interpreting “impactful”, the survey “options are too long to read”, or they were “not aware of everything available” in an institution with much training.
Four respondents identified challenges associated with training at their institutions. One emphasized that “a good community engagement [training] program” was “mired by corruption and discrimination on the inside” undermining “the mission of the organization and the people we serve.” Another respondent emphasized that none of these trainings were done well anymore because “our Extension has been siloed into Institutes.” Yet another respondent said their training was “very top heavy. Shot gun approach to pr ogramming. Lack of trained staff and volunteers. Relay out of date with youth programming.” Finally, a respondent indicated that emphasis in one area was impacting the quality of training in others. They wrote, “Training is secondary to human resource hiring and retention. High turnover rates means that initial training is in high demand, but with very limited impact, resulting in a very inefficient cycle of permanent ‘shallow’ training.” Content area -related beyond community engagement and onboarding identified in a response related to challenges included Keeping it in the Family, and Food Safety from the 1890 Land-grants. Respondents from the different institutions indicated that their Extension organizations provided impactful training in the areas identified below. This may be useful in establishing networks across Extension organizations. Subcategories may have different meaning based on the category in which they appear. Therefore, notes are provided to connect subcategories within the different categories.
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