Craig Paulson

Email: craig-paulson@bethel.edu
Job Titles
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Professor of Educational Leadership Emeritus
Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership, Graduate School
Ed.D. in K-12 Administration, Graduate School
Highlight
Craig is a tenured faculty member within the Bethel University Doctor of Education: Leadership in Higher Education Program as well as the Doctor of Education: Leadership in K12 Administration and K12 Administrator Licenses Program. He has moved from full-time to phased-in retirement focusing on Comprehensive Examinations, Institutional Review Board approvals, and dissertation advising.
Started at Bethel
2002
Education
- Muskingum College - B.A., 1970
- University of Minnesota - M.A., 1978
- University of Minnesota - Ed.S. , 1981
- University of Minnesota - Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, 1983
Biography
Craig was the program director of Bethel's Doctor of Education and K12 administrator licenses program from 2006 to 2017. He is the former principal of Cambridge-Isanti High School and Cambridge Middle School, which was named a National School of Excellence. Before his years in Cambridge, he taught economics and law at Coon Rapids High School. He was a US Navy officer; worked for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith on Wall Street, New York; Prudential Insurance Company home office in Newark, New Jersey; served as a construction worker with Esposito Construction in Madison, New Jersey; and enjoyed lifeguarding in Puerto Rico.
Courses Taught
EDUC800 Historical, Cultural, and Philosophical Issues Impacting School Administration
EDUC840 Administrative Operations and Personnel Management
EDUC886 K-12 Principal Internship
EDUC887 Superintendent Internship
EDUC880 Comprehensive Examination
EDUC890 Dissertation Phase 1
EDUC891 Dissertation Phase 2
EDUC606 Teacher as Leader
EDUC750 Student Teaching Seminar
Areas of expertise
Craig is a professor in the Bethel University Doctor Education: Leadership in K12 Administration and K12 Administrator Licenses Program; and the Doctor of Education: Leadership in Higher Education Program since 2006.