>Understandng the Minneapolis Public Schools: Current Condition, Future Prospect< >>>>> Chapter Eight (Part One, Facts) >>>>> Divisions, Departments, and Offices of the Minneapolis Public Schools >>>>> College and Career Readiness

This MSP Department of College and Career Readiness has undergone dramatic bureaucratic slimming during the tenure of Ed Graff as superintendent.  Please peruse the information given below:

 

MPS Dept. of College and Career Readiness Staff, Fate as of August 2018

 

As late as March 2018, the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) Department of College and Career Readiness portal at the MPS website still listed fifteen staff members, as follows:

 

Minneapolis Public Schools Department of College and Career Readiness

 

(March 2018)  >>>>>

 

Staff Member                                    Position

 

1)            Terry Henry                              Executive Director   

2)            Alexandria (Alex) Spirov       WWYB Associate Educator

3)            Coleen Kaibel                           Director of Student Retention

and Recovery   

4)            Heidi Olson                                WWYB Associate Educator                 

5)            James (Jim) Bierma                Distric Q-Comp Counselor  

6)            Jennifer Ennen                         Office Specialist      

7)            Jill Bjorklund                            STEM/ CTE Project Coordinator         

8)            Julie Montgomery-Weiss      District Lead Counselor      

9)            Melissa Butler                          WWYB Associate Educator 

10)          Michael (Mike) Ash                Account Specialist

11)          Paul Klym                                    Career Development Coordinator                  

12)          Quyen Phan                               ALC 9-12 Manager  

13)          Sara Etzel                                    Director, STEM/CTE                               

14)          Tamala Washington-Green      Office Manager  

15)          Vanessa Moe                            JAG Coordinator     

 

By May, 2018 Executive Director Terry Henry was gone but the portal otherwise still listed the same composition.  But in my close examination of a full (all departments) MPS Davis Center staff roster, I only found these four members:

 

Department of College and Career Readiness (May 2018)

 

                (Actually found on Davis Center Staff List)

 

Name                                    Position                               Annual Salary

 

Colleen Kaibel                  Student Retention            $105,552

          and Recovery

Melissa Butler                  WWYB Associate                 $32,004

    Educator

Quyen Phan                       ALC 9-12 Manager               $86,631

 

Sara Etzel                          Director, STEM/     $84,442

                                                                            CTE

 

With this finding, I inquired at MPS Human Resources as to whether MPS Department of College and Career Readiness had actually disappeared as an administrative entity.  Executive Director Terry Henry was gone, and the department did not seem to have a lead administrator.  I was told that seemingly in the offing for academic year 2017-2018 was a plan to have a few people retained for specific functions but to eliminate this department as a stand-alone entity.

 

At present (August 2018), though, there is a Department of College and Career Readiness portal that lists these seven staff members, with no one acting in an overall directorial capacity:

 

MPS College and Career Readiness Staff, March 2018  >>>>>

 

Staff Member                                    Position

 

1)            Coleen Kaibel                           Director of Student Retention

and Recovery   

2)            Heidi Olson                                WWYB Associate Educator                 

3)            James (Jim) Bierma                Distric Q-Comp Counselor  

4)            Jill Bjorklund                            STEM/ CTE Project Coordinat

5)            Melissa Butler                          WWYB Associate Educator 

6)            Paul Klym                                    Career Development Coordinator                                  

7)            Sara Etzel                                    Director, STEM/CTE

 

September 2019  >>>>>

 

Colleen Kaibel	Student Retention & Recovery Director	Collen.Kaibel@mpls.k12.mn.us	612-668-1206
Heidi Olson	WWYB Associate Educator	Heidil.Olson@mpls.k12.mn.us	612-668-1201
James (Jim) Bierma	District Qcomp Counselor	James.Bierma@mpls.k12.mn.us	612-668-5323
Jill Bjorklund	STEM/CTE Project Coordinator	Jill.Bjorklund@mpls.k12.mn.us	612-668-0656
Paul Klym	Career Development Coordinator	Paul.Klym@mpls.k12.mn.us	612-668-0424
Sara Etzel	Director CTE/STEM	Sara.Etzel@mpls.k12.mn.us	612-668-5377