Ted Schick, a Minnesota native, resides in Fredenberg Township near Duluth on Island Lake Reservoir. A retired naval officer with over 30 years of leadership and 26 years of teaching experience, Ted has worked as a U.S. Navy instructor, high school teacher, corporate trainer, and owner of Schick Corporate Learning. An avid outdoorsman, Ted enjoys biking, skiing, swimming, kayaking, and fishing. As a dedicated community servant, he volunteers with Spirit Mountain Ski Patrol, local humane societies, Mentor Duluth, Second Harvest Foodbank, and Meals-on-Wheels. Ted will discuss The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make and How to Avoid Them. A fun, engaging look at the mistakes leaders too often make and more importantly, how to avoid them and sidestep these common pitfalls.
Join us for an engaging opportunity to meet fellow community educators who specialize in your program field. These sessions are designed for you to connect, share insights, and learn from one another through lively round table discussions. Whether you're seeking new ideas, looking to solve common challenges, or simply wanting to make new friends, this is the perfect time to strengthen your professional network. Come prepared to collaborate, discuss, and walk away with fresh perspectives and connections that will enhance your work in community education.
Join us for an engaging opportunity to meet fellow community educators who specialize in your program field. These sessions are designed for you to connect, share insights, and learn from one another through lively round table discussions. Whether you're seeking new ideas, looking to solve common challenges, or simply wanting to make new friends, this is the perfect time to strengthen your professional network. Come prepared to collaborate, discuss, and walk away with fresh perspectives and connections that will enhance your work in community education.
Join your fellow community education professionals for a dynamic and interactive MCEA Regional Meeting! This session offers an invaluable opportunity to receive important updates from MCEA, engage in meaningful discussions with colleagues from your region, and share your thoughts on how MCEA can better support your work. Whether you're a seasoned professional or new to the field, this is your chance to have your voice heard and contribute to shaping the future of community education in Minnesota. Don’t miss this chance to connect, collaborate, and make a difference! Key Takeaways:
Receive the latest MCEA updates.
Connect and network with fellow members from your region.
Participate in open discussions on how MCEA can better serve you.
Looking forward to your input and engagement!
Wednesday October 23, 2024 11:15am - 12:15pm CDT
Split Rock 1 - Lower Level350 Harbor Drive, Duluth, MN 55802
Join your fellow community education professionals for a dynamic and interactive MCEA Regional Meeting! This session offers an invaluable opportunity to receive important updates from MCEA, engage in meaningful discussions with colleagues from your region, and share your thoughts on how MCEA can better support your work. Whether you're a seasoned professional or new to the field, this is your chance to have your voice heard and contribute to shaping the future of community education in Minnesota. Don’t miss this chance to connect, collaborate, and make a difference! Key Takeaways:
Receive the latest MCEA updates.
Connect and network with fellow members from your region.
Participate in open discussions on how MCEA can better serve you.
J Join your fellow community education professionals for a dynamic and interactive MCEA Regional Meeting! This session offers an invaluable opportunity to receive important updates from MCEA, engage in meaningful discussions with colleagues from your region, and share your thoughts on how MCEA can better support your work. Whether you're a seasoned professional or new to the field, this is your chance to have your voice heard and contribute to shaping the future of community education in Minnesota. Don’t miss this chance to connect, collaborate, and make a difference! Key Takeaways:
Receive the latest MCEA updates.
Connect and network with fellow members from your region.
Participate in open discussions on how MCEA can better serve you.
Join your fellow community education professionals for a dynamic and interactive MCEA Regional Meeting! This session offers an invaluable opportunity to receive important updates from MCEA, engage in meaningful discussions with colleagues from your region, and share your thoughts on how MCEA can better support your work. Whether you're a seasoned professional or new to the field, this is your chance to have your voice heard and contribute to shaping the future of community education in Minnesota. Don’t miss this chance to connect, collaborate, and make a difference! Key Takeaways:
Receive the latest MCEA updates.
Connect and network with fellow members from your region.
Participate in open discussions on how MCEA can better serve you.
An opportunity to get together with the CEND leaders that provide AWD programs. Go over the new legislation passed last year about approval of AWD programs through Advisory Councils, what it means, how to proceed and examples. We will also have time to ask questions, give feedback and connect more within the AWD world. Don't have to be a member of CEND to come.
Come hear about the Anoka-Hennepin Adventures Plus program's equity work. Learn how they formed their equity committees, created an equity commitment statement, engaged stakeholders, built equity connections into all activities, created department wide training, dedicated budget resources, examined demographics, adjusted staff recruitment strategies, and secured grant funding for special projects. Whether you are just starting equity work or well on your way, this session will give you additional ideas for implementation.
In this session we'll review the "To-Dos" of "How-Tos." Documenting your team's core processes can boost productivity and consistency for your program. Bonus: You'll leave this session with an Eleyo Process Manual template to help kick start your process documentation journey
Each day, we work to increase the accessibility of child care and after school programs. Our mission is to help school districts and communities increase the reach of their programs using innovative technology. To achieve this, we provide robust and user-friendly software and world-class... Read More →
In an era of rapid change and growing interconnectedness, the ability to foster resilient and connected communities is more crucial than ever. This session is designed to provide participants with the firsthand knowledge, tools, and strategies needed to develop and strengthen regional networks that support sustainable growth, mutual support, and shared success. Local community education coordinators/directors will share their stories and insights from successful partnerships focused on early childhood, youth development, and intergenerational programming with the foundation.
Community Education Team Includes: Cheryl Meld - McGregor Kristal Berg - Proctor/Hermantown Lara Parkin - Aitkin Vicki Radzak - Moose Lake
According to Dr. Marshall B. Rosenberg, author and creator of the internationally recognized Nonviolent Compassionate Communication(NVC) process, learning NVC is a way of interacting (via both expressing our own feelings AND receiving the feelings of others through listening= Empathy. This way of communicating helps us to exchange information in a way that helps resolve differences peacefully with mutual respect.
Most of us have been educated from birth to compete, judge, demand, diagnose--to think and communicate in ways of what is “right” and “wrong” with people. At best, the habitual ways we think and speak hinder communication, and create misunderstanding and frustration in others and in ourselves. Still worse, they cause anger and pain, and may lead to violence. Without wanting to, even people with the best of intentions generate needless conflict.
The goal of Nonviolent Compassionate Communication(NVC), is about learning to reach beneath the surface and discover what is really “alive” within us, and how all actions (thoughts, words, deeds) are based on human needs that all of us are seeking to meet. When we understand and acknowledge our needs we create a shared basis for a more satisfying relationship --- a deeper connection with others and ourselves as well.
President/Owner, Ann Harrington Training & Consulting
Please see my website... and/or ask me anything about the NVC (Compassionate Nonviolent Communication) work I am currently doing and am passionate about sharing in our current polarized culture!
Kalia was born in a Thai refugee camp to a family escaping the Secret War in Laos. She moved to America at age six. Her first book, The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir, praised by Publishers Weekly for its graceful storytelling and Hmong cultural insights, won two Minnesota Book Awards, was a PEN USA finalist, and earned an NEA Big Read title as the first nationally distributed Hmong-authored book. Her other memoirs include The Song Poet, which won the 2016 Minnesota Book Award and was a finalist for several prestigious awards, Somewhere in the Unknown World, and her latest, Where Rivers Part: A Story of My Mother’s Life. Kalia has also authored children's books centered on Hmong children's experiences, including A Map Into the World, The Most Beautiful Thing, The Shared Room, Yang Warriors, From the Tops of the Trees, and The Rock in My Throat. She co-edited What God is Honored Here?, a collection on miscarriage and infant loss by Native women and women of color. Her work has earned McKnight, Soros, and Guggenheim Fellowships. When not inspiring social change, Kalia lives in Minneapolis with her husband and twin sons.
Join this interactive discussion on the impacts of part-time and seasonal staff on your departments and organizations. Highlight priorities and strategies for recruiting and retaining staff along with identifying opportunities and challenges.
SOAR Education is a 16 Lesson Program that teaches, encourages and inspires students (people of all ages) to believe in themselves and make their dreams come true. Learn how the SOAR Education Program can positively impact your School Age Care and Youth Enrichment Programs.
I am the Executive Director of SOAR Education. SOAR Education,teaches, encourages and inspires students to believe in themselves, to never give up, and make their dreams come true and SOAR!I am the "Evel Knievel" of Water Ski Jumping, setting a World Stunt Record water ski jumping... Read More →
The equity magnifier is a resource from MDE that is intended to center equity in the decision making process. This resource is designed to be used throughout action-planning, decision making and implementation process. This could occur with a team or one-on-one during formal or informal conversations (anyone, anytime, anywhere). These questions are designed to keep equity as the focal point of discussion when engaging in any action planning, decision-making and implementation process. The purpose of the questions is to illuminate blind spots, perspectives that are represented, perspectives that are absent or silenced, and awareness of unintended consequences. The use of these questions is to help elevate the absent narrative and highlight groups who have been the most historically underserved and negatively impacted by policies, programs, or decisions.
Learn about the Northland Foundation’s unique grantmaking while gaining tips and tricks to alleviate apprehension surrounding grant writing by providing clarity and empowering participants with the knowledge and skills needed to approach the process confidently.
Join us to discuss and discover ways to connect with your community to meet their needs and interests. From establishing a strong advisory council to making unique community connections, this session will help you examine whether you understand and are meeting the needs of your entire community demographics. This workshop will share many ideas and examples of how to be more active and progressive with your community. No matter how big or how small your district is, you will find this information valuable.
Jackie holds a Specialist degree in School Administration and has been a Community Education Director and Area Learning Center Principal for over 30 years. She recently retired as the Director for Eastern Carver County Schools. Jackie is currently and has been an associate professor... Read More →
A leadership style that builds itself on the values of both the leader and their team. Based on the philosophy that people motivate themselves through the implementation of their personal values in their daily lives.
As gambling and gaming access increases, adolescents face choices that can be illegal or unhealthy. In 2022, 6-9% of Minnesota youth hid their gambling behavior, and 5-8% believed they might have a problem. These activities can harm their mental and physical health, education, and relationships. Risk factors include cultural background, family history of mental illness or substance use, and personal substance use. This presentation will explore current trends in youth gambling and gaming, their impacts, the connection to substance use, and prevention strategies. It will also discuss the Minnesota Alliance on Problem Gambling's efforts to create prevention materials in response to requests from parents and community members.
In this session, participants will participate in a variety of interactive games and activities that examine how we’ve consciously and subconsciously trained ourselves to approach our work. Using Games for Actors and Non-Actors as a guiding resource, the facilitator will provide a brief overview of the subject material and how it can be used among staff to examine structures of power, leadership, and other group dynamics. Then, it’s time to play! This is an interactive session where participants will be asked to actively participate in the discussion, action, and reflection of the exercises and will require people to be in their seat as well as on their feet, so please be prepared. These are activities that can be brought back and facilitated with other staff to assess, analyze, reflect, and connect about their work. Activities can also be done directly with children.
Improve quality and coherence of early learning programs across settings and through time through effective administrative and leadership practices! Join us as we examine and discuss effective governance structures that support program alignment, professional development, and data informed decision making for program improvement. We will share existing and future opportunities that support your work navigating systems as an administrator and community leader.
In alignment with the conference theme "Discover Your True North," this session will focus on the importance of authentic leadership in fostering effective partnerships between community organizations and state government agencies to enhance public safety and/or community needs. The presentation will highlight the Minnesota Department of Public Safety's (DPS) Community Affairs initiatives aimed at building trust and collaboration with diverse communities across the state. By sharing real-life examples and strategies, participants will learn how to lead with empathy, recognize and seize courageous moments, and create a culture of collective strength through genuine engagement with state agencies. Learn about Driver’s License For All and resources that support newcomers, explore opportunities and alignment for partnering with DPS and Adult Basic Education (ABE), and explore opportunities and alignment for partnering with DPS and Community Educations Driver’s Education programming.
Last year, ISD 191 began searching for a new software platform to manage their community education programming and facilities. This session details their journey, starting with the search for a new platform, continuing through implementation, and finishing with how using Arux daily is helping them overcome program challenges. This session will share why they selected Arux, the challenges and successes of implementation, and the exclusive Arux features that can help guide community education departments in Minnesota into the future.
Steve Novotny has been a pioneer in community education technology since 2006. He is a technical expert who creates reliable, secure, and scalable digital solutions for community education programs of all sizes. His experience has enabled him to develop a deep understanding of community... Read More →
St.Cloud State University Assistant Professor, Amy Christensen, and new Community Education Director, Brandii Thomas want to help you discover your true north in the Community Education field by obtaining your Community Education Director License! This session will include recent and relevant information, support, and opportunities for lifelong learning, ensuring that participants are well-prepared for licensure and professional success.
Kerry Juntunen is the Superintendent of Schools in Proctor, Minnesota. Throughout his 41-year career, he has served in multiple educational roles, and he continues to carry a deep commitment to educational excellence. Kerry has been a staunch advocate for Community Education, recognizing its significant role in enhancing school districts, community organizations, and community connections, all while developing a supportive network for student growth. Under Kerry's leadership, Proctor schools have seen numerous initiatives to foster community engagement and support a culture of lifelong learning. Known for their dedication to creating inclusive and supportive educational environments, Kerry continues to champion Community Education programs that empower both students and the wider community, knowing that together, schools and communities can enhance educational outcomes, and contribute to a more engaged and informed public.
Baby baskets sponsored by our local community contributors to support. We welcome new babies in our local communities and provide valuable resources and information for families to help get them connected to other families with young children in the area.
Resilient leadership is essential for community education leaders facing constant change and challenges. This presentation explores key strategies to build resilience, emphasizing adaptability, emotional intelligence, and proactive problem-solving. We will discuss the importance of maintaining a positive mindset, fostering strong relationships, and encouraging a culture of continuous learning and innovation. Attendees will gain tools to strengthen their leadership capabilities, support their teams, and navigate adversity effectively. By cultivating resilience, community education leaders can inspire confidence, drive success, and create a sustainable impact in their communities.
We will have you reflect on yourself and the people around you. Discovering how you perceive yourself and how you believe others perceive you. We think this is a crucial first step, getting people to recognize the judgments they place on others without even noticing they do. This session requires everyone to participate and look within.
In a world that is constantly competing for our most valuable resource (time), managing our time effectively has become one of the biggest challenges for leaders today. Most people are searching for the best time management system to help them stay focused. The problem is most time management systems don't teach them how to think about time effectively, just manage it. Elsie has found that time management is more about priority management. And more importantly, around holding clear boundaries. It's about learning to effectively say "no", so you can say "yes" to things that matter most.
In this interactive session, we will look at the choices we all make that impact our time management, where we collapse into people-pleasing, and where we are sloppy with our boundaries.
Professional Life and Leadership Coach, Turning Life Gold
Professional Life and Leadership Coach Elsie Storm is passionate about providing professional development for a new generation of leaders, helping them break through their fears and replace the limiting beliefs that hold them back. Her forward-thinking, heart-centered approach breaths... Read More →
Friday October 25, 2024 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
Split Rock 2 - Lower Level350 Harbor Drive, Duluth, MN 55802
Behavioral-based interviewing is a technique that focuses on assessing a candidate's past experiences and behaviors as a predictor of future performance. By asking specific questions about how they’ve handled situations relevant to the job, you gain insights into their problem-solving skills, adaptability, and cultural fit. This method helps identify candidates who not only have the right skills but also align with your organization's values, leading to better hiring decisions and improved staff retention.
Adam Rosen is a local dad of two whose son was put on a waitlist for after school care in 2022. His son was coming home every day and watching TV. Using his 15+ years of corporate experience, Adam started a company to help Community Education departments with high volume recruiting... Read More →
Are you looking to gain feedback about your Community Education programs, while harnessing suggestions from the community on how to support your district’s Strategic Plan? Join us to learn how we curated the questions based on our current programming and how CE could support the district's Strategic Plan. We will also spend time brainstorming opportunities on where to collect data and we will share an example of how we are using this data to move forward in our planning.
In today’s workplace and global environment, maintaining a sense of well-being is crucial for personal and professional success. Join us for an engaging and interactive workshop designed to help you and your team cultivate effective self-care practices that promote resilience, productivity, and overall health. In this workshop, you will: Understand the Importance of Self-Care: Wellness is not simply the absence of disease. Genetics, intentionality and life circumstances contribute to our well-being. Explore the benefits of self-care on mental, emotional, and physical health. Learn how investing in your wellness can lead to enhanced job satisfaction, improved performance and work-homelife balance. Foster a Supportive Work Environment: Learn how to encourage and support self-care practices among your team. Explore ways to build a workplace culture that values and prioritizes well-being. Who Should Attend: This workshop is ideal for individuals seeking to enhance their personal self-care practices as well as leaders and managers looking to foster a healthier and more supportive work environment for their teams.
Director, Carlton County Community & Family Initiatives & Children’s Mental Health & Family Services Collaborative
Donna Lekander, is the Director for Carlton County Community & Family Initiatives Department and Children’s Mental Health & Family Services Collaborative. With over 30 years’ experience in social service and education fields and using the knowledge gained through direct service... Read More →
Program Support Assistant, Carlton County Community & Family Initiatives & Children’s Mental Health & Family Services Collaborative
Hello! With over 20 years of experience working with children, youth, and families, I am excited to be serving as the Program Support Assistant for the Carlton County Community & Family Initiatives Department and the Children’s Mental Health & Family Services Collaborative. Drawing... Read More →
