2009 MM Role
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9. What role does the District Director assume with faculty evaluations and what role do others assume?
Georgia
In Georgia, the District Director (DED) reviews and signs the evaluations of all faculty and staff receiving state funding. We charge the County Coordinators (CEC) with conducting evaluations on their county staff including goals and performance improvement measures. The DED then sits down with the CEC to review and discuss these evaluations, including any changes the DED feels needs to be made. All state funded employees have the opportunity to request a direct face to face evaluation with the DED if they so desire. The DED conducts the evaluation of the CEC, both on a programmatic and administrative basis, during the evaluation sessions. The DED also conducts the evaluation on the District Program Development Coordinators (4-H & ANR) as well as district clerical staff.
Virginia
In Virginia the District Director (DD) evaluates all Agent Faculty in their respective districts personally. Agent Faculty Reports are reviewed by state program leaders who give input into the evaluation. The DD meets individually with each Agent and provides feedback with measures of improvement needed if necessary via electronic submission. The Agent then can make written comments on their evaluation if desired and then acknowledge receipt of their evaluation electronically. The DD meets personally with the Dean of the College and all Associate Deans to review the district progress toward goals set by the DD. The DD also meets personally with the Director of Extension for their own evaluation. The DD serves as a reviewer for all district support staff positions and the Unit Coordinator serves as the evaluator.
Texas
District Extension Administrators conduct performance review on all County Extension Agents and County Extension Directors with input from subject matter Regional Program Directors. County Extension Directors evaluate performance of agents in Urban counties.
Tennessee
County Directors conduct performance appraisals with county staff. Region Directors conduct performance appraisals with county directors and review the county staff performance appraisals with county director. Region Program Leaders give input for all performance appraisals. Region Directors conduct performance appraisals for all area specialists and Program Leaders
Clemson Extension
Agents submit a self-evaluation to their respective Program Team Leader. The Program Team Leader evaluates the programmatic-related portions of the EPMS document for all of his/her team members. The Program Team Leader then has a face-to-face meeting with Field Operations (Assistant Director and Associate Dean/Interim COO) - all agent evaluations are completed and finalized during this meeting. Once appraisals have been assigned, Field Operations schedules face-to-face meetings with each agent in the state for EPMS review.
LSU AgCenter
Regional Directors make the final decision as to whether staff are satisfactorily fulfilling their job responsibilities. Regional Directors read & discuss all staff evaluation comments made by Parish Chairs and Regional Coordinators.
Oklahoma
The District Extension Director (DED) has the responsibility to conduct formal appraisals for all county educators, district and area specialists on a rotational basis. The DED receives input from the county Extension Director and district program specialists prior to the reviews.
Alabama
All CECs have 75% of the performance appraisal score based on the EDD input and if three or more peer provide input into the CEC performance appraisal together it counts 25%. If two or less peer provides input, then the EDD score counts 100%. EDD are given the option to be peers to other EDDs and the Assistant Directors, if three or more chose to provide input, then it counts 25% of the individual score with 75% coming from the two Associate Directors that supervise the EDDs and Assistant Directors.
Mississippi
The Center Head evaluates County Directors, 4-H Agents, Area Agents, and Extension Agents.
