>Journal of the K-12 Revolution: Essays and Research from Minneapolis, Minnesota<, Vol. VI, No. 2, August 2019 >>>>> Article #3

Article #3

Professional Training of Division Chiefs With Academic Decision-Making Responsibility at the Minneapolis Public Schools                      

 

Chief of Research, Evaluation, Assessment, and Accountability (REAA) Eric Moore served concomitantly as Chief of Academics, Leadership, and Learning for a brief phase of autumn 2018;  Moore is among academic decision-makers at the Minneapolis Public Schools.  In the aftermath of academic year 2018-2019, Ed Graff assumed prime responsibility for those duties associated with Chief Academic officer.  Until summer 2019, Cecilia Saddler had for many years served as Associate Superintendent and then Deputy Chief of Academics, Leadership, and Learning and in the latter capacity headed the Department of Teaching and Learning.  Saddler will not be employed by the Minneapolis Public Schools during academic year 2019-2020.  Leadership of the Department of Teaching and Learning now goes to a new Executive Director of that department, Aimee Fearing.

 

With Saddler no longer at the Minneapolis Public Schools, Fearing becomes the second most important decision-maker as to academic matters at the district, next to Superintendent Ed Graff.  Eric Moore passed briefly through a phase during which he was dubbed chief of academics and then the interim figure in that position.  Formally, Moore has returned to the single position of REAA chief, but he still weighs in on academic policy in meetings with Graff and Fearing and the weekly assemblages of Graff’s cabinet, comprised of all the chiefs, plus the general counsel and the heads of special education, multilingual education,  and communications.

 

Credentials for Moore, Saddler, and Fearing are given as follows:

 

Eric Moore          (Chief of Research, Evaluation, Assessment, and Accountability)

 

Degrees Earned                                                Field in Which                                  Institution at Which

                Degree Was Earned                        Degree Was Earned

 

Doctoral Degree (PhD)**             Educational Policy and                  University of Minnesota

Administration-Evaluation

Studies  

                             

(currently pursuing, estimate completion Summer 2019)

 

M. A.                                                     Social Policy and                              University of Minnesota

Education Management              

                                        

B.A. or B.S.                                          English and Education                   Langston University

 

Cecilia Saddler  (Deputy Chief of Academics, Leadership, and Learning)

 

Degrees Earned                                                                Institution at Which Degree Was Earned

 

M. A., Teaching                                                                                University of Iowa

                                        

B.A. or B.S., English                                                         University of Iowa

 

 

Aimee Fearing   (Executive Director, Teaching and Learning)

 

Degrees Earned           Field in Which              Institution at Which             

                                        Degree Was Earned    Degree Was Earned

 

Bachelors Degree          ESL Education            University of Northwestern

 

13 May 2000

 

Masters Degree          Education   Hamline University

 

23 May 2003

 

Doctorate Degree       Education   Hamline University

 

30 April 2015

 

Professional Licensures

 

K-12 Principal Licensure

Expiration, 30 June 2023

 

K-12 ESL Licensure

Expiration, 30 June 2023

 

5-12 Communication Arts Licensure

 

Expiration, 30 June 2023