Deans Group
The Metropolitan Milwaukee Area Deans of Education
Purpose and History
The Metropolitan Milwaukee Area Deans of Education (MMADE) organization is a vital and vibrant outgrowth of the Milwaukee Partnership Academy, an Urban PK-16 Council for Quality Teaching and Learning, which is designed to develop a comprehensive teaching and learning prototype for preparing K-12 teachers for Milwaukee schools and providing professional development for in-service teachers through a strong and unique partnership. The partnership is a unique collaboration of the public schools, public and private postsecondary institutions, and business, philanthropic and community organizations. MMADE is a critical part of the public/private postsecondary engagement of the MPA.
The primary goal of the Milwaukee Partnership Academy (MPA) is to have each child on grade level in reading, writing and mathematics. Other goals include the improvement of teacher quality, increasing student achievement at all educational levels and addressing systemic issues across educational institutions. These goals are inextricably linked and need to be achieved in conjunction with each other. Furthermore, the MPA acknowledges the role the Milwaukee community plays in shaping the learning environment, and its consequences on the living environment. Striving to improve one will ultimately impact the other.
The MPA is governed by the Executive Partners. The Executive Partners are the board of directors of the MPA and consists of the chief executive officers of education and civic organizations that influence education outcomes in Milwaukee. They include the superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools, the president of the Milwaukee Board of School Directors, the executive director of the Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association, the president of the Milwaukee Area Technical College, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the state superintendent of public instruction, the president of the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, the Greater Milwaukee Committee, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, and a president representing private institutions of higher education.
Beginning in the fall of 2002 MMADE has six breakfast meetings yearly with a twofold purpose: 1) to create an ongoing forum for the deans to interact generally around local issues and 2) provide a place for deans to interact specifically around MPA activities. MMADE meetings typically include a report from the MPA Executive Director and the Milwaukee Public Schools district leadership on major activities, discussion of the ways in which the colleges and universities can provide support, respond to issues, and raise concerns and questions regarding common concerns about all levels of education in Milwaukee.
Since 2005, MMADE has been co-chaired by the dean of Milwaukee’s single public higher education institution and a dean from one of six private higher education institutions. The above and a representative from the two-year technical college comprise MMADE’s membership. MMADE has made it possible for the building of greater personal and professional relationships with the leadership of the MPA and MPS and, thusly, have become the point persons at their institutions for the MPA.
Membership Roster (click to download pdf file)
Meeting Minutes (click to download pdf file)
MMADE Minutes 12-19-07
MMADE Minutes 2-20-08
MMADE Minutes 3-19-08
MMADE Minutes 4-16-08
Contacts
Anthea (Tia) Bojar
Dean – School of Education
Cardinal Stritch University
albojar@stritch.edu
William Henk
Dean – School of Education
Marquette University
bill.henk@marquette.edu
Alfonzo Thurman
Dean – School of Education
UW-Milwaukee
athurman@uwm.edu
