 | Tim Bell, South Suburban Division
 | | Tim Bell, principal of Five Hawks Elementary, Prior Lake-Savage School District |
Educational philosophies:
“The human mind stretched by new ideas never goes back to its original dimensions.” (Oliver Wendell Holmes)
“Students don’t care how much you know until they know that you care.” (Theodore Roosevelt, John Wooden)
Most significant career accomplishments:
Helping coach/lead teachers into and through the Profiles of Learning years and creating a culture of accountability that was embraced and continues today.
Chairing a writing team that procured a two-year LEA grant through the U of MN and federal government for $750,000, that trained teachers in the newest scientifically-backed reading instruction, student practices, and teacher practices.
Bell says that “having touched the lives of over 600 students as a classroom teacher and 4500 as a principal, I know that somewhere out there in our global society I have made a difference. The rewards of education truly lie in the future.”
Past recognitions: Honorable Mention 2008 Science and Math Principal of the Year; MESPA division president, committee representative (Membership, EPAC, Retirement).
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