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Messages from the MESPA president
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Jon Millerhagen
Jon Millerhagen
MESPA President  July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2011

Richard Oscarson 

MESPA President  July 1, 2007- June 30, 2009

Patrick Murray
MESPA
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Dick Oscarson
President  July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2007

To read their messages, scroll to the titles below.



Excellence is a Journey
May 2010 -- "Is the Minnesota School of Excellence Program for you?"

From Twenty Thousand Feet....
December 2009 -- "When I get bogged down in the details and our staff struggles to get through the list of tasks, it is helpful for me to step back, look at the problem from a broader view."

Make Your Good Better and Better Your Best
September 2009 -- “On My Honor, I will do my best, to do my duty to…”
        The Oath of the Boy Scouts of America

Thanks for the Memories!
May 2009 -- “On behalf of the MESPA Board of Directors I want to thank each of our 950-plus members for your membership in MESPA.”

MCAs Assess More Than Student Progress: Protect yourself when responding to allegations
March 2009 --  “If I had not reported the allegation and my neglect of responsibility had been discovered, I could have lost my principal’s license and thus my job for an ethics violation.”

Laughter: the best medicine and tool for communication
December 2008 -- “Principals as leaders of their school are most often looked to by staff, parents, and students as the person who can make the best out of a difficult situation.”

Leading your school so that students get the best
September 2008 -- “If there were no difficult problems to resolve or tough decisions to make then we wouldn’t need principals. That’s why you were hired.”

Also includes the New Principals' Lament, by Jack M. Hill

Where did the time go?
May 2008

Principal leadership during difficult times
March 2008

Recharge your batteries at Institute
December 2007 -- “I quickly learned that I needed to take care of myself and carve out times for professional growth and personal relaxation -- because superintendents weren’t going to do that for me.”

Connect with your colleagues -- and have fun doing it!
October 2007 -- "Make a difference. Make a connection this month with one of the new MESPA principals or a reconnection with another principal in your division or school district."

MESPA seminars sharpen our skills as principals
September 2007 -- "Professionally, I’ve attended a MESPA legal seminar almost every year since becoming a principal 20 years ago, and each time I have learned something new or gotten a refresher on an issue that could impact my school or me."

MESPA: the #1 Professional Organization for Principals
May 2007 -- "I know that it is all of us coming together, donating our skills and talents, that has helped to secure our place as a positive force in public education."

MESPA leadership needs to come from within
March 2007 -- "It is the elementary principals of Minnesota who are MESPA."

What will you do if we don't do our job?
December 2006 -- "We are responsible for the education of the whole child, not just the reading and math test scores that the media uses to compare us."

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