Ironically, the Department of
Teaching and Learning is the most academically lightweight of any department or
division at the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS). To the point, Chief of Finance Ibrahima Diop
has two years of law school training in his native Senegal, with bachelor’s and
master’s degrees in finance and economics at the University of Minnesota and a
doctorate in the works; similarly, Chief
of Information Technology Fadi Fadhil was such an academic star in his native
Iraq, that years of avoiding signing the loyalty pledge to the Baath Party
finally gave out when his acumen as a graduate student trained the lens of Sadam’s
agents on his case--- and he effected a
harrowing escape to the USA, where he completed graduate work in his field.
By contrast, as I have detailed
in articles as you scroll on down several entries, the Department of Teaching and
Learning features many bachelor’s degrees in education; there are no subject area specialists worthy
of that appellation--- not a single
person who has a graduate degree in a major discipline (Mathematics, English,
Biology, Chemistry, Physics, History, Political Science) at the core of what
passes for curriculum at the Minneapolis Public Schools.
Staffing for this department has
been in flux, so much so that there was little presence by members of this
department in crafting the academic program proffered in the advanced draft of
the MPS Comprehensive District Design that district officials issued last
spring 2019. Somehow, the jargon that
inflicts people trained by education professors did infiltrate into the
document, but the overall design lay in other hands. Notably, whereas the introduction to the
Design focused on the Every Student Succeeds Act’s definition of a well-rounded
education; and the sections pertinent to World
Languages, Special Education, and Career
and Technical Education (CTE); are quite good---
but the section detailing the academic program is a verbiage-laden
disaster.
Please peruse the lists below,
observing changes in this catastrophe of a department, noting and
recalling how ill-trained these people are, whether old or new staff
members >>>>>
>>>>>
New to the Department of Teaching
and Learning in September 2019
Aimee Fearing
Donell Shinder
Jeff Carlson
Katie MacDonald
Mark Berg
Tara Newhouse
Timothy Lilla
No Longer with the Department
Aneesa Parks
Christen Lish
Hamdi Ahmed
Mary Lambrecht
Natasha Parker
Sarah Wehrenburg
MPS Teaching and Learning
Department, September 2019
1.
Aimee Fearing, Executive Director
2. Ashley Krohn, K-5 Library and Media
Specialist
3. Christopher Jones, AVID Elementary
Coordinator
4. Christina Ramsey, K-8 Talent Development
5. Christopher Wernimont, 6-12 Mathematics DPF
6. Donell Shinder, Science Materials Handler
7. Hibaq Mohamed, Secondary ELA/ Literacy DPF
8. Jeanne Lacey, Executive Assistant
9. Jeff C. Carlson, Materials Coordinator
10.
Jenn Rose, K-12 Science DPF
11.
Julie Tangemann, K-5 Literacy DPF
12.
Katie MacDonald, Materials Handler
13.
Kelly McQuillan, Advanced Academics and K-12 IB Programme
14.
Lisa Purcell, K-12 Social Studies DPF/ Davis Center
15.
Marium Toure, K-5 Math DPF/ Davis Center
16.
Mark Berg, Science Materials Handler
17.
Nora Schull, K-12 Arts DPF
18.
Paula Killian, AVID Middle School Coordinator
19.
Sara Naegli, K-5 Literacy DPF/ Network
20.
Sarah Loch, K-12 Health and PE DPF
21.
Tara Newhouse, Sr. Materials Handler
22.
Timothy Lilla, Science Senior Materials Handler
23.
Tommie Casey, AVID Program Manager
MPS Teaching and
Learning Department, Spring 2019
1. Aneesa Parks
2.
Ashley Krohn
3.
Christopher Jones
4.
Christen Lish
5.
Christina Ramsey
6.
Christopher Wernimont
7.
Hamdi Ahmed
8.
Hibaq Mohamed
9.
Jennifer Rose
10. Julie
Tangeman
11. Katharine
Stephens
12. Kelly
McQuillan
13.
Lisa Purcell
14. Marium
Toure’
15. Mary
Lambrecht
16. Natasha
Parker
17. Nora
Schull
18. Paula
Kilian
19. Sara
Naegeli
20. Sarah
Wehrenberg
21. Sarah
Loch ,
22. Tommie
Casey
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