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 | | Paul E. Charest, principal of Falcon Heights Elementary, Roseville School District (ISD #623) |
Paul E. Charest was nominated for the East Suburban MESPA Division Leadership Achievement Award by his peers. In making the nomination, Scott Allen (principal, Little Canada Elementary) said “Paul Charest has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the Roseville School District for the past 17 years. He is an outstanding instructional leader with the ability to motivate his staff to their fullest potential.”
Charest believes in the words of Perry Good: “"Happy people evaluate themselves. Unhappy people evaluate others.” He has been in the education profession since 1975 and has been a principal since 1986.
In accepting this award, Charest stated that the three most important accomplishments of his career are that: “I am encouraged each day to work with talented and dedicated staff who give so much of themselves to the children and families they serve. Being able to have a job where I am surrounded by co-workers who spend their day doing good is a gift to my spirit.
“I lead staff toward focusing on relationship and task. I believe that real movement with the task focus of our work (i.e. achievement) can best be accomplished by putting forth significant energy in building healthy relationships. I have worked in schools that have use Quality School training and more recently, Responsive Classroom training as ways to create healthy school climates.
“Finally, the third accomplishment for me is that two of my four children chose to work in education. I have a daughter who is an elementary teacher and another who works as a speech/language clinician in a state school for students who have profound hearing and/or vision impairments.”
Charest has served as the Roseville Principal Association president for the past two years, as well as assuming leadership positions within the MESPA organization. He currently serves as the MESPA East Suburban Retirement Committee Representative and hosted the MESPA Three-Minute Walkthrough seminar in October 2007. He received his B.A. in elementary education from St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN; M.A. in educational psychology from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; elementary principal certification from Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and Ed. S. for elementary administrator and superintendent from Northwest Missouri State University, Marysville, MO.
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