Professional Development Content – Climate Change
As a Climate Change extension, I would really like to attend either one or two training to develop my skills so I can share it to my poor country which is in the Marshall Islands where we are lack of experience and knowledge and materials. Please guide me through these trainings to help my country lean how to be prepare.
I need for climate change trainings - foundational science, accessing locally relevant data, and co- creating community climate resilience plans.
Professional Development Content – General
Growth mindset training for admin/staff level would be helpful. In many ways, these folks who have been with the organization can be a real drag on progress if they do not wish to adapt to new ideas.
I have about 50% new staff (10 new staff) and many come from non-Extension backgrounds. In addition to program development, I also think that there is a strong need for professional development in the history of Land-grant universities, the Extension system, and what are the qualities of a balanced work life for an Extension agent in today's working world. I would love professional development in volunteer management that is tailored to the mid-Atlantic and/or northeast states. I would like an opportunity to network with my peers who work as I do in smaller and more urban programs. I work at the University of the District of Columbia which is the only fully urban Land-grant Institution in the US.
Leadership, Supervisor Training, Coaching at the supervisors, Direction at the goals administrative. Evaluations that realize at the personal in the Extension Service work.
Mental health training post-COVID pandemic is also critical since COVID-19 impacts the brain. We are only just learning of the long-term effects of the virus on individuals and communities. Are there training programs to help Extension personnel recover as much cognitive function as possible after having the virus one or more times? I have team members who have had it three or four times now. It has impacted performance of even the most productive team members.
Most of the issues we have come from higher University leadership and county partners not understanding or supporting the 4-H Youth Development Program in ways that we need support.
My institution ’s focus and emphasis on DEI trainings is to the detriment of all other areas. Growth and development of the individual educator and program areas are not as important to the institution as a whole. Program areas try to do the best they can at mentoring but the institutional demands for DEI outweighs the ability for any other type of training and growth for educators.
New & emerging technology/systems was something I didn't see on the list.... perhaps because there were too many choices for a survey I'm taking 5 minutes out of my day to take.
Right now, people are doing diversity, equity, and inclusion activities without training or critical assessment around their programing or decisions. Some of these initiatives might be excluding historically disadvantaged populations. There needs to be training around the difference from civil rights which is federally mandated, versus inclusion initiatives which are more aspirational and have some flexibility. Time Management of how each educator is supposed to: Keep up with required paper work and trainings, Research and create programming, recruit, manage and train volunteers, network at all levels of communications (in person, meetings, conferences, online, etc.), to promoting and marketing our effective research based programming all while trying to keep up with relevance while having less state support research specialists to provide program support, and secure funding at all levels from local to national for the future of Extension.
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