Week 5: Designing an Extension Program

Student Learning Objectives

• Understand the major steps and major components in designing an extension program

Presentations

Designing an Extension Program: From Needs Assessment to Program Assessment
Kevin Sewake

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Designing an Extension Program PowerPoint Slides

Readings

• Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, United States Department of Agriculture. (2007, February). Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service: Strategic Plan for 2007-2012. Retrieved from https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/resource/csrees_stratic_plan 2007-12_0.pdf
• McCawley, P. F. (2009). Methods for Conducting an Educational Needs Assessment: Guidelines for Cooperative Extension System Professionals. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Extension. Retrieved from http://www.cals.uidaho.edu/edcomm/pdf/bul/bul0870.pdf
• Diehl, D. C., & Galindo-Gonzalez, S. (2011). Planning or Refining an Extension Program. UF/IFAS Extension, University of Florida. Retrieved from http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/FY/FY122900.pdf

Assignments

• Complete Quiz 3
• Complete Discussion 3
• Select an Extension topic to focus on this semester
• Begin to draft an Extension Program on the topic of your choice

Course Coordinator / Instructor:
Dr. M’Randa Sandlin
 msandlin@hawaii.edu