Renee Carstens
- Director, County Extension
Contact
- (928) 978-8511
- Gila County/Ag Ext, Rm. 1
- Payson, AZ 85541
- rcarstens@arizona.edu
Biography
Renee Carstens became an Assistant Agent, 4-H Youth Development in Gila County June 2018. Her employment began at the University of Arizona in Sept. 2016 as a Porgram Coordinator, Sr. with FCHS. Renee earned a Master’s degree, with Honors, in Educational Leadership from NAU. Throughout tenure, she has taught elementary and early childhood, developed outdoor play environments for a K-6 schools, mentored interns, facilitated service learning programs, taught life skills, wrote and implemented grants and was an instructor of leadership development courses at Pima Community College. Renee is mom to Mackenzie and Kyle, and has been married to Steve Carstens for 30 years.
Degrees
- M.Ed. Educational Leadership
- Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
- B.S. Education
- Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
Awards
- Distinguished Education Alumni Award
- Northern Arizona University, Summer 1997
- 2020 Cooperative Extension Heart of Extension
- University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Conference Committee, Fall 2020
- Heart of Extension Award 2018
- University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Fall 2018
- TUSD Soleng Tom Teacher of the Year
- Tucson Unified School District, Summer 2016
Licensure & Certification
- Teaching Certificate, Arizona Dept of Education (1987)
Interests
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Courses
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Scholarly Contributions
Poster Presentations
- Carstens, R., Hatch, J., & Dixon, A. L. (2019, August). Building Bridges Gila County Cooperative Extension. Extension Conference. Tucson, AZ: UA Cooperative Extension.
- Greene, E. A., Todd, M., Jeffers-Sample, A., & Carstens, R. (2019, September). Changing Reins: AZ 4-H Horse Programs Gallop Into The Future. National Association of County Agriculture Agents Annual Meeting. Fort Wayne, Indiana.
- Hall, A. L., & Carstens, R. (2019, August). Ag Daze: Gila County Agricultural Education. University of Arizona Cooperative Extension In-Service. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Cooperative Extension.
- Lopez, G. U., Christman, K. A., Cooper, M. A., Carstens, R., Thoutt, E., Gonzalez, M., Vasovski, S., Cabrera, D. D., Lonchar, T., Geel, E., Torres, M. A., Lopez, J., Perez, S., & Villa Barbosa, G. (2019, Summer). The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension 4-H Program Collaborating Statewide in Preparing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators. Arizona Cooperative Extension Conference "Pillar of the Community". Tucson, AZ: UA Cooperative Extension.
Others
- Carstens, R., Carstens, R., Hall, A. L., Hall, A. L., Dixon, A. L., Dixon, A. L., Greene, E. A., & Greene, E. A. (2019, Feb - April). Ag Daze - Gila County 4th Grade Agriculture Education and Career Exploration. Three months classroom education culminating into three days at ranch with hands-on educational activities for 420 youth..More info3 months in classroom teaching 420 fourth graders throughout Gila County Arizona agriculture and agriculture career exploration.
