Taking Good to Great

How?

• Phase One

– From Competency Assessment to Professional

Development Self-Assessment

• Phase Two

– Defining Professionalism in Extension

• Image

• Attitude

• Behavior

• Communications

Definition of Professionalism

• The invisible and underlying foundation supporting

all organizations.

• Judged by behavior, image, communications and

attitude.

Team Approach

• Charlie, Jodi and Bill: 2008 NELD Team

• 10 state review of best practices

• Feedback Team meeting in Carrington (30 people)

• Fall MPU Meetings

• Fall Conference

Purpose of Self-Assessments?

• Professional Development is YOUR responsibility

– Invest in yourself to become a ‘great’ Extension professional

• Providing professional development opportunities

is the ORGANIZATION’S responsibility

– Invest in the organization to become a ‘great’ Extension

system

• Program assessment is the PROGRAM

PLANNING TEAM’S responsibility

– Help program planning teams understand what is needed

for NDSU Extension to have ‘great’ programs.

What do we need?

• Method for employees to assess their needs and

have dialogue with supervisors

• Method for organization/program leaders to get

feedback from employees and create learning

opportunities that meet your needs

What’s Changed?

Competency Assessment

1. Subject Matter

2. Communications

3. Information and Technology

4. Personal and Organizational

Management

5. Professional Development and

Educational Design

Professional Development

Self-Assessment

1. Subject Matter

2. Communications

3. Technology

4. Personal Development

5. Organizational Management

6. Program Development and

Educational Design

Check

it out!

Assessments: Getting Started

• Moodle system: Log into eXtension at:

http://pdc.extension.org

• Select category - State Specific/North Dakota

• Select and complete assessment

• Print out report

– Individual Summary

– Program Planning Team Chairs’ / District Directors’ /

Program Leaders’ summary

Getting Started: 2010

1. Select two

assessments to

complete in January

– Complete your subject

matter assessment

– Complete one other

category of your choice

– Review your choices with

your District Director and

complete them in January

2. Discuss the results at

your performance

review in 2010

3. Use results to create

your professional

development plan for

2010

Expectations in 2010

• The NDSU Extension will shift toward more

emphasis on professional development

– This is a work in progress.

– Feedback will be encouraged.

– Feedback on today’s system is welcome to any of the

team members. Deadline for feedback is November 30.

• And Phase Two is….

Extension Professionalism:

Making a Difference

• Defining Professionalism in Extension

• Image Behavior

• Attitude Communications

• Develop Targeted training for:

• County Staff Specialists

• Support Staff REC Staff

• Need new team to work on this phase -

volunteers are welcome

Are you up for the Challenge?

• What are the challenges?

• Change

• Transparency

• Bottom up effort

• Meeting the identified needs

Pick Up the Card on the Table and Go Home to Try It!