EXF 2023 Professional Development Needs Assessment Report

Select all of the challenges your Extension organization is facing related to strengthening the national Extension organization. 1. Connections to positions across Extension organizations

2. Linkages across land grant types 3. Other (please explain) __________

Please select all areas of training needs for your Extension organization below. 1. Career progression related to agent & specialist mentoring, career development, coaching, higher level training across career stages, onboarding, organizational leadership development and succession planning 2. Community engagement related to asset mapping, community development, keeping Extension programs relevant, motivational interviewing, needs assessment, networking, partnership development, relationship building, volunteer development and management, and working with communities, elected officials, and stakeholders 3. Core values related to civil rights, diversity, equity, & inclusion, globalization impacts on local communities, growth mindset, onboarding, and work-personal life integration 4. Funding and other resources related to administrative processes associated with grant funding, budget, and fiscal management, finding new revenue streams, grant writing & management, marketing, partnership development, resource management, and telling our story 5. Human resources related to employee recruitment, remote work environments, and supervisory skills 6. Interpersonal skills related to computer training, diversity, equity & inclusion, self-management, teamwork, technology use, time management skills, and work-personal life integration 7. Professional development related to campus & department issues, change management, distributed leadership, globalization impacts on local communities, identifying and using emerging technologies, leadership development, mentoring, motivational interviewing, organizational knowledge, policy concerns, and understanding Extension & the Land-grants system 8. Program development processes related to asset mapping, community-based, participatory research (CBPR), educational program design, educational theory, evaluation, instruction design, marketing, needs assessment, partnership development, program delivery/implementation, program planning, teaching methods, telling our story, using appropriate educational modalities, and working across diverse audiences 9. Program specific related to community development, education subject matter, and subject matter knowledge base. 10. Reporting related to civil rights compliance, evaluation, grants, and other reporting processes. 11. Strengthening the national Extension organization related to developing networks, engaging communities, elected officials, & stakeholders, globalization impacts on local communities, keeping Extension programs relevant, partnership development, and understanding Extension & the Land-grants system 12. Supervisory skills related to coaching, mentoring, moving into supervisory roles, performance evaluation, and team development 13. Telling our story related to communicating impact, communicating with elected officials, oral and written communication, and marketing 14. Other (please explain) __________

What are your Extension organization’s training needs related to career progression? 1. Agent mentoring 2. Career development 3. Coaching 4. Higher level training across the career stages 5. Onboarding 6. Organizational Leadership Development

7. Specialist mentoring 8. Succession planning 9. Other (please explain) __________

What are your Extension organization’s training needs related to community engagement? 1. Asset mapping 2. Community development 3. Keeping Extension programs relevant 4. Motivational interviewing

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