Minnesota Humanities Center - Absent Narratives Approach

The Absent Narratives Approach is an initiative of the Minnesota Humanities Center focused on transforming the way that educators see themselves, their classrooms, and students. Through a variety of professional development offerings and team building work, school systems are addressing the achievement gap through addressing the "relationship gap." 

I am currently working as part of two teams on a project in partnership with Omaha Public Schools as well as a partnership with St Paul Public Schools here in Minnesota. The evaluations are taking a Utilization Focused Developmental Evaluation approach, based on the work and designs of Michael Quinn Patton and Nora Murphy.

I will be taking the lead specifically on the multitude of surveys involved with the Omaha partnership.