Donald Poplau
- Home
- Why Walden
- Meet Faculty
- Donald Poplau

Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership
School of Education and Professional Licensure
Degree Program
M.S. Education (MSEd)
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.
Courses Taught
EDAD 7200 - Leadership for Today's Schools
EDAD 7202 - Leading to Promote Learning
EDAD 7900 - Leadership Capstone
EDAD 7901 - Capstone
EDAD 8143 - Leading Learning Communities
EDDD 8011 - School Policy and Law
EDSD 7011 - School Policy and Law
EDUC 6731 - Assessment Student Learning
EDUC 8081 - Prospectus
EDUC 8090 - Doctoral Study Intensive
Education
EdD, University of St. Thomas
Ed.S., College of St. Thomas (MN)
MA, College of St. Thomas (MN)
Public Service
Dakota County Parks and Recreation, Volunteer - Eagan, MN United States
Minnesota Zoo, Volunteer - Apple Valley, MN United States
Science Museum of Minnesota, Volunteer - Saint Paul, MN United States