Leadership Roles and Activities: School Settings
Teacher, Elementary Principal, Supervising Principal, Administrative Intern, Assistant Superintendent, Superintendent, Adjunct Professor, Participant, Speaker, Writer, Chair, Consultant, Director, Designer, Supervisor, Lecture of Record, School Board Member
56-57 - Student Teacher, Grade 12, University High School; Grade 12, Minneapolis North High School, and Grade 7, University High School
57-60 - Grade 6 Teacher, Coburn Elementary School Battle Creek, Michigan
59-60 - Chairman: Book Selection Committee, Battle Creek, Michigan
59-60 - Chairman: Battle Creek Teacher Constitution Revision Committee
60-61 - Member: Fall Conference Planning Committee
61-62 - Coordinator: Track Meet Sponsor
62-63 - Chair: Student Council Development Committee
61-62 - Principal: Hamura Elementary School, Yokota Air Force Base, Japan
62-63 - Principal: Tachikawa Elementary School Principal, Tachikawa Air Force Base, Japan
63-64 - Supervising Principal: Grades Kindergarten to Eight, Tachikawa Air Force Base, Japan
66-67 - Administrative Intern: Evanston Township High School, Evanston, Illinois
67-71 - Principal, West Leyden Township High School, Northlake, Illinois
68-69 - Adjunct Professor: Graduate School, College of Education, University of Illinois
68-69 - Chairman: Allerton Conference for Administration Graduates from University of Illinois
70-71 - Member: North Central Association Evaluation Team
70-71 - Speaker: Northern Illinois University Business Conference
70-71 - Paid Consultant: Numerous school districts regarding modular scheduling
70-71 - President: Des Plaines Valley Board of Control
71-73 - Assistant Superintendent: Minnetonka Public Schools, Excelsior, Minnesota
72-73 - Chairman: West Metropolitan Educator Cable TV Committee
72-73 - Member: Governor's Right to Read Commission
72-73 - Program Facilitator: MASCD Fall Conference
72-73 - Chairman: ERDC Long Range Curriculum Planning Committee
72-73 - Chairman: North Central Association Evaluation Committee for Iowa and Missouri
73-95 - Superintendent: Minnetonka Public Schools, Excelsior, Minnesota
74-75 - Director: Lake Conference Athletic Association
75-76 - Vice Chairman: Executive Board, Lake Conference Athletic Association
75-78 - Member: Executive Committee, Association of Metropolitan School Districts
76-77 - Chairman: Lake Conference Athletic Association
76-77 - Secretary/Treasurer: West Metropolitan Association of School Superintendents
76-80 - Member: Executive Committee--Educational Cooperative Service Unit
77-78 - Secretary: SCHOLIA (Education Society)
77-78 - Vice President: West Metropolitan Association of School Superintendents
77-78 - Member: Ad Hoc State Department Committee on SERC Project
77-79 - Member: MN Association of School Administrators (MASA) Legislation Committee
77-81 - Member: Regional Advisory Council for Special Education
78-79 - President: West Metropolitan Association of School Superintendents
79-80 - President: SCHOLIA (Education Society)
79-80 - Director: Management Concerned for Public Education (MCPE)
79-80 - Member: Constitution Committee, M.A.S.A. (Drafted Revised Constitution)
79-80 - Chairman: MASA Conference Session on Pro/Con Vouchers
79-80 - Speaker: MASA Conference--In-service of School Board Members
80-81 - Member: Regional Advisory Council for Special Education
80-81 - Co-finance Chairman: Dr. Lloyd Nielsen's Nat'l Campaign for AASA
80-81 - Chairman: District 276 Special Education Advisory Committee
80-81 - Chairman: AASA Conference. Session on Building Confidence in Public Education
80-81 - Member: MASA Constitution Committee
80-81 - Speaker: MN Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Vouchers
80-81 - Speaker: M.A.S.B.O. Conference-- Strikes in Public Sector
80-81 - Speaker: Neighborhood Group: Staff Renewal in Time of Pupil Decline
81-82 - Speaker: Minn. Public Relations Association, Process Used in Major Budget Cuts
81-82 - Consultant: Regional Superintendents, Ottumwa, Iowa
81-82 - Speaker: U. of Iowa Graduates: How to Restore Confidence in Public Education
82-83 - Speaker: 30th Annual School Law, U. of Minn.--Unrequested Teachers' Leave
82-83 - Speaker:” Minnesota Volunteer Association, Ways the Administration Can Encourage and Foster Use of Volunteers
82-83 - Speaker: East Metro Superintendents, Budget Reduction from another Perspective
82-83 - Speaker: West Metro Superintendents, Long Range Planning Made Plain
82-83 - Member: Assoc. of Metropolitan School Districts Special Education Committee
82-83 - Member: A.A.S.A. Nat'l Center for the Improvement of Learning Advisory Panel
82-83 - Speaker: Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, School, Community and Taxes
82-83 - Keynote Speaker: A State Response to 'A Nation at Risk', Statewide Conference on Excellence in Education, College of St. Thomas
82-83 - Member: Executive Committee, Computer Consortium for Forty-eight School Districts
83-86 - Member: Executive Committee, Minnesota Association of School Administrators
83-84 - Member, Minnesota Commissioner of Education Superintendents Advisory Forum
83-84 - Task Force Member, Minnesota Business Partnership Study
83-84 - Secretary, Exec. Committee, Computer Consortium for Forty-eight School Districts
83-84 - Speaker, Planning for Educational Technology - ECSU/TIES/METRO II Workshops
83-84 - Member: Nominating Committee, SCHOLIA
83-84 - Speaker: MSBA Workshop, How to Use National Studies
84-85 - President: Riley Club
84-85 - Chairman: National Center for Improvement of Learning, AASA in (Washington, D.C.
84-85 - Speaker: Religion and Public Education - All Saints Lutheran Church
84-85 - Treasurer: Exec. Committee, Computer Consortium for Forty-eight School Districts
84-85 - Member: Commissioner's Forum, State Department of Education
84-85 - Participant: Panel Member, Incentives in Public Education Workshop
84-85 - Speaker: AASA National Convention: Staff Development Program
84-85 - Participant: Channel Nine (TV) Community Issues forum: Discipline in Schools
85-89 - Member: Executive Committee, Minn. Assoc. of School Administrators
85-86 - Member: Post Sec. Options Study Committee, Assn. of Metro School Districts
85-86 - Chairman: Superintendent's Advisory Council, Int. School District 287
85-86 - Speaker: Excelsior and Wayzata Rotary Clubs: Great American Dream Machine: Public Education
85-86 - Member: Minnesota Commissioner of Education Forum
85-86 - Speaker: Minnesota Governor's Discussion Group: Incentives vs. Mandates
86-87 - Chairman: Superintendent's Advisory Council, District 287
86-87 - Member: Tax Study Committee, Association of Metropolitan School Districts
86-88 - Member: Bush 2000 Task Force
87-88 - President-elect: Suburban School Superintendents USA
87-88 - Speaker: Open Enrollment, SCHOLIA
87-88 - Panel Member: Focus on Learning, Minnesota Business Partnership Workshop
87-88 - Speaker: Thinking Big or Thinking Small, Minnetonka Community Services
87-88 - Speaker: What Does Superintendent Want in a Budget? MN School Business Officials
88-89 - President: Suburban School Superintendents, U.S.A.
89-90 - Seminar Leader: Open Enrollment, Superintendents' Seminar, New York City
89-90 - Participant: AASA Travel/Study to China -- three weeks tour of schools and universities
89-90 - Speaker: State Superintendent of the Year Reception: Climbing Mountains
89-90 - Speaker: National Press Club Press Conference: The Fourth 'R'
89-90 - Speaker: National Superintendent of the Year Award, AASA, Making Hope Happen.
89-90 - Speaker: Minn. Assoc. of School Administrators Breakfast: "Everyone Counts"
89-90 - Speaker: Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport Reception: Celebrating Children
89-90 - Speaker: Eleven Faculty Meetings: The Teacher Is the Key
89-90 - Speaker: 110 Elementary Classrooms: Learning is Important to Me
89-90 - Speaker: Keynoter at MASA Spring Meeting: Rising to 1990 Challenges
89-90 - Speaker: Southwest Ministerial Association: Teach to Head and to Heart
89-90 - Speaker: Clear Springs Elementary PTO: Parents Are Teachers, Too
89-90 - Speaker: Twin West Chamber: No Limits on Lifelong Learning
89-90 - Speaker: Albert Lea High School Awards Ceremony: "Putting It All Together"
89-90 - Discussant: Visit with President Bush at the Oval Office, "Priorities for Public Education"
89-90 - Discussant: Secretary of Education Cavazos, DC, "What Really Makes a Difference?"
89-90 - Speaker: Excelsior Methodist Men's Club: "Drawing Water from the Wells of Life"
89-90 - Participant: Panel Penn State University Cable Production, "What Parents Can Do"
90-91 - Speaker: Education Commission of the States, Seattle, Washington: "What Education Proposals Contain Gold
90-91 - Speaker: South Dakota Superintendents Association, Pierre, South Dakota: Backbone of Educational Leadership
90-91 - Speaker: Bush Fellows Seminar, Brainerd, Minnesota: Role of Values in Administration
90-91 - Speaker: West Metro League of Women Voters, Citizen Jury (for Governor), Basis for Minnesota Education over Next Four Years
90-91 - Speaker: Keynote District 916 Opening Workshop, The Teacher Is Key
90-91 - Speaker: Twin West Chamber: Cross Currents in American Education
92-95 - Chair: Classic Lake Athletic Conference Superintendents
95-09 - Educational Consultant: President, Experience PLUS, Inc.
95-96 - Senior Fellow: College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota
96-97 - Designer: Course Syllabus, Superintendent Leaders for 21st Century
96-00 - Lecturer of Record: Taught class, Superintendent Leaders for 21st Century
97-98 - Designer: Work Experience Modules for 21 Administrative Competencies
98-00 - Supervisor: Administrative Intern
05-08 - Honorary Chair: Endowment Fund Drive, Minnetonka School Foundation
06-10 - Appointed School Board Member: Intermediate District 287
07-08 - Speaker: Intermediate District 287 School Opening Workshop
08-09 - Speaker: MASA Keynote, Not Mope, but Cope, Hope, and Lead
08-09 - Speaker: Intermediate District 287 Administrative Staff In-service
08-09 - Vice Chair: School Board, Intermediate District 287
