CSCOE BIO
Helen oversees everything under the excellence umbrella, including assessments, special programs, professional development for principals and teachers, and task forces which help determine what resources schools need.
WHY CSCOE?
“Having worked in schools where you feel under resourced, under appreciated and under fire, it’s so gratifying to be with an organization that helps children meet their full potential by seeking to affirm, support and resource our schools and their leaders.”
MISSION MOMENT
CSCOE hosts an annual two-day leadership conference for school principals, giving them time away from their buildings to come together to learn and share ideas, relax and enjoy each other.
ABOUT HELEN
An education graduate of the College of St. Catherine with an elementary administration master’s and education specialist degree from the University of St. Thomas, Helen’s first teaching position was at Benilde-St. Margaret’s. She’s been a parish religious education director and school principal, retiring in 2015 as president of Risen Christ School in Minneapolis, the first Catholic dual immersion school in Minnesota. Helen serves as a lector and eucharistic minister at St. Maximilian Kolbe in Delano. She loves to travel and spend time with her four grandchildren and their parents, including a son who is a Catholic school teacher and a daughter-in-law who is a Catholic school principal.