"I tell students that I have the BEST teaching job in the world, because my classroom is outdoors and I get to have recess all day long! I love traipsing through the woods with kids, exploring all the changes that have occurred since the last time I was at a location, and teaching them about science and nature. The best part of my job happens nearly every time I take a group of students out for a hike in the woods, when I hear some little person behind me say, "This is the best field trip I have ever been on!"

Kirsten Fuglseth

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Who is Kirsten Fuglseth?

Kirsten Fuglseth has been the Education Director of the Agassiz ELC since October, 2003.  As such, she is primarily responsible for promoting the AELC to area schools and coordinating site visits with them.  In addition, she develops and teaches a variety of outdoor environmental education programming to students from visiting schools.

Kirsten grew up in southwestern North Dakota and attended college at North Dakota State University in Fargo.  She graduated in May, 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, and a minor in Earth Science.  She also holds a degree in Adult Education.  She taught high school science in Columbia, South Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina prior to moving to Fertile, where she worked as an earth science and geography teacher at Fertile-Beltrami high school.  She currently divides her professional time between the AELC and the Northwest Service Cooperative, where she coordinates a large consortium of Adult Education classrooms in northwest Minnesota.