 | 2010 Division Leadership Award, Joe Thimm
Joe Thimm, principal at Taylors Falls Elementary, Chisago Lakes, was nominated for the Central MESPA Division
Leadership
Achievement Award by his peers. The award honors principals whose
exemplary leadership and sustained efforts have made noteworthy
contributions to the operation of effective school learning programs
-- improving education, their communities, and their profession.
In his principalship, Joe Thimm follows
the philosophy:
“People don’t care what you know until they know that you care.” Whether it is the staff, the students,
or the parents, he wants all the people he serves to know that he is there to
help. Chisago Lakes colleague Warren
Retzlaff, principal at Lakeside Elementary School, said that Thimm has been an
inspiration to everyone he has worked with ever since he came to the district
some 30 years ago.
To read more about Joe and the award, click here.
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