Theresa Stager

Theresa Stager earned her Bachelor of Music Education from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI in 2003 and a Master in Educational Administration (Assessment and Evaluation) at University of Michigan-Dearborn in 2007. She has presented and keynoted at many regional and national music, administration and technology conferences in her career. Her blog was named one of the top 5 to read for high school administrators. Theresa was featured in Dr. Spike Cook's first book "Connected Leadership: It's Just a Click Away" and co-authored the publication "Breaking Out of Isolation: Becoming a Connected School Leader."

Theresa is a Co-Host of PrincipalPLN podcast which can be found at principalpln.com and on iTunes. Theresa Stager is in her sixth year of administration and her third as an Assistant Principal at Saline High Schoolin Saline, MI. She lives in Saline, MI with husband Brian and two children Audrey and Jacob. Theresa believes that as long as you are making the decisions that are best for kids, you can't go wrong.

Mrs. Stager taught for 8 years as a public school music educator teaching general music and band starting in 2003 as well as co-directing the high school vocal music program. She also worked for 2 years as an Implementation Director at a Human Resources company until 2013. Ms. Stager has been an accompanist at St. Blase Catholic Church in Sterling Heights, MI since September 1998. She accompanied a 180-member choir at Carnegie Hall in New York City with guest artist Liam Lawton as well as performing with a host of artists at the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM) in Detroit, 2010. Her biggest musical accomplishment was being asked to perform for Pope Benedict XVI in Rome during November 2012 concert tour throughout Italy, and playing the organ at St. Peter’s Cathedral during a mass. Mrs. Stager has worked as a guest accompanist for GIA Publications and can be heard on Stephen Petrunak’s Dove Award-Nominated Album “Love Beyond All Measure.”

Theresa is an Apple Teacher 2016, #AlphaSquirrel, MACUL Administrator SIG Director, DEN Star, Remind Connected Administrator, and on the Discovery Education Principal Advisory Council.