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Rachel Steil
Education Consultant
Rachel Steil has worked in education as a 24-year veteran English and Journalism teacher. She has taught a variety of English courses and continues to advise the award-winning Newspaper Journalism class.
Rachel believes in giving back to her school district and community by participating in a variety of district committee work. She has served in a variety of leadership roles including serving on the Worlds Best Workforce committee, Curriculum Advisory Committee, Building Leadership Team, Department Chair, Building Vision team leader, and the Quality Steering Committee.
Rachel is currently one of two Career Pathways Coordinators in her district; in this role she has helped build a new, innovative program for students to explore their passions and interests in order to better determine long-term college and career planning. This program focuses on strengthening alignment of academic programing and increasing early college credits, expanding college and career readiness opportunities, and implementing experiential learning experiences for students.
Rachel has been named Minnesota Teacher of the Year Finalist in 2015 and 2020 and Minnesota Journalism Advisor of the Year in 2018. Prior to teaching, Rachel interned at the local NBC KARE 11 and ABC’s “Nightline with Ted Koppel.” Rachel has served as the Communications Chair for her local union for 18 years.
Rachel studied Education, Language Arts, and Mass Communications at the University of Minnesota, Morris and graduated with a B.A. in Secondary Education and Mass Communications. Rachel graduated from Hamline University with degrees in Master’s of Education and K-12 Administration.
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What Our Customers Are Saying
“Winterset CSD selected PartnerED to lead our district through the updating of our strategic plan and development of a Profile of a Graduate. Our board wanted a process that would encompass our entire district and foster the engagement of our entire community. The process that our consultants facilitated exceeded our expectations, as our community had numerous opportunities both in-person and virtual to provide their input throughout this process. The provocations and activities that were included in the process ensured that our Key Community Stakeholders were exposed to emerging trends in education and that our local community needs and values were considered as we developed our strategic plan and POG. We found our consultants to be knowledgeable, responsive, and supportive as we engaged in this process.”
– Justin Gross, Superintendent Winterset Community School District, Winterset, IA
“I reached out to Paula O’Loughlin and her colleague to potentially conduct a training for staff at my institution. From the very beginning, Paula was very timely and consistent in our communication. She showed a high level of enthusiasm about the opportunity and shared her ideas about the content. Her experience and expertise were a perfect match. Therefore, it was very easy for me to move forward with the training. Throughout the entire planning process, Paula was definitely a collaborative partner and maintained regular contact. At the training, Paula was an engaged and personable presenter which allowed attendees to easily participate. Her extreme knowledge of the subject matter greatly benefited the staff and evaluations were very positive. I would highly recommend Paula of PartnerED!”
– John Drussell, LICSW, MSW, Section of Social Work, Mayo Clinic
