Communities of Practice (CoP)
The National Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Neglected or Delinquent Children and Youth (NDTAC) is using a Communities of Practice (CoP) model specifically to support Title I Part D (TIPD) State coordinators with two or fewer years of experience.
A TIPD State coordinator's first two years can be a challenging time as they learn the administrative requirements of the program and create processes to complete those requirements. Through the CoPs, NDTAC aims to strengthen new State coordinators’ capacity while also building a network of support. These CoPs meet once per month for about an hour. During this time, an NDTAC technical assistance (TA) provider facilitates a working meeting. The group work will allow State coordinators to hear about similar challenges across States and strategies for addressing those challenges. Each CoP will consist of five to six States to balance more targeted TA support with peer sharing. Additionally, conversations within the CoP will inform the development of tools and resources to support State coordinators across the nation now and in the future.
Contact Information:
Send an e-mail to all participants in your CoP Community. (You must have access to an e-mail client like Outlook.)
Send an email to an individual participating in your CoP Community:
CoP Facilitators:
COP 1: Mary Chown mary.chown@longevityconsulting.com
CoP 2: Daron Clark daron.clark@longevityconsulting.com
Cop 3: Yosmary Rodriguez yrodriguez@childtrends.org
COP Community 1
ARKANSAS
Rachel Hogue rachel.hogue@ade.arkansas.gov
MINNESOTA
Moi Boudoir moi.boudoir@state.mn.us
SOUTH DAKOTA
Andi Packheiser andrea.packheiser@state.sd.us
Yutzil Becker yutzil.becker@state.sd.us
Jordan Varilek jordan.varilek@state.sd.us
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Ashley Frame ashley.m.frame@doe.nh.gov
Ashlee Fye ashlee.fye@doe.nh.gov
VERMONT
Amber Graves amber.graves@vermont.gov
Jesse Roy jesse.roy@vermont.gov
Jessie Murray jessie.murray@vermont.gov
TENNESSEE
Jackie Jacobson jackie.jacobson@tn.gov
NORTH CAROLINA
Alex Charles alex.charles@dpi.nc.gov
COP Community 2
MONTANNA
Christy Hendricks christy.hendricks@mt.gov
NEW MEXICO
Kenneth Stowe kenneth.stowe@state.nm.us
COLORADO
Alan Shimmin shimmin_a@cde.state.co.us
Michelle Prael prael_m@cde.state.co.us
IOWA
Emily Teeter emily.teeter@iowa.gov
WYOMING
Jessica Fancher jessica.fancher3@wyo.gov
COP Community 3
MISSISSIPPI
Brendsha A. Roby-Fletcher brroby@mdek12.org
John Woodard jwoodard@mdek12.org
ALABAMA
Jina Rudolph jina.rudolph@alsde.edu
Milanda Dean mdean@alsde.edu
TEXAS
Gerardo Ramirez gerardo.ramirez@tea.texas.gov
CALIFORNIA
Sherry D. Davis sdavis@cde.ca.gov
MISSOURI
Shawn Cockrum shawn.cockrum@dese.mo.gov