Donald Poplau

I am a

part-time instructor at Walden University's College of Education and

Leadership. I retired several years ago from a full-time career in education--10

years as a high school teacher and over thirty years as a high school

principal, most recently at Mankato East High School (Minnesota). I have

an undergraduate degree in political science from Macalester College

(Minnesota) and graduate degrees including a doctorate in educational

leadership from the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota). I have also

been an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Educational

Leadership at Minnesota State University-Mankato. I am currently living

in Eagan,Minnesota, a Twin Cities suburb. My interests include

reading, writing, hiking, camping and baseball. I have been teaching for Walden

University for the past eight years, including the teaching of the

Foundations, School Leadership, Leading Learning Communities, Policy and Law, Capstone and Global Perspectives

courses. More recently, I moved to the MSED program to teach the Student Assessment course. I also advise doctoral study students as committee chair and content specialist. On a personal note, my wife and I have three grown children and five grandchildren.