The Minnesota Principals Academy, housed in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (OLPD),  was recently highlighted in the Grand Forks Herald article Principal Academy Is Rare Training Opportunity for Minnesota School Leaders.

Dr. Katie Pekel, Principal in Residence, is quoted in the article:

“Principals rarely get an opportunity to attend professional development, and Katie Pekel, a program coordinator who works for the University of Minnesota, described the domino effect of the program.

Staff and teachers benefit by adopting the new research principals learn according to the needs of their schools, and students benefit by being exposed to the most current and relevant instructional strategies, she said.”