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Welcome MDE Science Specialist Dr. Angela Kolonich

by , posted on 9:47 AM, February 7, 2022
Dr. Angela Kolonich is the new science content specialist at the Minnesota Department of Education
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Dr. Angela Kolonich is the new science content specialist at the Minnesota Department of Education, starting in February. She has over 16 years of experience teaching and working in urban school communities, including the Lansing School District and Detroit Public Schools Community District in Michigan, and the Los Angeles Unified School District in California.  Angela designed professional learning programs for science teachers shifting to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), and developed, evaluated, and supported the implementation of NGSS curriculum.

     Dr. Kolonich served as an affiliate faculty member of the American Indian and Indigenous Studies program at Michigan State where she collaborated with colleagues to support Native American Undergraduate Students pursing STEM careers. She is of mixed settler/Indigenous ancestry, fish clan, originally from Winnipeg Manitoba, and part of the Red Cliff community in northern Wisconsin where her spouse is a tribal member. She can be contacted at angela.kolonich@state.mn.us

 

For more information about Dr. Kolonich, see this article in the MnSTA Winter Newsletter from Doug Paulson, Department of Education  Academic Standards, Instruction, and Assessment.