She has taught home economics and psychology in public schools and community colleges. Her current position involves program development and local administration of the University of Illinois land-grant outreach mission in Kendall County. Armstrong is certified in Family and Consumer Sciences. The series increases participants' understanding of relevant issues and gives them a chance to help develop policy. The policymakers' conference then reports concerns and recommendations to local community leaders and regional policymakers.
Action teams continue to make progress related to strategies and recommendations.
This series truly expands the knowledge of what Extension is and how it can assist agencies, governing bodies, and families to meet their goals. The program allows the communities to see themselves as tourists, prospective businesses, relocating families, and visiting shoppers might see them. These are the groups of people that small towns typically attempt to attract in their economic development efforts. Communities learn what the first impressions of their community are and how they will impact the decisions of others to relocate to or patronize the services of the town. After you've lived in a place for a while, it is easy to take for granted the things that may attract someone to your town, or you may be overlooking problems that an outsider would consider particularly troublesome.