NUA Cohorts | Osseo Area Schools

One of the ways that NUA Mentors have worked with Osseo Area Schools is through a cohort model. Through this model, a select number of elementary schools receive additional, ongoing, and responsive professional development from an NUA Mentor. In this model, two elementary schools are paired together to work with an NUA Mentor who intentionally focuses on the inclusion of culturally responsive instructional strategies, modeling, coaching, and observations of the daily practice of educators.

All cohort sites are supported by the Department of Education Equity led by the director Dr. Rev Hillstrom.

More information about the NUA Cohorts collaborations in schools are listed below.

Cedar Island Elementary

Principal: Dan Wald
NUA Mentor: Dr. Toby Emert

Cedar Island Elementary: Bobbie Putman-Bailey Speech and Language Pathologist.

Crest View Elementary

Principal: Shawn Stibbins
NUA Mentor: Dr.Toby Emert

Elm Creek Elementary

Principal: Beth Ness
Louise Lindsay – NUA Mentor

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The 5th grade teachers at Elm Creek Elementary school taught students how to build their own NUA notebooks, calling them toolkits. These notebooks served as places not only for content but also strategies that students could reference when woking. Using the notebooks helped students recognize that they could be empowered to choose and use strategies to process information across content areas.

Example of the fifth grade notebooks by a student.

Fair Oaks Elementary

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Principal: Sara Looby
Assistant Principal: Jenny Tollefson
Instructional Coach: Jeff Arronow
Title 1: Doris Lemanski
NUA Senior Scholar: Robert Seth Price

PowerPoint Presentations

Fair Oaks Elementary Kindergarten Teacher Sheila Rod is interviewed by School Coach Jeff Aronow.

Fair Oaks Elementary Teacher facilitating student centered Powerful Questions with his third grade class.

NUA and Osseo Area Schools: Fair Oaks Elementary Principal and Coaches reflect on the collaboration.
Part 1 (5 min, 31 sec)

Oak View Elementary

Principal: Bill Kuendig
Assistant Principal: Stephanie Webster
NUA Mentor: Louise Lindsay
Image to the right is of the kindergarten team and using a PBL styled planning process involving inquiry and differentiation. Click on the image to see larger view.