Regional Cooperative Extension Conference Administrative Update

1. Regional Cooperative Extension Conference Administrative Update February 9, 10, and 12, 2004 www.ca.uky.edu/CES Presented by Dr. Larry Turner, Associate Director, Cooperative Extension Service

2. Regional Conference Goals • Update, assess, and provide input into regional programming approach • Focus on how to build a diverse volunteer base and strong programs • In-service opportunities in each program area • Update on budget status, administrative and college directions

3. “There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still” Franklin D. Roosevelt

4. Goals of Re-envisioning • Strengthen local programming support • Strengthen the advisory council system • Streamline, or “flatten”, Extension administration • Broaden the scope of CES while supporting base programs, and • Througout the process, allow for a more flexible, adaptable, and responsive Extension system

5. Priorities for 2004 • People • Agent support, communication with campus specialists, and council development • Programs • Focused programs with measurable impact • Partnerships • UK, KSU, other agencies and organizations • Support and Infrastructure • Budget; impact/outcome assessment; grants, gifts, and contracts development; IT support

6. Becoming a Change Agent “Effective teaching comes only through a changed person. The more you change, the more you become an instrument of change in the lives of others. If you want to become a change agent, you also must change.” Howard Hendricks, in Teaching to Change Lives

7. People • Implement agent training and support recommendations • Agent advisory groups • Connect in-service training to annual conference • Distance education opportunities • Program-specific basic training • Core training shortened to 12 months • Specialist evaluation system implementation (beginning at this conference)

8. People (cont.) • Streamline agent evaluation process • Hiring and Retention • Involving DD’s in process • Promote and support diversity • Professional development opportunities • Salary increases • Enhance connections between campus and county (regional approach is one aspect) • Strengthen County Councils; local leaders

9. Programs • Food Systems (farm to fork) • Healthy individuals and families • Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources • Community and Economic Development, Leadership Development • Youth Programming – core curriculum, camping, APES • Regional Programming – QRT’s, multi-county programming

10. Partnerships • Coordination across the University • With KSU – aquaculture, organic production, goats, reaching diverse audiences • State agencies • In addition to DOA, Cabinets for Education, Environmental and Public Protection, Health and Family Services, Commerce • USDA, Federal Agencies

11. Partnerships (cont.) • Other agencies and organizations • Farm Bureau, KY Beef Network, KY Hort Council, other groups and organizations • Enhance and further develop existing partnerships • HEEL • Fine Arts • Engineering • One Economy – Beehive (beehive.org)

12. The ultimate measure of man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy..” ─ Martin Luther King

13. Support and Infrastructure • Extension Impact and Outcomes • Clear and straightforward outcome-based measures of success (e.g. EFNEP) • Quantify and summarize for all programs • Communciate to clientele, decisionmakers, CES system, upper administration, legislators • Budget • Implement county cost share guidelines • Seek state funding for recurring salary increases for agents • Seek additional federal support for targeted programs

14. CES Budget Breakdown

15. Support and Infrastructure (cont.) • Grants, Gifts, and Contracts • Improve grant support; RC’s, AD’s • Track and monitor grant and gift income • Incorporate CES needs in College capital campaign • IT/Communications • Goal – Broadband in every county • Now have 109 of 120 completed • Improved web resources with better organization and access • Improved distance communication tools

16. COA CES Strategic Plan Goals By 2006, we will have: • Developed or expanded at least three major outreach partnerships • Increased annual Extension or outreach related grant support obtained by 30% • Enhanced and refined an accessible, easily understood database of Extension outcomes, with baseline data reported for each program area of Cooperative Extension • Increased knowledge of Extension programs, as indicated by a 5% increase in familiarity measures in statewide surveys

17. Summary • People • Agent support, communication with campus specialists, and council development • Programs • Focused with measurable impact • Partnerships • UK, KSU, other agencies and organizations • Support and Infrastructure • Budget, impact/outcome assessment, grants, gifts, and contracts development, IT support

18. Conclusion • CES in the 21st Century is more important now than ever… we have an important mission for Kentucky • Achieving the vision comes down to People, Programs, Partnerships, and Support • The most important of those is People: • Those we serve – citizens of KY • Those who get the job done – county staff and state staff meeting local needs

19. “Making a positive difference in the lives of Kentuckians through research-based education”