• National Training Consultant
  • National/international trainer
Email
jangaran@umn.edu
Phone
+1 612-626-0335
Address
Inst On Community Integration
Masonic Inst For Developing Brain [map]
Room 2-315F
2025 E River Pkwy
Minneapolis, MN 55414-3604

Joseph Angaran, M.A. is a program specialist and national/international trainer for Check & Connect at the Institute on Community Integration (ICI), University of Minnesota. Mr. Angaran provides training on the implementation of Check & Connect for schools and community-based organizations. He also provides follow-up training in the form of fidelity of implementation workshops for sites already implementing Check & Connect. As a national/international trainer, he assesses the needs of sites and customizes training to meet those needs.

Prior to his work at ICI, Mr. Angaran began his teaching career in the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan (MN) public schools as an elementary teacher. Most recently, he supported both special education and general education staff ranging from early childhood to high school. Trained in Cognitive Coaching, Mr. Angaran conducted observations and conversations with educators about their practices and worked to build the capacity of all to be self-directed and reflective. Mr. Angaran's undergraduate degree is from the University of Northern Iowa in Elementary Education. His graduate degree is from the University of St. Thomas in Educational Leadership and Administration. In addition, he currently holds an administrative license in Minnesota and a Professional Train-the-Trainer certificate from the University of Minnesota.

Mr. Angaran may be reached at 612-626-0335 or jangaran@umn.edu

Projects

Project

Check & Connect: A Comprehensive Student Engagement Intervention

Provides training in use of the Check & Connect student engagement intervention model to promote students' engagement with school, reduce dropout, and increase school completion. The Check & …

Project

Circle Up: An Integrated Whole School Model To Address Learners’ Social-Emotional And Learning Needs

This project combines Universal Design for Learning, Collaborative & Proactive Solutions, and Check & Connect strategies/interventions in elementary schools to improve social-emotional learning …