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Training and Professional
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Scheduled Workshops:
Check-in and Tune-up for New Hires
Format: 1-day workshop at the Little Rock State Office
Intended audience: Required participation of Extension employees hired
within the previous 12 months
Description: This workshop is part of a revised New Employee Onboarding
program. This workshop addresses the big picture of Arkansas, Extension, and the
employee's role and provides breakout sessions by position and focus areas. The
participant will meet leaders and peers, get expert advice, share ideas and
challenges, and get specific support questions answered.
Offered: October 8, 2009 and April 15, 2010
Contact: Lisa Ferris,
lferris@uaex.edu, 501-671-2340
Learn More: Enroll at
http://inservice.uaex.edu
Filling Your Extension Toolbox
Format: 4-day classroom workshop with online prerequisite modules at
http://courses.uaex.edu
Intended audience: Extension educators with less than 2 years Extension
experience
Description: This in-service workshop will cover basic-level competencies
of Extension educators for the following topics: 1) Extension program planning,
implementation and evaluation (using logic models), 2) teaching methods, 3)
presentation skills, 4) goal setting and time management, 5) working with
advisory groups, 6) facilitation skills, 7) conflict management, and 8)
professional image. Participants will strengthen their: efficiency &
effectiveness in the workplace, personal & professional creditability with
clientele & colleagues, and ability to deliver effective Extension educational
programs.
Offered: Annually (This Year - December 1-4, 2009)
Contact: Dr. Rich Poling,
rpoling@uaex.edu, 501-671-2084
Learn More: See course enrollment information at
http://inservice.uaex.edu.
Impact Report Writing Lab for County Faculty
Format: 1-day classroom workshop and 1 hour Centra meeting option
Intended audience: County faculty
Description: Impact...You've Had It, Now Share It! Learn how to write
impact statements and get "just-in-time" feedback. The morning session will
include a brief overview and response to your specific questions. Then there
will be time to write, followed by feedback and suggestions, resulting in
quality impact reports which can be entered into AIMS for end of the year
reporting. The computer lab setting will allow you to pull data from AIMS or
other sources, draft your impacts, and enter Impact report(s)in AIMS with
support from Karen Ballard, Rich Poling, and Nikki Cooper. Participants should
bring supporting materials, be prepared to write and gt this marked off your
"to-do" list! The Centra option: If you are too busy or if budget restraints
won't allow you to get to the 4-H Center for the day-long class, we have opened
up a Centra session just for you. This hour-long session will include a brief
overview of impact writing and response to your specific questions regarding
Impact Reports.
Offered: September 22 and 29, 2009 at the 4-H Center, September 23, 2009
online via Centra
Contact: Nikki Cooper,
Learn More: See course enrollment information at
http://inservice.uaex.edu.
Power Up Your Teaching
Format: 1 day classroom workshop at the Little Rock State Office
Intended audience: Extension educators
Description: By increasing your understanding of adults as learners, the
more effectively you can design educational experiences for them. Organizing
content and selecting suitable tools for teaching are also key aspects of
planning an effective educational experience for adult learners. Effective
sequencing of learning helps learners build on existing and new concepts and the
right teaching tool effectively links the learner and the educational content.
Teaching tools include a variety of techniques and strategies help adult
learners interpret, understand, and apply the content.
Offered: May 25, 2010
Contact: Allisen Penn,
apenn@uaex.edu, 501-671-2086
Learn More: Enroll at
http://inservice.uaex.edu.
Presentation Skills for Extension Educators
Format: Online at
http://courses.uaex.edu
Intended audience: Extension personnel and volunteers who deliver
educational presentations to a variety of adult audiences
Description: Learn about the seven keys of effective educational
presentations and how to achieve them. This 2-3 hour self-paced course addresses
how to determine needs, design your presentation, use personal attributes to
deliver your presentation with confidence, and evaluate your presentation. To
receive course completion credit, employees should enroll first in the
in-service training system.
Offered: April 1, 2009 - June 15, 2010
Contact: Lisa Ferris,
lferris@uaex.edu,
501-671-2340
Learn More: See course enrollment information at
http://inservice.uaex.edu.
Southern Extension History
Format: Online at
http://courses.uaex.edu
Intended audience: Anyone who needs or wants to know more about Extension
history
Description: Learn about the history of Extension in the South. Professor
Randol Waters of the University of Tennessee is your host. This course has five
modules, each featuring a narrated video, handouts, and questions to check your
knowledge. A cumulative Course Exam is included. Videos are also available on
CD-Rom for students with slow internet connections. To receive course completion
credit, employees should enroll first in the in-service training system.
Offered: April 1, 2009 - June 15, 2010
Contact: Lisa Ferris,
lferris@uaex.edu , 501-671-2340
Learn More: See course enrollment information at
http://inservice.uaex.edu.
Support Staff Training
Format: 2-day workshop at the C.A Vines 4-H Center, Ferndale, Arkansas
Intended audience: Extension support staff
Description: This training provides a variety of tools and techniques
needed by support staff to be successful in the organization. A planning
committee will develop the program and topics. The program topics will be
updated here. Education, networking, and fun are the key components of the
training.
Offered: May 11 - May 12, 2010
Contact: Rich Poling,
rpoling@uaex.edu, 501-671-2084.
Learn More: See course enrollment information at
http://inservice.uaex.edu.
Using Needs Assessments to Identify Clientele and Program Priorities
Format: One-day workshop
Intended audience: Extension educators, program leaders/managers and
administrators who want to design and conduct needs assessment/issue
identification processes.
Description: Identifying and prioritizing needs is an essential process
in determining what we should be doing as Extension educators. Needs assessments
is the initial step in the Extension program development process. Assessing
needs is also an important step for program managers and administrators in
determining where resources need to be allocated and efforts expended. This
in-service will address the role of needs assessment in decision-making, the
basic steps in the needs assessment process, and several common methods used to
collect needs assessment information. Participants in this in-service will
increase their knowledge of what needs assessment is, the common steps used in
the needs assessment process, who and what are appropriate information sources
for the needs assessment process, and how to determine and use appropriate needs
assessment methods.
Offered: March 4, 2010
Contact: Dr. Rich Poling,
rpoling@uaex.edu, 501-671-2084
Learn More: See course enrollment information at
http://inservice.uaex.edu.
Support and Workshops Upon Request
Effective Online Course Design
Format: 2-3 hours, face to face for individuals or small groups
Intended audience: Extension faculty and staff who need to build online
courses
Description: This mini-workshop and demonstration addresses principles
of effective online course design and shows examples of effective courses. It is
recommended as a prerequisite to the Moodle software training. It provides an
overview of possible course design approaches and techniques that an instructor
can consider in preparing course materials prior to building an online course in
the Moodle platform.
Offered: On request
Contact: Lisa Ferris,
lferris@uaex.edu, 501-671-2340.
eXtension Overview
Format: Face to face for individuals or groups
Intended audience: Extension faculty and staff
Description: This overview addresses the background of the eXtension.org
initiative and the different types of information and resources available on
this website.
Offered: On request
Contact: Dr. Rich Poling, rpoling@uaex.edu,
501-671-2084.
Group Facilitation Skills
Format: 1-day classroom workshop
Intended audience: Extension personnel who work with groups in planning
educational programs or organizational processes
Description: This class will cover group facilitation methods for use in
a variety of situations. Possible uses of these methods include: working with
advisory groups; conducting needs assessments with stakeholders to identify
needs; evaluating progress and impact of programs; helping other groups with
their planning and decision-making activities. This class will cover important
facets of group dynamics, appropriate uses of various facilitation methods, the
role of the facilitator and facilitator techniques. Participants in this
training will increase their knowledge of group facilitation concepts and
methods and increase their skills in using appropriate group facilitation
methods.
Offered: On request
Contact: Dr. Rich Poling,
rpoling@uaex.edu, 501-671-2084
Learn More: See course enrollment information at
http://inservice.uaex.edu.
Powerful Presentations with PowerPoint
Format: Hands-on workshop, small group
Intended audience: Anyone who makes educational presentations using
PowerPoint
Description: You are the presenter, not PowerPoint! Learn the
basics of effective presentation design to help you effectively communicate and
teach others. This workshop addresses how people learn, audience engagement,
content design, learning assessment, and how to use PowerPoint to support your
design, not dominate it.
Offered: On request
Contact: Lisa Ferris,
lferris@uaex.edu, 501-671-2340.
On Target with AIMS
Format: One on one, small group, phone, or Centra
Intended audience: Anyone who uses AIMS to report their time, effort, or
uses AIMS to pull reports for data.
Description: Are you missing the mark with your AIMS reporting? Perhaps
you should schedule an AIMS training for yourself and/or your fellow AIMS users.
Training varies and can be tailored to the needs of the individual AIMS users.
Instruction is broad and basic for new users, yet detailed and specific for
experienced AIMS reporters. It can cover everything from how to create an
Individual Plan of Work (IPOW) to how to pull Impact reports for an entire
staff. Get your data back on track and improve your accountability for
Extension, call to request On Target with AIMS today!
Offered: On request
Contact: Nikki Cooper, AIMS Development Manager,
kncooper@uaex.edu,
501-671-2351
Learn More: Join the AIMS Users group in SPOT.
True Colors
Format: Half or full day training, designed to fit individual group needs.
Intended audience: Extension departments, districts, county offices,
committees workgroups or teams.
Description: Would you like you like your coworkers or employees to have
more self-confidence, respect for one another and work as a connected team? True
Colors is a hands-on, interactive and energizing training which applies
practical and useful activities to real world experiences. Learn about each team
member’s strengths, values and characteristics and develop an appreciation of
the uniqueness of self and others. The key benefit of the training is an
increased understanding of the similarities and differences of all team members
which can help your team communicate clearly, solve problems collaboratively,
resolve conflict effectively, and work together productively.
Offered: On request
Contact: Allisen Penn,
apenn@uaex.edu, 501-671-2086
Using Moodle to Develop Online Courses
Format: One day face to face workshop, for small groups or one-on-one.
Intended audience: Extension faculty and staff who need to need to build
online courses on our Moodle platform at
http://courses.uaex.edu
Description: This Moodle workshop typically addresses foundational online
course design principles, examples of effective course design, and navigational
and teaching activities and resources within the Moodle software. This is a
hands-on workshop in which participants build pieces of their course as we
discuss the Moodle concepts.
Offered: On request
Contact: Lisa Ferris,
lferris@uaex.edu, 501-671-2340.
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