SRPLN 2008 MM Accomplishment Report
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SRPLN Middle Management Committee 2008 Accomplishment Report
Committees are asked to answer these three questions by September 15, 2008. Be brief. The goal is to limit the report to one page.
1. What has your committee accomplished together in the last year as a result of PLN?
• Began connection with PSD committee to develop succession plan
• Representatives implemented a plan developed at PLN to attend the North Central Region MM training conference for the purpose of sharing ideas and exploring collaborative interests
• Pursued common interests pertaining to MMs and discussed possibility of future joint meetings with other regions
• Planned national MM session for Galaxy III
• Initiated the development of the Urban Task Force
• Planned and hosted an Urban pre-PLN Conference Tour
• Shared ideas on staff recruitment, professional development, program evaluation, staff retention and other issues confronting MMs
• Began planning for 2009 Southern Region MM Conference (Athens, GA)
• Prepared background information, e.g., characteristics of an effective MM, positive reasons to become a MM, and barriers, that will be used to plan a succession strategy
2. What has your committee accomplished together that it could not have accomplished without PLN?
• Most of these tasks could not have been performed without PLN and some were totally dependent on PLN. I.e., PLN, face-to-face discussions resulted in better outcomes.
• eXtension updates and collaborations with PSD would not have occurred without PLN.
• Pre-conference tour and discussions with local Extension staff would not have occurred.
3. Please give a few examples of specific benefits to individual states.
• PLN allows more in-depth discussions of critical issues that we all address in our respective states and allows us to bring back to our states effective techniques and strategies used by others.
• Discussions and sharing ideas about the development of performance appraisal tools and career ladders result in improved practices in all member states.
• Enhances our ability to begin planning for our bi-annual professional development conference.
• PLN serves as a dynamic catalyst for uniform change with directors, administrators and MM being exposed to the same information.
• PLN results in outcomes that have been adopted by states outside of our region so that the entire system benefits.
• When states are going through economic down-turns or difficulties it is helpful to hear of previous approaches that other states have used for similar situations.
• It is most beneficial when all member institutions are involved in our deliberations of issues.
