Natalie Tucker PhD

Experience

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  Purdue Extension

  Apr 2009 - Jul 2016

  Extension Director and 4-H Youth Development Educator

  • Oversaw all office management, budgets, scheduling, and leadership to an office staff of 8.• Led and organize all aspects of the 4-H program for over 375 youth and volunteer management of over 120 adult volunteers.• Facilitated, provided leadership and communication support, advised three Extension Boards, and provide overall management of the Pulaski County Learning Network and all courses.• Organized, taught, wrote, and developed school enrichment programs and wrote 3 grants annually for school program support and write and edit all press releases, newsletters, manage social media accounts, and all promotional and educational events. • Work directly with youth to develop life skills, conflict resolution abilities, and empower youth to work in teams. Show less

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  Pulaski County Superior Court

  Aug 2017 - Aug 2023

  Court Program Director

  • Conduct extensive research about the juvenile system, assists in the development of local juvenile policies and procedures; development of Veterans Court and Family Treatment Court policies and procedures; board development; workgroup facilitation; assessment and data management. • Provide leadership and communication support to local workgroups and steering committees in programmatic development; provide leadership, development of forms, documents, compliance standards, etc. for Veterans Court, Family Treatment Court, and JDAI. • Write Indiana Department of Corrections grants, Indiana Office of Court Service grants and additional grant funding and research to support local programming and resources, manage all grant funds, and be responsible for monthly reporting on grant funds. • Manage at-risk youth mentoring and truancy programs in both local school systems: provide training support, data management, grant and fiscal management, program development, partnership development.• Research and write grants, manage all grants and grant reporting, balance out all funding, and complete monthly reports, quarterly reports, and annual audits. Show less

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  NLD Contractual Services LLC

  Aug 2017 - Aug 2023

  Program Developer and Grant Writer

  • Provide grant writing and programmatic development support through contracts with local justice organizations, community organizations, and other local agencies. • Additional contractual services include: data visualization, board development, polices and procedure writing, report writing, grant reviews, grant research, resume writing, and other professional services.• Consulting services for program development, grant research, and data visualization. • Successfully written over $1 million in grants awarded to and for community organizations and agencies over the past 5 years. Show less

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  Marian University Ancilla College

  Jun 2021 - now

  • Provide administration leadership to the Agricultural Program which includes assisting students, registering office requests, curriculum development, program structuring, recruitment efforts, partnership building, transfer partnerships with Purdue University, etc. Futher development of the program, programmatic assessments, partnership building, hosting or ag-related events, etc. • Develop all materials, lessons, PowerPoints, tests, quizzes, projects, assessments, rubrics, and class readings. There are no lab manuals so all lab curriculum has to be developed in order to be utilized in the classroom. • Utilized social media and apps to help students learn and engage in the course material. Trained on Canvas course platform. • Teach the following courses: agribusiness, Agri-sales, data management, agricultural systems management, agriculture microeconomics, biology, biology for education majors, agricultural economics, animal sciences, etc. Show less

  • Vice President and Academic Dean

    Aug 2023 - now

  • College Department Head and Assistant Professor

    Jun 2021 - now