Marion E. Baldwin
Program Associate

Photo of Marion E. Baldwin Marion Baldwin is a Program Associate with SEDL's Education Systems Support unit. Ms. Baldwin works with the Texas and Southeast Comprehensive Centers assisting state departments to plan, design, and deliver technical assistance and professional development to strengthen family and community engagement in education. As part of this work, she brings together diverse stakeholder groups statewide to collaborate on ways to promote family and community engagement to support student achievement.

Contact Information
You may contact Marion E. Baldwin at 512-391-6503

or by using SEDL's contact form.

Areas of Expertise
Ms. Baldwin’s areas of expertise include staff and professional development, family and community engagement, development of community education and K–12 expanded learning programs, and college and career readiness.
  • 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 as a strategy for school improvement. She has worked with 21st Century Community Learning Centers managing, coordinating, and providing professional development, K–12 and adult program development, and grant writing.

Experience
Previously at SEDL, Ms. Baldwin worked in the 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.

Before joining SEDL, she 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. At the National Center for Community Education, she coordinated with every state to facilitate the national afterschool training for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers. This training focused on planning, developing, maintaining, scaling up, and sustaining effective afterschool programs. Ms. Baldwin began her career in expanded learning, family, and community in 1995 as director of community education for the Little Rock School District in Arkansas.

Education
Ms. Baldwin is a former journalism teacher. She earned her bachelor's degree in interpersonal/organizational communications and her MEd degree in educational administration from the University of Arkansas in Little Rock.

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