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Field Staff Performance Appraisals
The annual performance review is an important and necessary tool utilized by the NDSU Extension Service. This Web site will help field staff prepare for this annual review. If you have questions, contact your district director.
Logic Model
Transformational Education
NDSU Extension Service Staff Competencies
Criteria for Excellence in Job Performance
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Field Staff Performance Review 2007-08 -- Word Document
How to Write a Good EARS Report
Professional Development Plan
Program Plans
County Office Leadership
County Civil Rights Annual Audit Checklist
Roles of Specialists and Agents in the 21st Century
Definitions
Communities of Interest
Programs are derived from "communities of interest" and "communities of place." Communities of place are defined by where people live, work and play, whereas communities of interest emanate from the shared interests of their members.
Source: The Extension System: A Vision for the 21st Century, February 2002 Journal of Extension
Cooperation and Collaboration
The five levels of connections are networking, cooperation, coordination, coalition and collaboration.
- Networking is dialog and common understanding.
- Cooperation (also referred to as Alliance) is to provide coordination and limit duplication of services.
- Coordination (also referred to as Partnership) is sharing resources to address common issues.
- Coalition is all members involved in decision making, roles and time defined and it links formal with written agreement.
- Collaboration is to accomplish a shared vision and consensus used in shared decision making.
On some programs, you may network with other agencies and organizations simply to reach the target audience to deliver your program. But other programs may truly be collaborative efforts where several groups develop and deliver a program together. Of course, it's important for Extension to market its programs, but this can still be done when Extension is cooperating with others on important projects.
Diversity
The North Dakota Change Agents for Diversity describes diversity as any collective mixture characterized by differences and similarities. Differences may be in respect to age, class, ethnicity, gender, physical and mental ability, race, sexual orientation, spiritual practice or other human differences.
What is a significant educational program?
Programs are either a BIG P or a little p. The difference is that a little p program is a short-term or one-time event. The BIG P is programming that utilizes a number of various methods, such as multiple educational meetings, demonstrations, workshops, multiple news releases, etc. over an extended time.
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