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After working as a school principal for more
than 20 years, I’m able to bring hands-on experience and
expertise to both the classroom and my research on K-12
educational administrative licensure. Fortunately, my present
position enables me to combine everything I deeply loved about
the principal’s role with my early roots in teaching and
learning.
My current work concentrates on identifying and
evaluating what constitutes demonstrated proficiency in the
competencies required by the State of Minnesota for principal,
director of special education, superintendent and director of
community education licensures. By linking academic knowledge
bases to extensive fieldwork among actual practitioners, we
expect to have a powerful impact on the development of
assessments in K-12 administrative licensure programs, as well
as, indirectly, on other licensure programs. Our research team,
which includes licensure program students, has interviewed more
than 250 practitioners.
Because my research is of interest to
educational training institutions, I present at numerous
conferences. I’ve spoken on how to develop candidates for
licensure, building a conceptual framework for the whole
licensing program, and on approaches to continuous improvement
and evaluation of training programs. I also coordinate a group
of accredited Minnesota licensing institutions to discuss and
share data.
I pay great attention to how people can best
learn to be the best administrators possible. Given the
high academic caliber and personal dedication I see in the
aspiring principals I teach, I am very hopeful that our children
are in the hands of quality leaders.
Selected publications
Werner, A. (2000). Licensing for
educational administrators conceptual framework. (Paper
written for NCATE, the Department of Educational Policy and
Administrations Licensing for Educational Administrators Web
site and as a document for professional presentations.)
Zweber, A.B. (1993). The Relationship
between Type, as Identified by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator,
and Other Factors of Tenth Graders at Coon Rapids High School.
(Doctoral dissertation, University of Minnesota).
Werner, A., Draayer. D., & Scearcy, L.
(1999). Letter of commitment for the director of special
education field experience. (Field experience document prepared
for the University of Minnesota Licensure Program and reviewed
by representatives of MASA).
Draayer. D., Werner, A., & Scearcy, L.
(1999). Letter of commitment for K-12 principals. (Field
experience document prepared for the University of Minnesota
Licensure Program and reviewed by representatives of MASA).
Draayer. D., Werner, A., & Scearcy, L.
(1999). Letter of commitment for the superintendent. (Field
experience document prepared for the University of Minnesota
Licensure Program and reviewed by representatives of MASA).
Draayer. D., Werner, A., & Scearcy, L.
(1999). Letter of commitment for the director of community
education. (Field experience document prepared for the
University of Minnesota Licensure Program and reviewed by
representatives of MASA).
Academic degrees
- Ph.D., University of Minnesota 1993, secondary school
administration
- M.A., Michigan State University 1974, curriculum and
instruction
- B.A., College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN 1971, home
economics education
Professional experience
- 1998-present, lecturer and coordinator of licensing for
educational administrators, University of Minnesota
- 1997-1998, director of the Urban Executive Leadership
Program, University of Minnesota
- 1987-1997, principal, Coon Rapids High School, Coon
Rapids, MN
- 1985-1987, principal, Duluth Central High School,
Duluth, MN
- 1983-1985, principal, Woodland Junior High School,
Duluth, MN
- 1982-1983, acting principal and assistant principal,
Morgan Park Junior High School, Duluth, MN
- 1980-1982, principal, Lincoln Junior High School,
Duluth, MN
- 1979-1980, assistant principal, Duluth East High School,
Duluth, MN
- 1977-1979, administrative assistant, Duluth East High
School, Duluth, MN
- 1976-1977, administrative trainee, Duluth Public School,
Duluth, MN
- 1974-1976, home economics teacher, Duluth Denfield High
School, Duluth, MN
- 1971-1974, home economics teacher, Washington Junior
High School, Duluth, MN
Honors and awards
- Bush Fellowship: Principals' Leadership Program
Professional and academic association memberships
- American Educational Research Association
- Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals
- National Association of Secondary School Principals
- Association of Psychological Type
- Phi Delta Kappa
- Scholia
- Midwest Council for Educational Administration
Program development
- Developed and implemented procedural components of the
licensure program at the University of Minnesota for school
principals, superintendents, directors of special education,
and directors of community education.
- Directly involved in the ongoing development of the
Urban Executive Leadership Program, a partnership between
the University of Minnesota Department of Educational Policy
and Administration and the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Mounds
View school districts.
Selected presentations
- AERA roundtable discussion, "Competency-Based Licensing
Requirements for Educational Administrators." April 1999,
Montreal, Canada.
- Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis, MN. Training staff in
the concept of student portfolio and review panel
assessment.
- Presentations about the University of Minnesota's
licensure program at "The Aspiring Principal's Workshop"
sponsored by MASSP in both Rochester and Minneapolis.
- Scholia presentation on Minnesota's competency-based
licensure program.
Research
- Conducting research to gather key questions
practitioners determine necessary for aspiring
administrators to know, be able to do, or be like to
demonstrate proficiency in the 21 competencies identified in
the principal licensure regulations.
- Conducting a comparative analysis of the licensing
requirements in the fifty states of the United States for
principals, superintendents, directors of special education,
and directors of community education.
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