Name: Engage! Reimagining the Community Needs Assessment Process
Start: 2026-10-22T13:30:00-0500
End: 2026-10-22T14:30:00-0500

Engage! Reimagining the Community Needs Assessment Process

Thursday October 22, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT

Suite 102 - Lower Level

During this fast-paced, interactive peer-to-peer session, participants will learn about an innovative model for conducting community needs assessments. In Fall 2025, ISD 622 Community Education and Marnita’s Table used Intentional Social Interaction (IZI) to reimagine programming. Outcomes include: identifying program strengths, uncovering participation barriers, and generating actionable solutions for addressing the current needs of a diversifying community.

Speakers

Tamra Lennox

Community Education Director, North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District

Tamra Lennox is the Community Education Director for North St. Paul–Maplewood–Oakdale School District, a role she has held since 2019. She began her career in education as a classroom teacher before transitioning to Community Education leadership in 2004 as the Director of Adult... Read More →

Marnita Schroedl

CEO & Founder, Marnita’s Table

Marnita formed her embodied understanding of the deep and enduring impacts of being left outside the ring of love through beginning life in the foster care system moving between three different homes before the age of 2. This experience of dislocation brought her the critical insight... Read More →

Thursday October 22, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
Suite 102 - Lower Level 30 Civic Center Dr SE, Rochester, MN 55904, USA

Leadership

2026 MCEA Fall Conference

Tamra Lennox

Marnita Schroedl

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2026 MCEA Fall Conference

Tamra Lennox

Marnita Schroedl

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