Jacquelyn P. Robinson Extension Community Workforce Development Specialist and Associate Professor Alabama Cooperative Extension System 216 Extension Hall Auburn University, AL 36849-5631 Phone: 334-844-5353 Fax: 334-844-9022 E-mail: jrobinso@aces.edu

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Areas of Specialization     ^ return to top
Workforce Development
Asset Mapping
Partnership Development
Training Design
Educational and Curriculum Design
Community and Economic Development

Education     ^ return to top
B.S., University of Montevallo
M.Ed., Livingston University
Ed.D., The University of Alabama

Certifications and Appointments     ^ return to top
Alabama Teaching Certificate - #245417
Certified CHARACTER COUNTS!_SM Trainer
Graduate Faculty (Auburn University)

Responsibilities     ^ return to top

1. Workforce Development
• Assists communities with efforts to initiate workforce development initiatives or workforce development components of other community programs, including the identification of the status of the current workforce and its needs
• Designs programs to build a quality workforce for businesses, industries, and community organizations
• School to Career—provides support to schools and businesses as they work together to provide career paths for young people preparing to enter the workforce
2. Asset Mapping
• Helps communities build strong relationships among community individuals, associations, institutions and businesses
• Facilitates community sessions to identify assets of individuals, associations, institutions and businesses
• Assists communities with mapping local assets for the purpose of economic and workforce development
• Provides communities with assistance as they mobilize for collective action to build on their assets
3. Partnership Development
• Coalition Building—Helps organizations and communities to identify key stakeholders and to work cooperatively to identify and solve problems for a better future for communities
• Problem Solving, Planning, and Organizational Skills—helps individual communities, companies, and organizations solve problems, get organized and get going
• Directs or assists in implementation of projects to improve community resources and infrastructure, especially projects concerned with creation, modification, transition or development of community resources
• Train-the-Trainer—supports companies, communities and organizations efforts to begin training programs or to optimize the effectiveness of existing training and educational programs
4. Educational and Curriculum Design
• Provides professional expertise in the design and development of effective teaching tools and environments appropriate to the targeted audience and desired outcomes
• Identifies and evaluates curriculum, teaching materials
5. Community and Economic Development
• Assists in the growth, improvement and revitalization of communities
• Provides support in strategic planning, implementation and maintenance of efforts, and evaluation
• Furnishes guidance, assistance and support in the grant writing process

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• Expanding Horizons
  • Abstract (PDF)
  Presentation given at Building Tomorrow's Workforce: A Focus on Southern Youth, February 21-23, 2001. Hosted by the National 4-H Council and the Southern Rural Development Center in partnership. Sponsored by the UPS Foundation.
• Asset Mapping for Organizations
  Presentation given to the East Alabama Society for Human Resource Management, January 2001
• Workforce and the Economy: What’s the Connection?
  Presentation given at the ACES Annual Conference, December 2000
• Impact of Corporate Investment in Education and Training on Performance
  Presentation given at the Mid-South Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, November 2000
• Employer/Employee Search Strategies
  Presentation given at the Mid-South Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, November 2000
• Factors Deterring Participation in Professional Activities
  Presentation given at the Mid-South Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, November 2000

• Factors Deterring Participation in Professional Activities (PDF)
  Paper presented at the Mid-South Educational Research Association, November 1999