School: Loyal H.S. Dieckman Named Principal (July - 2020)

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Surnames: Dieckman, Jackson, Lacke, Lindner

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 5/06/2020

Dieckman Named Loyal Secondary Principal (1 July 2020)



Doug Dieckman will join the Loyal School District as principal for the junior high and high school. He comes to the district after working in Ladysmith for the past 11 years. Cheyenne Thomas/TRG

By Valorie Brecht

The Loyal School District has ended its search for a new 7-12 grade principal. Doug Dieckman will start as the 7-12 principal July 1.

Dieckman, who has 26 years combined experience as a technology education teacher and then as a school counselor, is excited to take on an administrative role.


“I’m looking forward to impacting education on a different level as I work with the staff, the community, families and students,” he said.

Dieckman possesses a bachelor’s degree in technology education and a master’s degree in school counseling, both from UW-Stout. He earned his administrator certification from St. Mary’s University in Winona, MN.

Dieckman taught tech. ed. at Bruce starting in 1994 and spent 15 years there. He then served as school counselor for the Ladysmith School District for grades six through 12 and is in his 11th year there. Although Dieckman has not specifically held an administrative position, he has acted as principal at times if the Ladysmith principal had to be absent.

After receiving his principal license in 2018, Dieckman sought the next step in his professional career.

“It’s been my desire the last three-to-four years to get into administration, so I went ahead and got my license and then the past couple years I’ve been looking for administrative positions,” said Dieckman.

He added that since his youngest daughter is a senior in high school this year and will be leaving home, he and his wife broadened the geographical range of their search. He is excited for the opportunity to work at Loyal.

“I hope to effect change that will benefit the district. But I plan to take a methodical approach that has the kids’ best interest in mind,” he said. “I’m looking forward to working with adults to mold and shape a sound education system. And Loyal has some great things already in place.”

One area Dieckman wants to focus on as principal is different styles of instruction and assessment. He said that during the interview process, there was a lot of discussion about professional learning communities (PLCs). The district started to implement PLCs this school year and Dieckman has experience with them.

“It will be great to unfold my experiences to eager staff members,” he said.

Dieckman is also looking forward to meeting and working with students. He has extensive experience working with young people. Besides his capacities as a teacher and counselor, he’s coached for 25 years. He’s been head coach or assistant coach for football and baseball and an assistant coach for basketball. He’s also coached youth sports teams after school and during the summertime. Additionally, he has served at a youth center that offers tutoring.

“I like the interaction with kids and the fun,” Dieckman said.

Dieckman also has experience in community relations as he organized an annual environmental day for middle school students in conjunction with city and county government departments.

Dieckman is married to his wife, Megan, who is a school principal for a Catholic school. They have three children: Darek, who attends Viterbo University for marketing; Jared, who is studying pre-physical therapy through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at UW-La Crose; and Emma, who plans to attend UW-La Crosse and study in the pre-physician assistant program.

Dieckman’s hire completes somewhat of a re-organization of the district’s administrative staff. After previous district administrator Cale Jackson resigned last summer, former Edgar Superintendent Mark Lacke was hired to fill the void and has served as interim district administrator. He will finish out the 2019-20 school year in that role. Earlier this year, current 7-12 grade principal Chris Lindner was named to be district administrator, starting with the 2020-21 school year. Lindner will officially take on the district administrator role July 1.

 

 


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