MSU-N program will address educator shortage

Responding to a serious shortage of administrators in Montana and across the nation, Havre's university is creating a program to train K-12 principals and assistant principals.

Darlene Sellers, dean of the College of Education at Montana State University-Northern, said the university is starting a program this summer to enable educators to obtain endorsement as K-12 administrators.

"We have a huge demand and few people who have the opportunity to get endorsement," she said Monday.

Lois Robbins, certification officer at Montana State University-Bozeman, said Northern will offer only the third C...