| Kathy earned her B.A. at the
University of California at Berkeley in Fine Art
in 1985, and she completed her Secondary Teacher
Education in 1992. She received a Master's in
Education, Special Education from Lewis and
Clark College in 2000 and earned a Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership from the
University of Oregon in June of this year. Dr.
Miner spoke at the June 2006 Council of Chief
State School Officers' annual conference on
assessment and measurement in San Francisco.
Prior to her three years as Principal of Edwin
Brown High School, Kathy served as the Behavior
Resource Specialist at M.A. Lynch Elementary
School in Redmond. During this time she
facilitated the process for developing an
alternative middle school program for the
district. In addition, Kathy was a Special
Education Teacher for the Bend-LaPine School
District, the Upper School Head and Art teacher
for Mount Bachelor Academy, and taught all
subjects in a one room school for adjudicated
boys.
As the principal of Edwin Brown High School,
an alternative high school serving 130 students
grades 9-12, Kathy has significantly improved
the school culture. She has created programs to
increase options for at-risk students including
project based learning, culinary arts, a teen
parent program, and an outdoor leadership
program. Through her leadership and
collaboration with staff, Brown has become a
positive, supportive, safe, and fun place to
work and learn.
When asked to identify the characteristics of
a great school, Kathy included the following
statements in her response to what a great
school has:
- "A great group of teachers who support
each other, seek continued learning of their
craft and truly love learning with students;
- a supportive parent group that is
meaningfully utilized in the school community,
and participates in collaborative ways with
teachers and leaders;
- students who are creative, inquisitive
and self-directed learners and who practice
living in a community with respect,
accountability and trustworthiness;
- a nurturing, safe environment in which
students and teachers can take academic risks,
stretch and achieve;
- a school community that celebrates art,
music, poetry and dance and understands that
these are critical elements in education."
She concluded her two page list with the
words, "Most of all, a great school is about
success, growth and . . . . FUN!
Kathy and her husband live in Sisters with
their two children who are in the second and
fourth grades at Sisters Elementary School.
Please join us
in welcoming Kathy Miner to the Sisters School
District and the Middle School.
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