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I am new to Wiki and this is a brand new opportunity for me to document my growth as an educator and a leader within the next 4 years. I am currently an EBD Teacher in an educational setting with a high level of supervision and structure. I have been working with youth and adults with special emotional and academic needs in alternative settings for the past 17 years. When I learned that the our local school board recently terminated the building lease for East High School for the 2010-11 school year, I was determined to take on a leadership role in the future and think about what it would take in the long term to re-build another alternative school similar to East. With a 5 million dollar deficit, the fact that our school board is talking about laying off about 35 high school teachers, and that our union is fighting to preserve our current health insurance package, I recognize that now is not a good time to "save" East High School. However,I am willing to wait to see what will happen within the next 5 years. So in the meantime,I am in the beginning stages of completing a principal licensure through the Educational Leadership Program at UW-Oshkosh; for I hope to take on a leadership role in a new alternative school in our community within the next 5 years.
 * About me:**

723 & 733 are exempt 3 years of teaching experience is required and my experience has exceeded the minimal requirement
 * My Program Action Plan** per ELPA Planning Sheet (Effective Fall 2007)
 * Principal Licensure Only: 30 credits** (Masters Degree is required & already completed in 2003 at Marian University)

Spring 2010: 701 Intro to Ed Leadership Summer 2010: 714 Curriculum Fall 2010: 730 Org & Admin Spring 2011: 735 Legal Summer 2011: 750 Tech Leadership Fall 2011: 793 Internship & 794 Seminar
 * UW-Oshkosh classes:**

Spring 2012: 725 Research Methods Summer 2012: 735 Student Services & Diversity in Elementary/Secondary Education Fall 2012: 830 Financing Elementary/Secondary Education Spring 2013: 845 School Principalship Fall 2013: 847: Instructional Leadership and School Improvement
 * UW-Madison classes:**