ULA Advisory Board
The ULA Advisory Council is composed of partnership school district leadership staff, including associate superintendents, principals and teacher leaders. It also includes representative faculty and leadership staff from the Department of Educational Policy and Administration. The Advisory Council assists in the selection of ULA program content relevant to school leadership. Program formats include:
- Topical workshop sequence: practical application of strategies and techniques.
- Topical courses: translating current research and theory into practice.
- Colloquia series: leading-edge content in a compressed format.
ULA Partnership School Districts
- Minneapolis Public Schools
- St. Paul Public Schools
- North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale Public Schools
- Mounds View Public Schools
- Osseo Area Schools
- South Washington Public Schools
- Spring Lake Park Public Schools
ULA Advisory Board Members
Vanessa Abanu
Coordinator, College Collaborations for Field-based Professionals
Preparation to Practice Group
College of Education and Human Development
University of Minnesota
Efe Agbamu
Principal
Park High School
South Washington County Schools
Cottage Grove, Minn.
Bob Brancale
Principal, Hale Elementary School
Minneapolis Public Schools
Minneapolis, Minn.
Sharon Burrell
Coordinator, Curriculum & Staff Development
North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale Public Schools
North St. Paul, Minn.
Ellen Delaney
Associate Principal, Spring Lake Park High School
Spring Lake Park Schools
Spring Lake Park, Minn.
Patty Feste
Coordinator, Staff Development
Minneapolis Public Schools
Minneapolis, Minn.
Mark French
Representative, Minnesota Elementary Schools Principals’ Association
St. Paul, Minn.
Carole Gupton
Director, Preparation to Practice Group
College of Education and Human Development
University of Minnesota
Delores Henderson
Principal, Ames Elementary
St. Paul Public Schools
St. Paul, Minn.
Dan Hoverman
Deputy superintendent
Mounds View Public Schools
Mounds View, Minn.
Judi Kahoun
Principal, Woodcrest Elementary School
Spring Lake Park Schools
Spring Lake Park, Minn.
Nancy Katzmarek
Principal, Highland Park Senior High School
St. Paul Public Schools
St. Paul, Minn.
Gloria Kumagai
Coordinator, Licensing and Leadership Development
Department of Educational Policy & Administration
College of Education and Human Development
University of Minnesota
Jennifer Kunze
Coordinator, Teaching and Learning
Spring Lake Park Schools
Spring Lake Park, Minn.
Kate Maguire
Assistant Superintendent, Leadership, Teaching, and Learning
Osseo Area Schools
Maple Grove, Minn.
Linda Nelson
Principal, South High School
Minneapolis Public Schools
Minneapolis, Minn.
Sharon Peters-Harden
Coordinator, Equity and Integration
Osseo Area Schools
Maple Grove, Minn.
Jeff Ronneberg
Director of Teaching, Learning and Accountability
Spring Lake Park Schools
Spring Lake Park, Minn.
Kristine Schaefer
Principal, Woodbury Elementary School
South Washington County Schools
Woodbury, Minn.
Richard Skinner
Principal, Bel Air Elementary
Mounds View Public Schools
Mounds View, Minn.
Nou Thao
Coordinator, Multicultural Education
South Washington County Schools
Cottage Grove, Minn.
Craig Vana
Associate Superintendent
Minneapolis Public Schools
Minneapolis, Minn.
Ann Werner
Program Director, Licensing for Educational Administrators
Department of Educational Policy & Administration
University of Minnesota
Kate Wilcox-Harris
Associate Director, Leadership Development
St. Paul Public Schools
St. Paul, MN
"ULA continues to provide optimum professional development opportunities. This is a great program - very worthwhile, very well-paced, very energizing, and readily applicable to what we’re doing as educators."
-Richard Skinner
principal, Mounds View Public Schools
"ULA offers opportunities to impact each participant's will, skill, knowledge, and capacity relevant to equity leadership. In addition, each interaction creates a learning community with other educators, which strengthens this purposeful and useful pedagogical experience."
-Joyce Bell
assistant principal, Minneapolis Public Schools
"ULA's urban framework is important. We're a first-ring suburb, and we're facing many of the same challenges as urban schools. ULA brings together a nice blend of research and practice in an on-going dialog, not a one-shot deal. We can learn from others."
-Ellen Delaney
associate principal, Spring Lake Park Schools
"ULA provides the highest quality professional development for building administrators. Sessions and speakers on current educational topics and issues enabled me to continue to develop as a leader plus I was able to interact with other metropolitan principals around out demanding work."
-Gloria Kumagai
retired principal, Saint Paul Public School