Caitlin Osell

Caitlin is a seventh and eighth grade English teacher at Mounds Park Academy in St. Paul, Minnesota. She brings more than a decade of experience in education, including eight years teaching middle and high school English Language Arts in Shakopee Public Schools and two years as an adult educator with the nonprofit organization Hired. Caitlin earned her bachelor’s degree from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University in 2014 and her Master of Arts in Education from Augsburg University in 2023. Passionate about lifelong learning, Caitlin is dedicated to designing meaningful curriculum and implementing instructional practices that best support student success. Her professional interests include culturally responsive pedagogy and curriculum, Critical Race English Education, and trauma-informed practices.

During both my undergraduate and my MAE programs, educational psychology was always the topic that had me the most intrigued. To me, it gives the ‘why’ to how our students learn, function and grow. Finding the MS in Education: Instructional Coaching program had me so excited to not only dive so much further into Ed Psych and research, but also be able to learn how to connect my findings with PD and coaching.