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School-To-Work Initiative
Resource Facilitators Biographical Sketches
The following people make up a team of resource
facilitators who are trained and have extensive
experience working with communities in the areas
of STW and School Improvment.
Resource faciliators areas of expertise have been
crosswalked to the
Shared Practices
categories.
Connect to a resource facilitator through email
links or by contacting the
STW Office
for contact information.
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Sue Beers
(suebeers@netins.net)
Private Consultant
Expertise: Development of curriculum, standards and benchmarks.
She has extensive knowledge of and experience in development
of curriculum standards and benchmarks. Within this capacity
she has worked with numerous districts across the state.
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Catherine Blando
(cblando@aea10.k12.ia.us)
Grant Wood AEA
Cedar Rapids, IA
Expertise: Curriculum integration, Strategic planning, Shared
site-based decision-making, Gifted education, Learning Styles,
Thinking skills, Team building, Certified trainer - Seven Habits
of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey Tactics for thinking,
Kingore Observation Inventory (K.O.I.), Dimensions of Learning,
Total Quality School Improvement, and Certified McNellis Creative
action planner.
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Paula Boyce
(boyce@sbtek.net)
Private Consultant
Cedar Falls, IA
Expertise: Career development, Curriculum integration, Career Pathways
integration, Work-based learning, and WorkKeys.
Paula is a private consultant with background in career development and
curriculum integration, including CHOICES; Real Game series; Today's Youth,
Tomorrow's Careers; and linking learning with teaching curriculum.
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Michael Brown
(michael.brown@ided.state.ia.us)
Iowa Department of Economic Development
Des Moines, IA
Expertise: Partnership Development and Bridging the education and business
cultures.
With his personal experience in the private sector, Michael has been assigned
specifically to be the link from IDED to STW partnership viable and productive.
He also brings strategies for networkin and utilizing resources to better meet
the needs of both education and business.
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Brad Colton
(bcolton@aea10.k12.ia.us)
Grant Wood AEA
Expertise: Strategic planning, Storyboarding, School improvement
planning, Dimensions of Learning, National Career Development
Guidelines, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Classroom
management, Team building/Group dynamics, Systems thinking,
Supervision of instruction, and Total Quality Management.
He is currently serving as interim principal at Hoover
Elementary School in West Branch. His main strengths lie in
designing and facilitating staff development training
emphasizing any of the above topics.
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Jenni Dunaway
(jdunaway@iowaabi.org)
Association of Business and Industry
Des Moines, IA
Expertise: Business/Industry partnerships, Site Audit
Training, Teacher in the Workplace, Business Horizons,
and Excellence in Teaching.
Jenni is employed as the School-to-Work liaison fo rthe Association of
Business and Industry Foundation. She has worked closely with the Iowa STW
Office to provide support to local partnerships all over the state. She brings
the business/industry perspective, strategies for bridging the "culture gap", and
statewide contacts.
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Judy Eilers
(judy.eilers@gte.net)
Job Shadow Coordinator, Careers 101
Cedar Rapids, IA
Expertise: Establishing effective partnerships, Implementing work-based
learning initiatives, and implementing better communication and marketing
strategies.
Judy is the Job Shadow Coordinator for the Careers 101 program in Cedar Rapids
and serves as the business/education liaison. Her background in buiness and her
knowlege and experience with business/education partnerships and networking are
her strongest assets.
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Patsy J. Fagen, Ph. D.
(patsy.fagan@home.com)
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Drake University
Des Moines, IA
Expertise: Math consultant as it relates to curriculum integration.
Her areas of expertise follow her research and leadership roles in
implementation of curriculum reform issues. Patsy has served as a math
consultant in STW efforts. She brings together applied mathematics, business
and industry, related disciplines, technology, and STW concepts. She is workshop
leader and facilitator for Creat-A-Vision, Heartland AEA 11 and Texas
Instruments.
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Andrea Grupe
(agrupe@aea9.k12.ia.us)
AEA9
Bettendorf, IA
Expertise: Making Connections function and use and technical support.
For the past two years Andrea has been directly responsible for the redesign
and update of the Making Connections system. She has streamlined and updated
the system to be more user friendly. She is heavily involved in the transition
of Making Connection to IWD sites around the state as a support to local
efforts. Andrea can provide information as well as technical support for all
users of this database system.
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Pat Highland
(highland@iowa-city.k12.ia.us)
Iowa City CSD/Grant Wood AEA
Iowa City, IA
Expertise: Work-based learning for student sand teachers
and Entrepreneurship.
Pat is a coordinator of Career Education for the Iowa City
Communtiy School District and a consultant for Grant Wood AEA.
He is the chair of the AEA 10 work-based learning task force
and has implemented several work-based learning programs
including registered apprenticeships. He has assisted in the
development of several school-based enterprises. Pat also has
extensive experience working with staff development,
particularly teacher internships.
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Art Huinker
(huinkana@aol.com)
Private Consultant
Epworth, IA
Art is a private consultant with experience as a
curriculum director and STW administrator. He is
presenting three, six or fifteen-hour workshops on
brain-based learning and teaching. Built into the
workshop's activities are curriculum integration,
authentic assessment, contextual learning and work-based
learning. Career development guidelines can also be
incorporated. Wherever possible, participants are
involoved in McNellis-type group activities.
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Lisa Jahn
(resume@clinton.net)
Hoff Career Development Center
Clinton, IA
Expertise: Development and nurturing the partnership and Sustainability:
leveraging resources.
Lisa runs her own career counseling business and works as the Camanche STW
coordinator. She has identified unique means to meet the needs of students and
businesses alike. Just as importantly, she has leveraged resources to continue
those top priorities of the partnership as well. A dynamic, creative
entrepreneur and motivator.
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Jim Janssen
(janssenj@waverly-shellrock.k12.ia.us)
Waverly-Shellrock CSD
Waverly, IA
Expertise: Workplace opportunities for students and teachers, Systematic
process to measure learning, Strong school-workplace partnerships, and use of
available technology to collect/analyze performance data.
Jim is currently the Director of Curriculum and Staff Development at
Waverly-Shellrok Schools. This position provides continuous practical experience
with all curricular areas, students and teachers at all K-12 levels,
administrators, school board members, and a range of community and business
leaders. His major areas of interest and expertise are development of workplace
opportunities for students and teachers, development of a systematic process to
measure learning, and development of strong school-workplace partnerships. He
has facilitated staff development work on student assessment and use of
partnerships; use of available technology to collect and analyze performance
data; and the role of schools in development of a skilled workforce.
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Bob Jester
(janssenj@waverly-shellrock.k12.ia.us)
Jester Insurance
Des Moines, IA
Expertise: Risk Management and Liability questions.
Bob has worked with the State STW Office for the past five years as a reliable,
knowledgeable resource on questions of risk management and liability. He is also
a contributor to the information provided in the Risk Management Guide. As a
partnership is designing work-based experiences for students, Bob is an excellent
resource to avoid liability pitfalls.
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Susan Kalsow
(kalsow@bvu.edu)
Assistant Professor of Education, Buena Vista University
Storm Lake, IA
Expertise: Facilitation, Brain research, Assessment Cooperative
learning, Dimensions of Learning, Standards and benchmarks
development, and Comprehensive School Improvement.
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Lori Kleppe
(glkleppe@netins.net)
Consultant
Elgin, IA
Expertise: Curriculum integration.
Lori currently serves as a school improvement facilitator with emphasis on
Language Arts for AEA 1. Using the model developed by Heidi Hayes-Jacobs, Lori
leads workshops dealing with curriculum integration K-12 with focus on vocational
and academic partnerships.
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Doug McBride
(dbmcb@lisco.com)
Washington CSD
Washington, IA
Expertise: Cooperative Learning theory and practice.
Doug is currently the guidance counselor at Steward Elementary, a K-3 school
in the Washington school district. He has developed a comprehensive skill-based
preventative guidance curriculum for his building and is a leader in the
district’s at risk efforts. Doug is available to provide consultation and
training at al levels in cooperative learning theory and practice. He has had
extensive training and facilitator experience with the structural model of
cooperative learning that infuses cooperative learning activities into all
academic content areas. His colleagues at Washington have demonstrated that
skills learned through cooperative learning activities can easily be learned and
practiced by students, integrated successfully into an integrated career guidance
program, and transferred to the job site.
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Kris Mesicek
(jkconslt@mail.dwx.com)
Des Moines Public Schools
Des Moines, IA
Expertise: Strategic planning, Systems thinking and the Five Disciplines of
a Learning Organization, Brain-based learning, Learning styles, Multiple
Intelligences, Cooperative learning, The Constructivist Classroom, Integrated
curriculum, Authentic assessment, Integrating technology into the classroom,
Facilitating change and teamwork skills, Cognitive coaching.
Kris is a staff development consultant for the Des Moines Public Schools
where she facilitates school and/or district teams in their school improvement
efforts.
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Jan Powers
(jpowercom@aol.com)
Private Consultant/Entrepreneur
Dubuque, IA
Expertise: Partnership development and sustainability, Long-term school-based
partnerships, Marketing techniques and strategies.
Jan is a communications and public relations professional with numerous years’
experience in corporate, employee and media communications, marketing advertising,
public relations and event planning.
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Denise Schares
(dschares@vinton-shellsburg.k12.ia.us)
AEA 7
Cedar Falls, IA
Expertise: Integration of service learning into curriculum, Dimensions of
Learning, Problem-based learning, Special needs populations as relates to STW
and curriculum integration.
Denise is currently serving as an education consultant with AEA 7. An
enthusiastic and experienced presenter, Denise brings staff members together in
the process of aligning educational resources, initiatives and ideas.
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Jan Smith
(jcsmith@doleta.gov)
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
Des Moines, IA
Expertise: Apprenticeship development, Certified apprenticeship training,
Articulation to post-secondary, The value of Labor in the local partnership.
Jan has been a consistent partner of business, industry and education over the
past five years as the Iowa STW initiative has developed and grown. She
continues to provide support and extensive experience helping local partnerships
value all partners and capitalize on their contributions.
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Debbie Stevens
(chamber3@kdsi.net)
Coordinator, SUCCESS Team
Oskaloosa, IA
Expertise: Junior Achievement’s Classroom, Inc., Occupational Site Audit,
Franklin/Covey Student Achievement Workshop trainer, E-mentoring program,
Partnership development, Sustainability, Leveraging Opportunities and Resources.
Debbie serves as the coordinator for the Oskaloosa community’s SUCCESS Team.
STW is one tool used by this truly community-wide effort to meet the needs of the
whole community in a team approach. Housed at the Oskaloosa Chamber of Commerce,
Debbie has first-hand experience working with business/industry people and
educators in an effort to leverage opportunities and resources to meet SUCCESS
goals.
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Beth Thompson
(thompson@reinbeck.k12.ia.us)
Gladbrook-Reinbeck CSD
Reinbeck, IA
Expertise: Infusion of guidance standards and benchmarks in curriculum,
Service learning, Career portfolios, Project-based learning, Work-based learning,
Interdisciplinary learning.
Beth is a 9-12 guidance counselor and STW coordinator for the
Gladbrook-Reinbeck CSD. Beth has first-hand experience with grant writing,
implementation and all aspects of developing and expanding STW efforts at the
local level.
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Cynthia Toffelmire
(cynthia.toffelmire@iwd.state.ia.us)
Iowa Workforce Development, Labor Division
Des Moines, IA
Expertise: Risk Management and Liability.
Ms. Toffelmire is an expert resource in questions and problems of risk
management and liability. She is a knowledgeable, experienced legal consultant
on issues of liability. She can also address prevention of legal dilemmas as a
partnership plans work-based learning experiences for students.
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Betty Chamness Trost, M.S., C.F.C.S.
(btrost@ix.netcom.coms)
Educational Consultant
Des Moines, IA
Expertise: Curriculum integration.
Betty is a self-employed consultant in the area of Family and Consumer
Sciences. She has a strong background in teaching, curriculum writing and adult
education. Some schools around the state are using the curriculum that she wrote
which integrates FCS with Language Arts. She has also written conflict resolution
curriculum for the Boy Scouts of America. Betty leads a dynamic, action-filled
workshop, writes creative, innovative curriculum, and helps others to do the
same.
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David Williamson
fax: 515-275-4316
Consultant, Sculptor, Poet
Ogden, IA
Expertise: Entrepreneurial innovation and creativity.
A native Iowan, David travels nationally as a creativity consultant to
corporations, schools and government agencies. His presentations are a dynamic
introduction to the world of the entrepreneurial mind set, innovation and the
creative process. His pragmatic and fresh vision will assist in learning to value
the past in ways that won’t jeopardize the future.
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Cynthia Witt
(cwitt@lake-mills.k12.ia.us)
Lake Mills CSD
Lake Mills, IA
Expertise: Grant Wiggins Integrated Performance, Multiple Learning Styles,
Moving theory into practice at the local level,
Sustainability: Connecting STW to the partnership’s mission, vision, standards.
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