http://collaborate.extension.org/wiki/SRPLN_2008_PSD_Accomplishment_Report?action=feed&mode=view 2009-11-22T15:55:10Z Wiki page as html MediaWiki 1.14.0 Contributors http://collaborate.extension.org/wiki/SRPLN_2008_PSD_Accomplishment_Report/12815 2008-09-05T13:42:21Z <a name="SRPLN_Program_and_Staff_Development_Committee_2008_Accomplishment_Report" id="SRPLN_Program_and_Staff_Development_Committee_2008_Accomplishment_Report"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> SRPLN Program and Staff Development Committee 2008 Accomplishment Report </span></h2> <p><b>Committees are asked to answer these three questions by September 15, 2008. Be brief. The goal is to limit the report to one page.</b> </p><p><br /> 1. What has your committee accomplished together in the last year as a result of PLN?<br /> </p> <ul><li>Planned and hosted the Southern Region PSD Conference; other states attended from throughout the nation </li><li>Created the Inventory of Middle Management Leadership resources </li><li>Created the National Extension Professional Development Directory, which included 1862, 1890, and 1994 institutions </li><li>Provided a network for multi-state research and multi-state projects, i.e., "How Farmers Learn Southern - A SARE Research Project," "Building Effective On-line Course Design", and "Excellence in Extension" </li><li>Have a strong presence on the NEPD Steering Committee </li><li>Completed on line modules on History of Extension and Presentation Skills </li><li>Making plans for the 2009 PSD Conference </li><li>Provided leadership and implementation for focus group research on the value of PLN </li><li>Conducted survey of nationwide web based new agent orientation training for professional development </li><li>Met with Middle Managers to begin to formulate the components of a succession plan for Extension County Directors and Middle Managers </li></ul> <p><br /> 2. What has your committee accomplished together that it could not have accomplished without PLN?<br /> </p> <ul><li>Networking and joint grant opportunities, including multi-state grant partnerships </li><li>All other accomplishments identified in question 1 are the result of PSD networking and collaborative efforts </li></ul> <p>3. Please give a few examples of specific benefits to individual states. <br /> </p> <ul><li>Will use the CECP modules to supplement the New Faculty Orientation process and other in-state training </li><li>Faculty and Staff Program Development opportunity to collaborate through the PSD Conference, i.e., was able to find merit reviewers for the federal plan of work requirements </li><li>Addition of staff, i.e., instructional designer to address distance education </li><li>Building trusting relationships for multi-state Extension projects </li><li>Enhancing influence at the state, regional, and national levels, such as the formation of a national professional development association </li><li>Winning of two national awards as a result of networking among PLN members </li><li>Each state has an opportunity to benchmark their progress against other states </li><li>Savings of dollars for equipment, technology, time, and energy </li><li>PLN helps enhance relationships within the states, but also helps build the bond between 1862 and 1890 institutions </li><li>Support for interpreting federal plan of work guidelines </li><li>Have implemented surveys which have benefited states and regions </li><li>Gained input for promotion and tenure packet reviews for peers </li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Southern_PLN-PSD" title="Southern PLN-PSD"> SRPLN PSD Committee Page</a> </p> <!-- NewPP limit report Preprocessor node count: 5/1000000 Post-expand include size: 0/2097152 bytes Template argument size: 0/2097152 bytes Expensive parser function count: 0/100 --> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key itwiki:pcache:idhash:3120-0!1!0!!en!2!edit=0 and timestamp 20091122093234 -->