Jodi Schulz
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Children & Youth Institute Co-Director
Bay County Extension Office
Email:
schulzj@msu.edu
Related Work
Authored Articles
- Keeping kids safe by choosing the adults in your child’s life: External caregivers – Part 2, August 10, 2021
- Keeping kids safe by choosing the adults in your child’s life: External caregivers - Part 1, August 4, 2021
- Keeping kids safe by choosing the adults in your child’s life: Friends and family – Part 2, July 28, 2021
- Keeping kids safe by choosing the adults in your child’s life: Friends and family – Part 1, July 28, 2021
- Preventing child sexual abuse, March 3, 2021
- Why family engagement works, March 3, 2021
- Creating a communication plan in your mentoring program, February 28, 2021
- Building family relationships in mentoring programs, February 16, 2021
- Family engagement in mentoring programs, February 3, 2021
- The importance of family engagement, January 28, 2021
- Michigan 4-H volunteer spotlight: Lapeer County’s Michelle Hedgcock, August 25, 2020
- Michigan 4-H volunteer spotlight: Wexford County’s Laura Hartson, May 11, 2020
- Supporting volunteers through no face-to-face contact, April 2, 2020
- Experiential learning in online 4-H SPIN clubs, March 30, 2020
- Offering an online 4-H SPIN club, March 30, 2020
- Ideas for an online 4-H SPIN club, March 30, 2020
- STEAM ideas without technology, March 23, 2020
- Gratitude Part 3: Health benefits, May 16, 2018
- Gratitude Part 4: Gratitude versus thankfulness, May 16, 2018
- Gratitude Part 2: Writing a gratitude letter, May 2, 2018
- Gratitude Part 1: What is it and how do I include it in my life, May 1, 2018
- National Hot Cocoa Day is Dec. 13, 2017, December 4, 2017
- Keeping volunteers engaged over the holidays, November 28, 2017
- Create waste-free lunches and reduce food waste, November 27, 2017
- Networking during the holidays – Part 2: Professional networking, November 22, 2017
- Networking during the holidays – Part 1: Personal networking, November 22, 2017
- Tips for using music to engage volunteers, November 22, 2017
- New 4-H Pledge posters, November 20, 2017
- Emotions are contagious: Learn what science and research has to say about it, August 16, 2017
- Are you ready for National S’mores Day Aug. 10?, July 26, 2017
- Silence: A skill and a tool, July 18, 2017
- Forgiveness: Discussing it as a family, May 8, 2017
- Forgiveness: The impacts of an apology, May 8, 2017
- Forgiveness: What is it and how do I do it?, May 8, 2017
- Tips to remembering a person’s name, January 12, 2017
- Find a local Michigan event and go with your family, January 12, 2017
- Using a person’s name in conversation, January 12, 2017
- Read that book again—it’s good for the child, December 21, 2016
- Keeping kids involved in cooking traditions, December 19, 2016
- Help kids learn to ask questions, October 18, 2016
- Support youth as they seek time for themselves, September 28, 2016
- Use visualization for success, August 1, 2016
- Rain barrels can bring life skills, July 29, 2016
- Awkwardness – Part 1: What is it and what should you do with it?, June 6, 2016
- Awkwardness – Part 2: How do you and youth deal with it?, June 6, 2016
- Can’t do it all? Stop feeling guilty!, June 2, 2016
- Stressed? Peppermint can help!, June 1, 2016
- Go ahead and be messy!, June 1, 2016
- Get youth talking by using PechaKucha presentations, April 12, 2016
- Supporting and recruiting volunteers with mental health issues, March 23, 2016
- Volunteers and leadership styles, March 10, 2016
- Setting group expectations for youth and adults, February 29, 2016
- Include kids in your community holiday giving, December 15, 2015
- Imagine the skills youth can learn by traveling, December 15, 2015
- What does a smile say?, November 16, 2015
- Vacation with your kids – they’ll be smarter, November 1, 2015
- Writing the perfect thank-you note, October 12, 2015
- Posture: Stand tall, you’ll like it, October 1, 2015
- The power of good manners, September 29, 2015
- What to do at a career fair, September 24, 2015
- Homesickness – Part 2: How to help a child with homesickness, August 13, 2015
- Homesickness – Part 1: What is it?, August 13, 2015
- Life jackets – just wear them!, June 25, 2015
- Does your life jacket fit?, June 25, 2015
- Summer safety part 3: Mosquitoes and ticks, June 1, 2015
- Summer safety part 4: Water safety, June 1, 2015
- Summer safety part 1: Hydration, May 27, 2015
- Summer safety part 2: Driveway safety, May 27, 2015
- Power poses: You can gain confidence too!, March 25, 2015
- Make Easter egg decorating a science experiment, March 25, 2015
- Friendships: What are they all about? Part 2, March 3, 2015
- Friendships: What are they all about? Part 1, March 3, 2015
- Debriefing Part 4: What’s that all about?, February 11, 2015
- Debriefing Part 3: What’s that all about?, February 9, 2015
- Debriefing Part 2: What’s that all about?, February 6, 2015
- Debriefing Part 4: What’s that all about?, February 6, 2015
- Debriefing Part 1: What’s that all about?, February 5, 2015
- Family traditions: Start one today, December 17, 2014
- Speaking with confidence: go ahead and smile!, December 12, 2014
- Exploring active learning: Why should it be used and how do you use it? (Part 2), November 14, 2014
- Exploring active learning: What is it and what are some strategies to use it? (Part 1), November 12, 2014
- Practice makes perfect outside the auction arena, October 22, 2014
- Positive youth development: What is it?, October 10, 2014
- Talking to your kids about role models, September 5, 2014
- Helping children make decisions - Part 4, August 11, 2014
- Helping children make decisions - Part 3, August 8, 2014
- Helping children make decisions - Part 2, August 5, 2014
- Helping children make decisions- Part 1, August 4, 2014
- What’s so great about day camps?, June 23, 2014
- Sunglass safety for kids, June 13, 2014
- How to choose the right summer camp, June 4, 2014
- Self-motivation is a skill, May 30, 2014
- Nurturing relationships is a skill, May 19, 2014
- Wise use of resources is a skill, May 13, 2014
- Volunteer managers and delegation: Part 4, April 2, 2014
- Volunteer managers and delegation: Part 3, March 31, 2014
- Volunteer managers and delegation: Part 2, March 24, 2014
- Volunteer managers and delegation: Part 1, March 17, 2014
- Volunteers: Definition, recognition and resources, February 19, 2014
- Quality time with your kids on Valentine’s Day, February 5, 2014
- How to make New Year’s resolutions fun for the family, January 28, 2014
- New Year’s resolutions for kids, January 13, 2014
- Have your kids help you keep the family pets safe during the holidays, December 18, 2013
- Simple citizenship for 4-H Cloverbuds, December 1, 2013
- Fostering creativity in kids, November 26, 2013
- What’s a Michigan 4-H SPIN club?, November 6, 2013
- Questions to ask during a parent teacher conference, October 31, 2013
- Having a successful parent teacher conference, October 28, 2013
- Is your family strong?, September 23, 2013
- The value of family meal time, September 9, 2013
- Teaching Failure, August 23, 2013
- Helping youth thrive through disappointment, August 22, 2013
- Planning and preparing for a power outage, July 23, 2013
- Hiking fun for the family, July 9, 2013
- Personal safety is a 4-H life skill, June 20, 2013
- Summertime campfire fun and safety, June 12, 2013
- Should you request your child’s next teacher?, May 31, 2013
- Strategies to resolving conflicts in the workplace – part 2, May 15, 2013
- Strategies to resolving conflicts in the workplace, April 21, 2013
- Voluntourism: An explanation, April 2, 2013
- Supervisors: How to empower the volunteers they oversee, March 26, 2013
- Supervising volunteers: Five basic principles, March 9, 2013
- Stress management is a skill, February 28, 2013
- Building community relationships: Part 3 - Communication and boundaries, February 16, 2013
- Building community relationships: Part 2 – Where to find partners, January 22, 2013
- Building community relationships: Part 1 – Definitions, January 9, 2013
- Eye contact: Don’t make these mistakes, December 31, 2012
- Eye contact: Tips to make your presentations stronger, December 10, 2012
- Eye contact: An introduction to its role in communication, November 28, 2012
- Youth: Signs of holiday stress and tips for managing that stress, November 12, 2012
- Helping volunteers and staff who experience organizational changes, October 10, 2012
- Knowing your conflict-resolution role, October 3, 2012
- Explore effective listening, September 24, 2012
- Youth and emotional eating habits, September 12, 2012
- Conflict: Help youth effectively work through it, August 30, 2012
- Sun safety for youth, August 3, 2012
- Youth get stressed, too – how adults can help, July 24, 2012
- Tips for planning your next 4-H event, June 25, 2012
- Implementing the Experiential Learning Model in 4-H programming – Part 4, June 11, 2012
- Work effectively with special needs youth, May 22, 2012
- Implementing the Experiential Learning Model in 4-H programming – Part 1, May 15, 2012
- Youth and learning styles: Incorporating a variety of teaching methods into 4-H programming, April 26, 2012
- Understanding learning styles and incorporating kinesthetic/tactile learning into 4-H programming, April 2, 2012
- Understanding learning styles and incorporating auditory learning into 4-H programming, March 29, 2012
- Life skills, service learning and project areas: Seeing the connection, March 26, 2012
- Understanding learning styles and incorporating visual learning into 4-H programming, March 22, 2012
- Inside 4-H: What does fundraising have to do with life skills?, March 6, 2012
- Know the difference between youth community service and community service learning, February 16, 2012
Articles Featuring
- Jodi Schulz joins Michigan 4-H Foundation Board of Trustees, March 27, 2024
- MSU Extension names Lisa Bottomley and Jodi Schulz children and youth leaders, December 7, 2023
Authored Documents
- Keeping Kids Safe: Choosing Safe Adults: External Caregivers, September 21, 2021
- Keeping Kids Safe: Choosing Safe Adults: Friends & Family Caregivers, September 21, 2021