About Us

My personal mission is to leave a positive impact on each person that I encounter in my life and in my work. All of my endeavors branch from that mission.

Kathleen has 21 years of experience managing large-scale educational programs for at-risk students and providing TA to practitioners. She is recognized for her attention to detail and responsiveness to client needs. She has served as a project director, deputy project director, instructional designer and task lead on federal contracts and has proven her ability to assess needs and develop high-quality, just-in-time TA resources. Her experience as a project director, practitioner and trainer in the field of youth development has equipped her with the skills necessary to efficiently and effectively manage TA projects that require a comprehensive knowledge of how to measure practitioner reality and provide targeted, customized support. She co-led a Summer Learning Initiative for the U.S. Department of Education’s You for Youth (Y4Y) project, which included developing state- and grantee-level needs assessments, conducting needs assessments, and developing a TA and coaching resource toolkit that is used to help build capacity. In this work, she trained and managed five subject matter expert coaches who customized the resources to 36 grantees across seven states. In addition, Ms. Bethke has served as a Technical Assistance, Training and Instructional Design Lead on the Y4Y project, where she assesses the needs of 21st CCLC program practitioners and develops interactive, online, virtual and in-person training and TA designed to professionalize the field and guide programs to positive outcomes.