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Member Highlights - Ada Alden
MNAFEE -- Ada Alden: Teacher, Scholar, Author
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Member Highlights - Ada Alden
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Ada Alden: Teacher, Scholar, Author
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Introducing Ada Alden, MNAFEE Chair 2008
"To be president of this organization is an honor and privilege, " says Ada Alden, who will assume the duties of MNAFEE Chair in January.Ada served on the steering committee that wrote the vision, mission and guiding principles of MNAFEE in 2003.
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Ada Alden has been working with parents for nearly 30 years and holds advanced degrees in education and behavior analysis.
Ada founded ECFE programs in Edina, Hopkins, Osseo and Eden Prairie.As the former director of family educational services for the Eden Prairie Schools, she implemented parent education programs meeting the needs of families, birth through high school.
Ada holds a doctorate from the University of Minnesota and is a nationally certified family life educator.She consults with school districts, working with teachers on parent involvement and effective teacher-parent relationships.
Ada has provided training for Head Start staff, childcare providers, parents and staff from both the corporate and medical fields.She is an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota and St. Cloud University and serves on the Ready4K board of directors.She is active in MCFR and serves as the program chair for the association of councils for NCFR.She reviews parenting books and writes columns for local newsletters and newspapers.As chair of the Human Rights Commission in Plymouth and a Children's Hospital Warmline volunteer, Ada hopes to serve her community as an active and informed citizen.
She is the mother of two, grandmother of four and runs everyday for mental health.