The ESU 10 Teaching and Learning Leadership Team kicked off the fourth year of our Leadership Network on August 27-28. Teaching and Learning Coordinator, Kelly Simmons, has taken the lead in planning and facilitating the 2024-2025 Leadership Network. Our Teaching and Learning Team partnered with professional development staff from ESU 7 to facilitate our two-day training equipping principals with the knowledge and skills needed to implement leadership learning walks in their buildings. We have three new leadership triads this year. ESU 10 staff is excited to partner with building leaders to assist them in analyzing, identifying, and taking action on their problem of practice.
Under the direction of Teaching and Learning Coordinator, Heather Stukey, our T&L Leadership Team has developed a New Principal Cohort for the 2024-2025 school year. We have nine ESU 10 and one ESU 11 principal participating in the cohort this year. These principals are in their first three years of the principalship and are paired with an ESU 10 Leadership Team member for ongoing support throughout the school year. Our leadership team looks forward to supporting these new principals through regional principal meetings at ESU 10, online Zoom sessions, and consultation in their buildings.
Meet Our Triads
Triad 12 Members: (left to right) Kelly Clapp, Triad 12 Facilitator; Chris Pietrzak, 6-12 Principal, Wood River Rural Schools; Jenette Meyer, 7-12 Principal, Shelton Public Schools; Melissa Beberniss, 6-12 Principal, Centura Public Schools; Denise O'Brien, Triad 12 Coach
Triad 13 Members: (left to right) Triad 13 Members LtoR: Amy Walters, Triad 13 Coach; Eric Bell, 9-12 Principal, Lexington Public Schools; Ali Goodenow, K-12 Principal, Arnold Public Schools; Corey Fisher, 9-12 Principal, Cozad Public Schools; Denise O'Brien, Triad 13 Facilitator
Triad 14 Members: (left to right) Amy Walters, Triad 14 Facilitator; Tracy Naylor, Early Learning Academy Director, Lexington Public Schools; Megan Schmidt, Bright Futures Principal, Kearney Public Schools; Kerra Robinson, Early Childhood Administrator, Hastings Public Schools; Kelly Simmons, Triad 14 Coach
Cohort Members: (back row left to right) Tim Potter, PreK-12 Principal Elba Public Schools; Justin Dowdy, Elementary Principal Cozad Community Schools; Jenn DeBord, Elementary Principal, Axtell Public Schools; Tricia Martinsen, K-12 Principal Riverside Public Schools; Patrick Recoy, K-12 Principal Sandhills Public Schools
(front row left to right) Michelle Dutcher, Kenwood Elementary Principal, Kearney Public Schools; Sarah Hawthorne, Bryant & Emerson Elementary Assistant Principal, Kearney Public Schools; Principal Brute Kafale, National Expert who facilitated Day 1 of the New Principal Cohort; Dusti Vanslyke, PreK-K Director, Loup City Public Schools; Not Pictured: Abby Fong, Elementary Principal, Loup City Public Schools and Meredith Johnson, Emerson Elementary Principal, Kearney Public Schools