Dr. Baule is the chair of the Leadership Education Department and the director of the Education Doctoral Program at Winona State University. Dr. Baule has experience presenting to and conducting workshops for a wide range of students, educators, and other professionals. He has conducted technology program audits and program evaluations for a range of districts, from small rural and suburban districts to large urban districts. He was identified by eSchool News as one of the top ten Tech-Savvy Superintendents in 2009. He was honored by the Illinois Association of School Administrators and the University of Illinois’s College of Education with the Van Miller Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner Award in 2013. Baule was invited to the White House in November 2014 for the Connected Superintendent Summit as one of the 120 #FutureReady superintendents nationwide.

Dr. Baule earned his Ph.D. in Leadership and Educational Policy Studies from Loyola University Chicago, where his dissertation was received with distinction. He holds an Ed.D. in Instructional Technology from Northern Illinois University, where he studied the intersection of instructional technology and school library programs. Baule received his MLS from the University of Iowa and a bachelor’s degree in history from Loras College, where he worked at the Center for Dubuque Area History.  

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Contact Dr. Baule to learn more about technology or program audits, presentations, keynotes, hands-on workshop development, or strategic planning facilitation.

For more information, contact Steve Baule.