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MESPA Executive Director Reports from P. Fred Storti
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P. Fred Storti, MESPA Executive Director
Thank you MESPA members for your grounded beliefs and work that demonstrates that every child is a possibility and every challenge an opportunity.


Beware the Rush to Judgment in Measuring Student and Principal Achievement
May 2010 -- “The federal Turnaround School Models that we have heard much about offer a flawed approach to increasing student achievement in our lowest achieving schools.”

Bob Arnold Remembered
December 2009 --“The work that MESPA leaders actualized during those early years under Bob's leadership laid the foundation for much of the Public Employee Labor Relations Act (PELRA), which has evolved into the bargaining rights principals have today.”

Like A Rolling Stone: MESPA Gathers No Moss
September 2009 --“Great principals not only have high expectations for their students and staff, but high expectations for themselves.”

Intensifying Leadership Through Professional Learning Community
May 2009 -- “Intensifying leadership: deliberately broadening meaningful involvement through job redesign and permanent redistribution of work.”

The Purpose of MESPA: We are a PLC
March 2009 --  “In good times and tough times we are only as good as the sum of our parts.”

Special Education Students Need Core Reading Instruction
Winter 2008

Helping Our Children Compete in a 21st Century Knowledge Economy
November 2008 -- “As instructional leaders at the school site level, we know that great principals lead great schools. We know that as leaders we focus on the potential and possibilities to ignite hope within our schools.”

Grassroots and responsive
September 2008 -- MESPA is here for you!

Good practices morph and mature: Response to Intervention
May 2008 -- "What we didn’t have 20 years ago and have today are better data, more frequent and appropriate assessments, and more effective classroom interventions."

Honoring the art of leadership
March 2008 -- "As we juggle the critical balance between professional and personal life, where do we find the energy to be top-flight instructional leaders for our students, staff and families?"

Out with stars and in with the new
December 2007 -- “The primary purpose of a school report card should be to educate and inform, focusing on achieving excellence for all students...Schools are complex learning communities that require multiple but clear measures to tell the story.”

Principal Leadership Synergy
October 2007 -- "Great principals focus on potential and possibilities to ignite hope within the school, district, and community."

Keep the Principal Peloton rollin’
September 2007 -- Minnesota Principals’ Academy:  Beginning or End?