Pam Blumenthal

Pam Blumenthal has been an educational leader in K-12 and college programs for over nineteen years. Currently Pam is the Interim Dean of Student Development at Portland Community College’s Sylvania Campus. She was the Director of the Links department at PCC for over 8 years. Links programs are innovative holistic support programs created to support access and success for at promise students. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in French and a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology.

AAPF19 Session

Creating Policy to Reach All Students: Oregon’s Path to a Statewide Reengagement System
​When accountability systems and funding formulas don’t incentivize reengaging out-of-school youth, opportunities for the most vulnerable populations are limited and their communities suffer. In 2015, a small group of Oregon educators set out to change that. This session will chronicle the lessons learned about coalition-building, legislation, and the power of youth voices that led to the creation of Oregon’s Statewide Reengagement System in 2019.

Join the conveners of the Oregon Youth Reengagement Coalition (OYRC) for a discussion how they moved from an initial conversation in a coffee shop to the passage of a new law and a funding stream dedicated to reengaging out-of-school youth. .