Perhaps others will offer other sources of dieas about effective
development of teachers as researchers and the many other interests
that concern you. My colleagues and I have been doing a lot of work
linking colleges/universities to community institutions concerned
with children's time afterschool in ways that push for what we call
"mixed activity systems" that benefit all of the participants. If
there is some such institution of higher learning in Kearney you
could link up with, then it may be that our system, which seems to
be pretty transportable, will be helpful to you as well.
mike cole