Efe Agbamu has been selected as the assistant superintendent for Stillwater Area Public Schools, pending school board approval.

She will begin her new role on July 1.

Efe Agbamu (Courtesy of Stillwater Area Public Schools)

Since 2022, Agbamu has been serving as the chief academic officer for Rochester Public Schools.

Prior to that, she spent more than 10 years as an assistant superintendent, district administrator and principal in St. Paul Public Schools. She won Minnesota High School Principal of the Year in 2011 while at Park High School in Cottage Grove.

“Dr. Agbamu brings tremendous knowledge, skills and experience to her work, and will be a great addition to our leadership team,” said Superintendent Mike Funk. “She will help us continue to move the district forward in a positive direction.”

In addition to her leadership experience, Agbamu has experience in multilingual learning, language-immersion schools, curriculum and instruction, as well as oversight of special education, he said.

As assistant superintendent at Stillwater, Agbamu will lead the Teaching and Learning team and be responsible for curriculum and instruction, professional development, language immersion, multilingual instruction and other special programming.

Agbamu holds a doctorate in education from Hamline University and master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria.

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