Information of Which Attendees of the Minneapolis Public Schools 31 January 2023 Meeting with Metro Urban Indian Directors (MUID) Should Be Aware

January 31, 2023 Meeting with Metro Urban Indian Directors (MUID)

The Board of Education (School Board), Special School District No. 1, has scheduled the following meetings. These meetings are OPEN to the public unless otherwise noted.

Meeting Type	Meeting with Metro Urban Indian Directors (MUID)
Date	January 31, 2023
Time	5:30 - 7:30 PM
Location	Division of Indian Work (1001 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN  55407)
Agenda	Arrive and mingle at 5:30 Spirit plate/prayer 5:50 Dinner at 6:00 PM (food provided for meeting participants only) Presentation/Questions about the Memorandum of Agreement

 

Director, Indian Education                         

Jennifer Simon                     

$117,687

Department of Indian Education           (Update, 31 January 2023)

Jennifer Simon  (Cheyenne River Dakota)

Director

Diane Leskas

Account Specialist

Christine Wilson (White Earth)

Family Engagement Specialist

Program Coordinator

Alexis Dauenhauer (Standing Rock)

School Success Program Assistant

Elementary Schools, Northside of District

Patrick Engrav (Bois Forte)

School Success Program Assistant

Middle and K-8 Schools, Districtwide

Gary Smith (Mille Lacs, Red Lake)

School Success Program Assistant

Elementary Schools, Southside of District

Madison Smith  (Oneida Nation)

School Success Program Assistant

High Schools, Districtwide

Matthew LaFave (Fond Du Lac)

Ojibwe Language Teacher

Sheila Zephler (Oglala Sioux, Turtle Mountain)

Dakota Language Teacher

TBD

School Success Program Assistant

TBD

School Success Program Assistant

TBD

Special Education

District Program Facilitator

TBD

District Program Facilitator

Minneapolis Public Schools Student Proficiency Rates

Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments

Academic Years Ending in 2014 through 2022 

American Indian

Math

2014                    23%

2015                    19%

2016                    19%

2017                    17%

2018                    17%

2019                    18%

2021                      9%

2022                      9%

Reading

2014                    21%

2015                    20%

2016                    21%

2017                    23%

2018                    24%

2019                    25%

2021                    20%

2022                    22%

Science

2014                    14%

2015                    16%

2016                    13%

2017                    17%

2018                    14%

2019                    17%

2021                      9%

2022                      9%

Laura Dawn Sullivan 

(Anishinabe Elementary Principal 

B.A.

Elementary Education

University of Minnesota/Morris

M.Ed.

Education

University of Minnesota/Morris

Anishinabe 

Address: 3100 E. 28th St.                                                                            

Grades: Pre-K-5

Principal: Laura Sullivan

Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Phone: 612.668.0880

Fax: 612.668.0890

Email: laura.sullivan@mpls.k12.mn.us

Website: anishinabe.mpls.k12.mn.us

              School Data by Comparison to Districtwide Data

             School  District

Native American              80%        5%

African American             12%      35%

Asian American                  1%        5%

Hispanic American            3%      14% 

White American                 4%      41%

Receive ELL Services          4%     17%

Free/Reduced Lunch        87%     48%

Special Education             14%     15%

Anishinabe

Reading

2014  2015  2016  2017 2018 2019  2021  2022

 

  7%     9%     9%      6%    16%   12%   15%   12%

 

(186) (175) (154) (157)  (99)  (111)   (54)    (86)

 

Math

 

2014   2015  2016  2017 2018  2019  2021  2022

 

  6%    12%     8%       8%    8%     11%     5%    6%

 

(186) (172) (156)   (156)   (98)   (109)  (53)   (87)

 

Science

 

2014  2015  2016  2017  2018 2019  2021  2022

 

  1%      7%     2%     2%      14%    8%     5%    0% 

 

(69)    (59)   (45)     (44)    (21)   (36)    (19)   (24)

 

Anishinabe Academy educates through an Indigenous lens

 

Families looking for a public school that honors American Indian culture and language you need look no further. Located in Minneapolis’s Longfellow neighborhood, Anishinabe Academy offers a small, welcoming environment with staff who develop close relationships with students and their families. Anishinabe Academy integrates and reclaims Dakota and Ojibwe identities, cultures and languages through authentic academic experiences. American Indian programming continues at Sanford and Northeast Middle Schools, and at South High School’s All Nations program.

 

Magnet school description

Magnet Schools

 

Citywide magnet schools welcome students from all neighborhoods across Minneapolis. Magnet schools provide innovative programs focused on specific themes such as the Arts, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics), Dual Language, Montessori, and Global Studies and Humanities.

 

Highlights

WE OFFER:

>>>>>   Full-day Pre-K 

 

>>>>>   Full-day Pre-K 

 

>>>>>   Artist residencies

 

>>>>>   Science Technology Engineering Arts and Math (STEAM

 

>>>>>   Advanced instruction, including Telescoped Math

 

>>>>>   Full-day Pre-K -school activities

MAGNET PATHWAY: Sanford Middle School or Northeast Middle School, depending on address

 

 

 

MPS Elementary School Student Academic Proficiency Rates

As Measured by Performance on the Minnesota Comprehensive

Assessments for Academic Years Ending in 2014, 2015, 2016,

2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2022

 

 

Anishinabe

 

Reading

 

2014  2015  2016  2017 2018 2019  2021  2022

 

  7%     9%     9%      6%    16%   12%   15%   12%

 

(186) (175) (154) (157)  (99)  (111)   (54)    (86)

 

Math

 

2014   2015  2016  2017 2018  2019  2021  2022

 

  6%    12%     8%       8%    8%     11%     5%    6%

 

(186) (172) (156)   (156)   (98)   (109)  (53)   (87)

 

Science

 

2014  2015  2016  2017  2018 2019  2021  2022

 

  1%      7%     2%     2%      14%    8%     5%    0% 

 

(69)    (59)   (45)     (44)    (21)   (36)    (19)   (24)

Front Matter and Contents >>>>> >Journal of the K-12 Revolution: Essays and Research from Minneapolis, Minnesota< >>>>> Volume IX, No. 7, January 2023

Volume IX, No. 7                                          

January 2023

 

Journal of the K-12 Revolution:

Essays and Research from Minneapolis, Minnesota        

 

Academic Credentials of Building Principal                           Minneapolis Public Schools

 

A Five-Article Series         

 

A Publication of the New Salem Educational Initiative

Gary Marvin Davison, Editor     

 

 

Academic Credentials of Building Principals

Minneapolis Public Schools

 

A Five-Article Series   

 

Copyright © 2023

Gary Marvin Davison

New Salem Educational Initiative

 

 

Contents

 

Introductory Comments

Academic Credentials of Building Principals

Minneapolis Public Schools

                                                                                                           

Article #1                                                                                                                             

Academic Credentials of Minneapolis Public Schools

Elementary School Principals

 

Article #2                                                                                                                             

Academic Credentials of Minneapolis Public Schools

Middle and PreK-8 School Principals

 

Articles #3

Academic Credentials of Minneapolis Public Schools

High School Principals

 

Article #4                                                                                                                             

Academic Credentials of Minneapolis Public Schools

Alternative School Principals Alternative Schools

 

Article #5                                                                                                                            

Academic Credentials of Minneapolis Public Schools

Specialized Program Principals

Introductory Comments >>>>> >Journal of the K-12 Revolution: Essays and Research from Minneapolis, Minnesota< >>>>> Volume IX, No. 7, January 2023

Introductory Comments

Academic Credentials of Building Principals

Minneapolis Public Schools

 

 

This edition of Journal of the K-12 Revolution:  Essays and Research from Minneapolis, Minnesota provides the academic degrees and credentials of those serving as building principals in the Minneapolis Public Schools.

 

Building principals of any locally centralized school district typically began their careers as teachers but decided to switch to administrative roles so as to ascend the pay scale abiding in such districts, of  which Minnesota Special District #1 (Minneapolis Public Schools) is a salient example.

 

Teachers and administrators typically receive their degrees and other credentials from highly uniform teacher training programs in universities across the nation.  In Minnesota, popular teacher and administrator certification and degree programs are located in such institutions as the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities and other campuses), Augsburg, Hamline, St. Thomas, Concordia, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Minnesota State University/Mankato, and institutions in the University of Wisconsin system.

 

Elementary teachers tend to get all of their training in departments, schools, and colleges of education.  Secondary teachers typically have a bachelor’s degree in a key subject area department (e.g., mathematics, history, biology, English, fine arts) but then gain all of their additional degrees and credentials in education programs.

 

If a teacher decides to seek administrator credentials, she or he conventionally does so in the same departments, schools, and colleges of education in which they have theretofore matriculated.  They typically seek master’s degrees either in elementary or secondary education; or they may pursue master’s degrees in educational administration.  Those who want to be building principals matriculate in education programs providing preK-5 or secondary licensure, typically conveniently coordinated with their graduate program.  Those who aspire to be superintendents must enroll in programs

with courses leading to licensure as approved by state education agencies such as the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE).  They may also seek an educational doctorate (Ed.D.) or the more expeditiously obtained degree known as Education Specialist.

 

Only when seeking to teach at the secondary level has a prospective staff member in locally centralized school systems such as the Minneapolis Public Schools received any academically substantive training, and that training only at the bachelor’s level.  No graduate or certification program for teachers or administrators is academically substantive.  Courses in such programs lack academic rigor and, in the case of those seeking credentials as administrators, courses are merely functional, purporting to provide training in school finance and management:  Curriculum in such programs provides no instruction in, and very little consideration of, key academic subject areas.

 

The articles given in this edition of Journal of the K-12 Revolution:  Essays and Research from Minneapolis, Minnesota give readers a chance to review the credentials of building principals, categorized respectively for those at elementary, middle school, conventional high school, unconventional high school, and specialized programs.

 

Article #1 >>>>> >Journal of the K-12 Revolution: Essays and Research from Minneapolis, Minnesota< >>>>> Volume IX, No. 7, January 2023

Article #1 

Academic Credentials of Minneapolis Public Schools

Elementary School Principals

 

There are forty-one elementary schools in the Minneapolis Public Schools.  These schools are typically categorized as either community schools or magnet schools.  Most MPS elementary schools enroll  students in grades preK-5 or K-5.  Exceptions are the Lake Harriet and Lake Nokomis campuses, which feature two closely associated schools, one for students in grades preK-2, the other for students in grades 3-5.

 

Below find the degrees and certifications for those occupying positions as MPS elementary school principals.

                                                                  

………………………………………………………………..

 

 

Credentials of MPS Principals at Unconventional High Schools

 

 

Matthew W. Marc Arnold 

(Richard Green Central)

 

B.A.

 

Spanish and Peace & Conflict Studies

 

St. John’s University

 

M.S.

 

Elementary Education

 

Pace University

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Anna Christina Bartl 

(Seward Montessori)

 

B.A.

 

Elementary Education, Spanish Language

 

University of St. Thomas

 

M.Ed.

 

Teaching and Learning

 

St. Mary’s University of Minnesota

 

Education Specialist

 

Education Leadership and Administration

 

University of St. Thomas

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Lacy R. Cannon

(Folwell Performing Arts)

 

B.A.

 

Political Science

 

York College

 

M.A.

 

Educational Administration

 

St. Mary’s University

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Yajaira Guzman Carrero

(Los Estrellas)

 

B.A.

 

Anthropology and Archeaology

 

University of Puerto Rico

 

M.S.

 

Educational Leadership

 

Minnesota State University/Mankato

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

James N. Clark 

(Emerson Spanish Emersion)

 

B.A.

 

Education

 

Universidad de Navarra

 

M.S.

 

Education

 

University of Wisconsin/River Falls

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Jody L. Delau 

(Whittier [Special Assignment])

 

B.S.

 

Child Psychology

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

M.Ed.

 

Education

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Diego A. Depaz 

(Bancroft)

 

B.A.

 

Child Psychology

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

M.Ed.

 

Curriculum and Instruction

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Meghan J. O’Connor Fisher 

(Lyndale)

 

B.A.

 

English

 

University of Iowa

 

M.A.

 

Teaching

 

National Louis University

 

Education Specialist

 

K-12 Administration

 

University of St. Thomas

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Ryan O. Gibbs 

(Loring)

 

B.S.

 

K-12 Special Education

 

St. Cloud State University

 

M.Ed.

 

K-12 Education

 

St. Mary’s University

 

…………………………………………………..………..

 

William J. Gibbs 

(Kenny)

 

B.S.

 

Elementary Education

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

M.A.

 

Education

 

College of St. Catherine

 

Education Specialist

 

Education Administration

 

Minnesota State University/Mankato

…………………………………………………………………

 

Jennifer L. Hedberg 

(Anne Sullivan)

 

B.A.

 

Elementary Education and Spanish

 

University of St. Thomas

 

M.Ed.

 

Curriculum and Instruction

 

…………………………………………………………………

 

Heidi L. Johnson 

(Kenwood Elementary)

 

B.A.

 

Political Science and Spanish

 

Bates College

 

Juris Doctor Degree

 

Human Rights Concentration

 

University of Minnesota Law Schools

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Holly J. Kleppe 

(Jefferson Elementary)

 

B.S.

 

Elementary Education

 

Morningside College

 

M.A.

 

Education

 

St. Mary’s University

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Virginia D. Kranz 

(Webster)

 

B.A.

 

Biology

 

St. Olaf College

 

M.Ed.

 

Teaching and Learning

 

St. Mary’s University

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Sherrill Anne Lindsey 

(Hall International)

 

B.A.

 

Elementary Education

 

College of St. Catherine

 

M.Ed.

 

Educational Leadership

 

Bethel University

 

Ed.D.

 

Educational Leadership

 

Bethel University

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Eric B. Loicle 

(Windom)

 

B.S.

 

Environmental Science and Management

 

Indiana University

 

M.Ed.

 

Mathematics Education

 

University of Minnesota/ Twin Cities

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Amy E. Luehman 

(Lake Nokomis Wenonah)

 

B.S.

 

Business Management

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

B.S.

 

Elementary Education

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

M.Ed.

 

Teaching and Learning

 

St. Mary’s University

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

E. R. Montague 

(Cityview)

 

B.A.

 

Business Management

 

Zavier Unversity of Louisiana

 

M.Ed.

 

Elementary Education

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Rochelle Ann McGinness 

(Waite Park Elementary)

 

B.A.

 

Psychology

 

Metropolitan State University

 

B.A.

 

Education

 

Concordia University

 

M.A.

 

Education

 

St. Mary’s University

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Kevin W. Oldenburg 

(Bryn Mawr)

 

B.A.

 

Elementary Education

 

St. Cloud State University

 

M.A.

 

Educational Administration

 

Education Specialist Degree

 

K-12 Principal Licensure

 

University of St. Thomas

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Karianne Louise Page 

(Dowling)

 

B.A.

 

Elementary Education

 

University of Minnesota/Duluth

 

Master of Special Education

 

Special Education

 

St. Cloud State University

 

Education Specialist

 

K-12 Administration

 

University of St. Thomas

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Natasha R. Parker 

(Hiawatha Elementary/Howe Elementary)

 

B.A.

 

English and Early Childhood Education

 

Hampton University

 

M.Ed.

 

Leadership in Education

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Lisa M. Pawelak 

(Lucy Craft Laney)

 

B.A.

 

Social Work

 

Bethel University

 

Master of Social Work

 

Social Work

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Trinity C. Raw 

(Marcy Elementary)

 

B.S.

 

Visual Art Education

 

Bemidji State University

 

M.Ed.

 

Advanced Teaching and Leadership

with Autism Focus

 

Sierra Nevada College

 

M.S.

 

Early Childhood Special Education

 

University of Nevada/Las Vegas

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Jeanette M. Sather 

(Barton)

 

B.A.

 

Elementary Education

 

St. Cloud State University

 

M.Ed.

 

Teaching and Learning

 

St. Mary’s University

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Walter J. Schleisman 

(Lake Harriet Upper [Fulton])

 

B.A.

 

Music and Economics

 

Beloit College

 

M.Ed.

 

Education

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Stephen Paul Searl

(Armatage)

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Andrea L. Skiba

(Field)

 

B.S.

 

Elementary Education

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

M.Ed.

 

Elementary Education

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

Education Specialist

 

Educational Leadership and Administration

 

University of St. Thomas

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Jessica A. Skowronek 

(Pillsbury Math/Science/Technology)

 

B.A.

 

Elementary Education

 

Concordia University

 

M.Ed..

 

Differentiated Instruction

 

Concordia University

 

Education Specialist

 

Educational Leadership and Administration

 

University of St. Thomas

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Laura Dawn Sullivan 

(Anishinabe)

 

B.A.

 

Elementary Education

 

University of Minnesota/Morris

 

M.Ed.

 

Education

 

University of Minnesota/Morris

 

……………………………………………………………..

 

Vicki L. Turner 

(Kenny)

 

B.A.

 

Elementary Education and Business Administration

 

Augsburg College

 

M.A.

 

Education Administration

 

St. Mary’s University

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Andrew P. Uhler 

(Northrop)

 

B.A.

 

Social Studies Education

 

University of St. Thomas

 

M.Ed.

 

Social Studies Education

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

Ph.D.

 

K-12 Policy and Administration

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Stephen P. Uhler 

(Hale Elementary)

 

B.S.

 

Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

M.A.

 

Teacher Preparation, Elementary

 

University of St. Thomas

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Margaret Joanna Vecchio-Smith

(Burroughs)

 

B.A.

 

Government and Education

 

Smith College

 

M.A.

 

Children’s Literature

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

Ph.D.

 

Educational Administration

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Nancy A. Vague 

(Pratt)

 

B.A.

 

Elementary Education

 

Augsburg College

 

M.A.

 

Learning Technology

 

University of St. Thomas

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Pao G. Vue 

(Jenny Lind)

 

B.A. Biology

 

University of St. Thomas

 

M.A.

 

Education

 

University of St. Thomas

 

Education Specialist

 

K-12 Administration

 

University of St. Thomas

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Anne E. Wagemaker

(Whittier)

 

B.A.

 

Politics and Sociology

 

Loras College

 

M.A.

 

Teaching

 

Dominican University

 

M.A.

 

Master of Urban Planning and Policy

 

University of Illinois/Chicago

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Kristiana Lee Ward 

(Lake Nokomis Keewaydin)

 

B.S.

 

Special Education

 

St. Cloud State University

 

M.A.

 

Educational Leadership and Policy

 

University of St. Thomas

 

Education Specialist

 

K-12 Principal Licensure

 

University of St. Thomas

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Kelly L. Woods 

(Bethune)

 

B.S.

 

Elementary Education

 

Augsburg College

 

M.A.

 

Educational Leadership

 

Concordia University

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Kelly D. Wright 

(Nellie Stone Johnson)

 

B.S.

 

Economics

 

University of Indiana

 

M.Ed.

 

Elementary Education

 

University of St. Thomas

 

Education Specialist

 

Educational Leadership

 

Minnesota State University/Mankato

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Angela M. Ness Wroge 

(Lake Harriet Lower [Audubon])

 

B.A.

 

English

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

M.Ed.

 

Secondary English Education

 

University of Minnesota/Twin Cities

 

………………………………………………………………..

 

Gao N. Xiong 

(Hmong International Academy)

 

B.S. 

 

Secondary English Education

 

University of Wisconsin/River Falls

 

M.A.

 

Education

 

Hamline University