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Dale Blyth provides leadership for the Youth Work Institute, a joint venture of Extension and the College of Education and Human Development. These efforts are focused on making a measurable difference in the quality, availability, and impact of nonformal community learning opportunities for Minnesota young people. 1-612-624-2188 blyth004@umn.edu |
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Sherry Boyce is an Extension educator in program evaluation and teaching faculty for the YWI. Her interests and expertise focus on program design, program quality and community nonformal learning systems that impact youth. |
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Cecilia Gran is a state faculty member at the YWI, where she leads curriculum development and facilitates courses on the practice of youth work and promoting positive youth development. |
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Margo Herman is an Extension educator in educational design and development and teaching faculty for the YWI. Her current focus includes teaching as well as curriculum development in leadership/management skills for youth work supervisors. |
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Josey Landrieu is an Extension educator in program evaluation and teaching faculty for the YWI. Her interests focus on Latino youth participation in out-of-school time programs and their educational experiences in the United States. |
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Deborah Moore is the director of the YWI and a state faculty member for the Extension Center for Youth Development. As YWI administrative lead, she is responsible for the statewide delivery of YWI learning. As a faculty member, she teaches, writes and conducts research on issues and ideas related to program quality. |
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Kari A. Robideau is an Extension educator in educational design and development and teaching faculty for the YWI where she focuses on teaching and scholarship. She has program leadership in distance education including the development of Youth Work Matters Online. |
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Rebecca Saito is a senior research associate and a state faculty member for the YWI and the Extension Center for Youth Development. She has focused her passion and work over the past 25 years on deepening our understanding of programs and strategies that impact the well being of youth. Her current work centers on youth engagement, formal and informal mentoring, youth as community resources, and program evaluation, which she advances through community-based research, teaching, learning, and program development. |
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Anne Stevenson is an Extension educator in educational design and development and teaching faculty for the YWI based in the Andover Regional Extension Office. Her current work is in the design and development of programs, learning environments. Her teaching strategies focus on inquiry-based science learning in non-formal settings, as well as program planning. She gives program leadership to the MN 4-H Science Team. 1-763-767-3883 steve020@umn.edu |
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Eric Vogel is an Extension educator in educational design and development and teaching faculty for the YWI working out of the St. Cloud Regional Extension Office. He has program leadership in distance education. |
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Joyce Walker is a professor at the Extension Center for Youth Development focused on the education and professional development of adults who work with and on behalf of young people in nonformal learning settings. Her faculty role with the youth development leadership M.Ed. program in the College of Education and Human Development reflects her interest in organizational approaches to youth development, youth worker expertise and the design of quality adult learning experiences. |
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Kate Walker is a research associate and a state faculty member for the Extension Center for Youth Development. She conducts applied research and evaluation on youth development practice and programs. Her work centers on understanding, evaluating and elevating youth work practice. |
Andrea Jasken Baker has been in the field of youth and community development for more than 20 years. She works as a consultant and builds capacity with organizations through planning support, project management, and training. 1-612-751-6836 |
Beth Daniels works with youth development organizations to enhance program quality, develop curriculum, and empower staff and youth to envision and achieve their goals. Beth's practice includes consulting, coaching, curriculum development, and training, with a focus on collaborative processes and commitment to community, culture, and social justice. 1-612-730-8332
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Jennifer Griffin-Wiesner is a consultant and a writer who works with young people and their communities. She has written a number of publications on youth and community.
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Mary Laeger-Hagemeister is a consultant with L-H Consulting with over 20 years of experience with the Extension system at Penn State University and most recently, the University of Minnesota. In addition to developing curricula and teaching topics ranging from parenting to leadership and facilitation, Mary has served as a community coach.
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Stephanie Love is the co-founder and director of Positive Energy Outdoor (ed) Ventures, a Duluth-based outdoor adventure program. She is a High/Scope Educational Research Foundation Youth Development Trainer and has extensive youth development and outdoor adventure expertise, with more than 15 years of experience in the field. 1-218-391-0147
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Pam McBride is a youth engagement consultant and trained facilitator with the MN Technology of Participation and leads the Youth As Facilitative Leaders training with community organizations and schools in collaborative building, programming and finding the newest ways to engage youth and adults and together. 1-651-336-9661
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Colleen McLaughlin is the managing director of Phosphorescence, Inc. and a trainer and consultant with 15 years of experience as a nonprofit youth program director, Peace Corps volunteer and fundraiser. Colleen enjoys working with program staff, managers, and directors to create change through: improving program quality, strengthening infrastructure, enhancing evaluation, and creating development plans. 1-612-810-2351
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Tom Miller is an independent consultant with 20 years of experience in youth development, philanthropy, K-12 education, and nonprofit leadership. His professional roles have included: community-based youth work; special education evaluation and consultation; nonprofit management and leadership; statewide systems and policy development in the nonformal learning sector; and grant-making advisor.
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Charlotte Nitardy is experienced in educational administration, teaching both in higher education, PK-12 and training, and administration of early childhood and school-age programs. Charlotte is currently an adjunct faculty at Metropolitan State University and a fellow at the University of Minnesota doing research on social morbidity of children and youth. 1-651-739-8455
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Angèle Sancho Passe is president of BlueWater Associates, Inc., is a consultant, trainer, author and evaluator, with more than 30 years of experience in the fields of education and organization development. She focuses her practice in two areas: a) training and coaching in early literacy, family literacy, and cross-cultural guidance; and b) program evaluation and quality improvement. 1-612-379-0729
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Maureen Walsh has more than 20 years of experience in leadership, management, development, and evaluation of programs for children, youth, and families. Maureen extends this expertise to a wide variety of nonprofits including community-based organizations, neighborhood centers, community education programs, early childhood centers, and health and human service agencies.
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