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Janna Cochrane
Janna Cochrane is principal of North Greenville Elementary School in Wisconsin. She has over 20 years’ experience as an elementary principal in three different districts. Prior to that, she taught fourth grade for 9 years.
Janna Cochrane
Janna Cochrane is principal of North Greenville Elementary School (NGES) in Greenville, Wisconsin. She has spent her career exclusively at the elementary level with over 20 years’ experience as an elementary principal in three different districts. Prior to being a principal, she taught fourth grade for 9 years. The daughter of a retired elementary principal, Janna knows the importance of establishing a quality school community for elementary students, staff, and families.
Janna was recognized as a 2020 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Principal Leader in the state of Wisconsin; as the 2020 Wisconsin Elementary Principal of the Year; and as Wisconsin's 2020 Elementary NAESP National Distinguished Principal.
As Lead Learner of North Greenville Elementary, Janna has assisted the Hortonville Area School District in gaining the esteemed honor of being a Model PLC District. As part of this journey, Janna generated collaboration time for elementary teams, assisted in the establishment of essential standards in efforts to achieve a districtwide guaranteed and viable curriculum, supported teams in the regular use of data protocols to plan for meeting the needs of all learners, and tended to the development of a positive, collaborative culture of learners as stated in their school vision statement.
At NGES, Janna has been keenly aware of the importance of school culture and fostering teacher leadership in the continuous improvement efforts. She describes her role as Principal, Lead Learner, and Keeper of the Family. The forward-thinking staff at NGES have a total commitment to the three big ideas of Professional Learning Communities and work to support the four essential questions with their frequent collaborative team meetings.
Janna holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and music, and she earned her master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of Wisconsin Madison.
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Presentations by Janna Cochrane
- Implementing PLCs in Elementary Schools: And We Thought Making the Schedule Was Hard!
- PLC Elementary Principals—Keeper of the School Family
- Living Your Elementary School Vision
- The Difficult but Right Work in Elementary PLCs
