Minnesota EPFP

The Minnesota EPFP™ site is beginning its 28th year. The program is comprised of two to three dinner-seminars and expanded sessions each month , a day at the state capitol and an orientation retreat and year-end retreat. The programming is designed to help Fellows understand the education and human services policy process in Minnesota and to make better use of leadership sills and other resources that each participant brings to the program, and to identify important current and future policy issues. In addition to the co-coordinators seminar resources included elected officials and their staff, agency heads, academics, representatives of advocacy groups and other education and human services policy leaders. Programming for 2003-2004 will also include an event to celebrate the Minnesota EPFP™ program and the 40th Anniversary of the national EPFP. The goal of the Minnesota site program is to help participants gain a “generalist” mindset, manage complex situations and approach policy decisions in a strategic manner. The ten 2003-2004 Minnesota Fellows represent 6 organizations and agencies . Several are sponsored by EPFP™ alumni. The Minnesota site is affiliated with the Department of Educational Policy and Administration, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota and has helped over 325 individuals effect change in American education and human service systems over its almost three decades of existence.

Additional information can be obtained from the Minnesota EPFP™ website at
http://www.education.umn.edu/edpa/epfp.