TY - JOUR
T1 - Extension Administrators' Perspectives on Employee Competencies and Characteristics
AU - elliott-engel, Jeremy
AU - Westfall-Rudd, Donna
AU - seibel, Megan
AU - Kaufman, Eric
AU - Radhakrishna, Rama
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Extension administrators discussed the competencies and characteristics of Extension professionals as they explored how Extension will need adapt to changing clientele, both in who they are and how they want to receive information. Extension education curriculum is not fully preparing future Extension employees in all required competencies, falling short on use of technology, diversity and pluralism, volunteer development, marketing, and public relations, risk management, and the community development process. Additionally, the Extension educator workforce development pipeline is not preparing a demographically representative population, leaving state administrators struggling to hire prepared professionals, especially those with in-culture competency (e.g., racial and ethnic minority and urban).
AB - Extension administrators discussed the competencies and characteristics of Extension professionals as they explored how Extension will need adapt to changing clientele, both in who they are and how they want to receive information. Extension education curriculum is not fully preparing future Extension employees in all required competencies, falling short on use of technology, diversity and pluralism, volunteer development, marketing, and public relations, risk management, and the community development process. Additionally, the Extension educator workforce development pipeline is not preparing a demographically representative population, leaving state administrators struggling to hire prepared professionals, especially those with in-culture competency (e.g., racial and ethnic minority and urban).
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U2 - 10.34068/joe.59.03.03
DO - 10.34068/joe.59.03.03
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85115707633
SN - 1077-5315
VL - 59
SP - 1
EP - 12
JO - Journal of Extension
JF - Journal of Extension
IS - 3
ER -