TO:                  All Staff

FROM:            Valeria Silva, Chief Academic Officer

                         Kate Wilcox-Harris, Executive Director, Professional Development

RE:                   SPPS/U of M Administrative Licensure Cohort

Saint Paul Public Schools' in collaboration with the University of Minnesota, is offering its first Administrative Licensure Cohort beginning June 2008.  Over twenty-five interested individuals applied and twenty-two were accepted. This partnership is designed to identify and support high potential teacher leaders in their pursuit of a Minnesota state administrators license, and prepare a pool of licensed individuals for the 2009-10 Leadership Institute for Aspiring Principals. The Cohort will be recognized at the Board of Education meeting on May 20, 2008.

For more information, please contact Kate Wilcox-Harris via email:  kate.wilcox-harris@spps.org or call 793-5486.

Thank you.