Marion E. Baldwin
Program Associate
Marion Baldwin is a Program Associate with SEDL's Improving School Performance work group. Ms. Baldwin works with the Texas and Southeast Comprehensive Centers to plan, design, and deliver technical assistance and professional development to help state department staff and service providers in Texas and the Southeast improve family and community engagement in education.
Contact Information
You may contact Marion E. Baldwin at 512-391-6503
Ms. Baldwin’s areas of expertise include staff and professional development, project management, and development of community education and K–12 expanded learning programs.
- Family and Community: Ms. Baldwin’s expertise includes family and community engagement and capacity building; development and administration of community education programs; and helping schools, families, and communities to develop partnerships.
- Expanded Learning: Ms. Baldwin has more than 15 years of experience working with expanded learning programs. She has worked with 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLCs) in the areas of professional development, program administration, K–12 and adult program development, and grant writing.
Ms. Baldwin has worked with state education departments, districts, schools, and private nonprofits to provide technical support to build capacity for engaging family and community and to develop partnerships. Just before joining SEDL, she worked with a small consortium in Missouri to assist them in coordinating services targeted to low socioeconomic families concentrated in a local housing complex.
Ms. Baldwin also worked in SEDL’s Afterschool, Family, and Community group, where she assisted the California Department of Education in developing and implementing a program to provide the state’s 5,000 afterschool programs with statewide technical assistance and support.
Ms. Baldwin was an administrator with the National Center of Community Education, based in Flint, Michigan. In this position, she coordinated the national 21st CCLC training program. She began her career in expanded learning, family, and community in 1995 as director of community education for the Little Rock School District in Arkansas. EducationMs. Baldwin is a former journalism teacher. She earned her bachelor's degree in interpersonal/organizational communications and her master's degree in educational administration from the University of Arkansas in Little Rock. SEDL Publications
- Introduction to the Handbook on Family and Community Engagement (2011)
- Teenage Parents and Their Educational Attainment: Texas Comprehensive Center Briefing Paper, Number 5 (2011)
- Parent and Community Involvement in a College/Career–Ready Culture: Texas Comprehensive Center Briefing Paper, Number 2 (2010)
- Working Systemically in Action: Engaging Family & Community (2010)
