college alumni who have received Minnesota Principal
and Superintendent of the Year awards.
Minnesota Superintendent of the Year
Established in 1988 and cosponsored by the American Association
of School Administrators and ARAMARK Education, this award
recognizes outstanding leadership among the ranks of
superintendents. State selection committees (Minnesota Association
of School Administrators) choose the state-level superintendents of
the year, who are then eligible for the national award.
- 2008: Mark Robertson, Fridley Schools
- 2007: Don Helmstetter, Spring Lake Park Schools
- 2006: Gary Prest, Bloomington Schools
- 2005: Benjamin Kanninen, Burnsville-Eagan-Savage
Schools
- 2003: Kenneth Dragseth, Edina Schools (also received
National Superintendent of the Year)
- 2002: Carol Johnson, Minneapolis Schools
- 1998: Gregory Vandal, Sauk Rapids-Rice Schools
- 1997: Chris Huber, Spring Lake Park Schools
- 1994: Lowell Larson, Richfield Schools
- 1990: Donald Draayer, Minnetonka Schools
- 1989: Gerald McCoy, Eden Prairie Schools
Minnesota Principal of the Year (middle and high school)
Each year since 2000 two principals—a high school and a middle
school principal—have been selected by the Minnesota Association of
Secondary School Principals (previously, one principal was
recognized annually) as Minnesota Principals of the Year. State
winners are then eligible for National Principal of the Year. The
program is funded by the MetLife Corporation and cosponsored by
MetLife and National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP);
formerly sponsored by the Burger King Corporation.
MetLife/NASSP High School Principal of the Year
- 2007: Nancy Weinand
- 2002: Randy Paulson
MetLife/NASSP Principal of the Year
- 1998: Bernice Berns
- 1997: Julian Stafford
- 1995: Thomas Blair
Burger King/NASSP Principal of the Year
- 1992: Elizabeth Pawlitschek
- 1991: Judith Lamp
Minnesota Elementary School Principals’ Association awards
Minnesota National Distinguished Principal (elementary school)
This award was established in 1984 as an annual event to honor
exemplary elementary and middle school principals who set the pace,
character, and quality of the education children receive during
their early school years. They are selected by the Minnesota
Elementary School Principals’ Association; the recognition is
cosponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and the National
Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) in corporate
sponsorship with AIG/VALIC.
Science and Mathematics Principal of the Year
This partnership between the Minnesota Elementary School
Principals' Association and the Science Museum of Minnesota honors
the key role elementary and middle level principals play in
developing a culture that encourages and celebrates math and science
literacy.
- 2008: Kathleen Alvig, Science and Mathematics
Principal of the Year, Minneapolis
- 2007: Fatima Lawson, Science and Mathematics
Principal of the Year, St. Paul
- 2002: Gloria Kumagai,
Minnesota National Distinguished Principal, St. Paul
- 2001: Byron Schwab, Minnesota National Distinguished
Principal, Eagan
- 2000: Jean Clark, Minnesota National Distinguished
Principal, Sauk Rapids
- 1999: Mary Endorf, Minnesota National Distinguished
Principal, Orono
- 1996: Jeffrey Raison, Minnesota National
Distinguished Principal, Minneapolis
- 1994: Teresa (Teri) Edwards, Minnesota National
Distinguished Principal, Minneapolis
- 1991: Delores Henderson, Minnesota National
Distinguished Principal, Saint Paul
- 1990: Lynn Street, Minnesota National Distinguished
Principal, Westonka
- 1988: Kay Douglass, Minnesota National Distinguished
Principal, Monticello
- 1987: Robert Sande, Minnesota National Distinguished
Principal, Rochester
- 1986: Roger Gordon, Minnesota National Distinguished
Principal, Duluth
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