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Using a Collaborative Framework To Develop a Successful Succession Planning Curriculum

Learn about the University of Minnesota's forest land owner transfer curriculum and teaching process. This curriculum provides an example of how the collaborative learning framework can aid in curriculum design. Explore ways the curriculum can be modified to target your educational programs.  

Mike Reichenbach, EdD University of Minnesota Extension Professor

Mike has Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Forestry from the University of Illinois. To gain a better understanding of teaching he obtained an Education Doctorate in Teaching and Learning from University of Minnesota Duluth in 2015. His dissertation, Fostering Transformative Learning in an Informal Collaborative Process, explored the links between learning and action. Mike has 37 years of experience in forestry and allied fields.  Mike grew up in Illinois and worked for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources as an urban forester. Mike moved to Oregon (twice), living there for a total of 14 years and working as a forestry consultant and Extension educator. The past 17 years he has lived in Minnesota and enjoys canoeing and picking the mandolin.  As an Extension educator he focuses his teaching on forest health and protecting working forests. As part of his work he has helped landowners develop plans for the transfer of their land from one generation to the next.

Becky Hagen Jokela, M.S. ​University of Minnesota ​Extension Professor

Becky Hagen Jokela is a Regional Extension Educator and Professor in Family Resource Management, University of Minnesota Extension, Cloquet Regional Office, Cloquet, MN. Her degrees include a B.S. and M.S. Degree in Family and Consumer Science Education from the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin. In addition, Becky completed an accreditation with the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education, and is an Accredited Financial Counselor;   holds a Family Life Certification and teaching license in Family and Consumer Science plus a Reading Certification.  

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This technology is supported in part by New Technologies for Ag Extension (funding opportunity no. USDA-NIFA-OP-010186), grant no. 2023-41595-41325 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Extension Foundation. For more information, please visit extension.org. You can view the terms of useat extension.org/terms.

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