Honors and Awards Briefly summarize organization and peer recognition and year(s) • – received. II. Featured Educational Initiatives (Submit up to 3 Initiatives, maximum 4 pages per initiative. Maximum 4 support materials per initiative, maximum 5 pages each.) The Educational Initiatives featured in this section should reflect the scope of your Extension work. An earlier initiative should only be included if it spanned well into the last six-years and is well documented. Work submitted for Step III status consideration cannot be a repeat of work submitted for Step II status unless it has continued and been significantly expanded upon in subsequent years. Please organize materials in this section by Educational Initiative -- a collection of well documented and significant efforts, events and activities all leading to a particular outcome or set of outcomes. Educational Initiatives featured in this section should correspond with candidate’s job responsibilities since achieving Step II. NOTE: Supervising Educators may feature staff training initiatives using the template below. Title of Educational Initiative (EI) with a short paragraph/description of the initiative (Direct education to target audience(s), train-the-trainer, staff training, etc.) Needs Assessment What was your process for identifying need and acquiring stakeholder input relative to need for this Educational Initiative? (Survey, focus group, etc.) NOTE: Needs assessment is a process not just a compilation of statistics about your audience. EI Objectives (stated in terms of expected client outcomes from your work tea logic model.) Candidate Role(s) in this EI– Include all that apply: Supervisor of program staff or volunteers Trainer of program staff or volunteers Instructor direct instruction of target audience – Leadership within Teams candidate’s significant role on the EI development, – delivery and evaluation. Method(s) of delivery within this EI e.g. face-to-face workshop(s), webinar(s) – demonstration(s), field trial(s), distance education(s), on-line courses, eXtension, etc. Applied Research (if applicable) Brief synopsis of any applied research project(s) – associated with this EI along with a description of the candidate’s significant role in the project. (This does not mean use of evidence-based curricula in the design and delivery of the EI).
• Honors and Awards – Briefly summarize organization and peer recognition and year(s) received. II. Featured Educational Initiatives (Submit up to 3 Initiatives, maximum 4 pages per initiative. Maximum 4 support materials per initiative, maximum 5 pages each.) The Educational Initiatives featured in this section should reflect the scope of your Extension work. An earlier initiative should only be included if it spanned well into the last six-years and is well documented. Work submitted for Step III status consideration cannot be a repeat of work submitted for Step II status unless it has continued and been significantly expanded upon in subsequent years. Please organize materials in this section by Educational Initiative -- a collection of well documented and significant efforts, events and activities all leading to a particular outcome or set of outcomes. Educational Initiatives featured in this section should correspond with candidate’s job responsibilities since achieving Step II. NOTE: Supervising Educators may feature staff training initiatives using the template below. Title of Educational Initiative (EI) with a short paragraph/description of the initiative (Direct education to target audience(s), train-the-trainer, staff training, etc.) Needs Assessment What was your process for identifying need and acquiring stakeholder input relative to need for this Educational Initiative? (Survey, focus group, etc.) NOTE: Needs assessment is a process not just a compilation of statistics about your audience. EI Objectives (stated in terms of expected client outcomes from your work tea logic model.) Candidate Role(s) in this EI– Include all that apply: Supervisor of program staff or volunteers Trainer of program staff or volunteers Instructor – direct instruction of target audience Leadership within Teams – candidate’s significant role on the EI development, delivery and evaluation. Method(s) of delivery within this EI – e.g. face-to-face workshop(s), webinar(s) demonstration(s), field trial(s), distance education(s), on-line courses, eXtension, etc. Applied Research (if applicable) – Brief synopsis of any applied research project(s) associated with this EI along with a description of the candidate’s significant role in the project. (This does not mean use of evidence-based curricula in the design and delivery of the EI).
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