 | MESPA Home > Honors > Minnesota Schools of Excellence > 2011-2012 Validations | | | MESPA 2011-2012 MN Schools of Excellence | |  | | MESPA Executive Director P. Fred Storti and MN School of Excellence Chair Laura Pierce -- met with schools receiving validation this year, to plan their commuity celebrations. |
Five elementary schools received 2011-2012 Minnesota School of Excellence
endorsement (listed below).
MESPA is proud of these schools -- and
their
principals. They will be honored on February 2, 2012 during the MESPA Institute -- our annual statewide convention.
Each school community also will hold their own Minnesota School of
Excellence celebration in the spring; click on 2011-2012 Validations (to the right) and check out photos and details from each school.
"The
total commitment to excellence demonstrated by schools receiving MN School of Excellence validation is the very center of quality
education in this state," said P.
Fred Storti, MESPA executive director. “Elementary and middle level
schools provide the foundation in meeting childrens’ educational needs
-- and as instructional leaders, principals play an essential role in
assuring that the foundation is a solid one.”
- Dr. Tracy Reimer, principal, Bendix Elementary School, Annandale Schools
- Bill Adams, principal, Chatfield Elementary School, Belle Plaine Public Schools
- Joe Rossow, principal, Michael Dowling School, Urban Environmental Magnet, Minneapolis Public Schools
- Patrick Pribyl, principal, Raven Stream Elementary School, New Prague Public Schools
- Linda Perdaems, principal, Woodland Elementary School, Osseo Schools
"Utilizing the self-study process provides instructional leaders with the data, knowledge and tools to increase the capacity of collaborative data driven decision-making with an outcome of increased academic achievement," said Laura Pierce, MN School of Excellence Program chair (principal, Akin Road Elementary, Farmington).
"What
we know about great schools and great leaders is that they adhere to a
reflective process of change," said Matt Dorschner, MESPA president-elect and past MN School of
Excellence Program chair (principal, Chanhassen Elementary, Eastern
Carver County Schools). "And that process itself empowers leadership
from within. All true change grows from within a school, building from
the ground up, as opposed to an external force applied from outside. The
MN School of Excellence Program supports great schools --
building from within."
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| Our Mission | The Minnesota School of Excellence Program promotes excellence through
a rigorous evaluation process that showcases dynamic schools of the
21st century.
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| What does it take to be validated as a MN School of Excellence? | The Minnesota Elementary
School Principals’ Association (MESPA) developed this research-based
program aligned with national standards in: leadership, vision, student
learning, the culture of adult learning, data and decision-making, and
community engagement. MESPA endorses schools whose principal, staff,
students, and community -- working as a team -- demonstrate the desire
to strengthen education by successfully undertaking the Minnesota
School of Excellence program. This school improvement process is
recognized by the Minnesota Department of Education and the National Association of Elementary School Principals. It involves a
systematic program of self-study, development of a school improvement
plan, and implementation of the plan based on demonstrated results. Click here for complete details on the Minnesota School of Excellence application process.
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