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New Board Member Orientation ksre.ksu

New Board Member Orientation www.ksre.ksu.edu. Orientation Topics. History Partnerships Board Member Responsibilities Agent Responsibilities Extension Programming Board Member Resources. A Historical Look Back: 1860s to Today. The Morrill Act.

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New Board Member Orientation ksre.ksu

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  1. New Board MemberOrientationwww.ksre.ksu.edu

  2. Orientation Topics • History • Partnerships • Board Member Responsibilities • Agent Responsibilities • Extension Programming • Board Member Resources

  3. A Historical Look Back: 1860s to Today

  4. The Morrill Act • Established Land Grant Universities in 1862 • Kansas: First Land Grant University

  5. Hatch Act • Established Experiment Stations in 1887

  6. Smith-Lever Act • Established the Cooperative Extension Service in 1914

  7. Land Grant Universities • Teaching • Research • Extension

  8. Kansas Laws • 1915 – Kansas County Farm Bureau Law • 1951 – Kansas County Extension Council Law

  9. Kansas Laws • 1991 – Kansas Extension District Law

  10. K-State Research and Extension 1996 – Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service and the Agricultural Experiment Station became K-State Research and Extension

  11. Our Purpose Providing education you can trust to help people, business, and communities solve problems, develop skills, and build a better future.

  12. Partnerships

  13. K-State Research and Extension A Partnership Federal State Local

  14. Budget

  15. President of the United States Cabinet Members Department of Agriculture NIFA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Federal Partner

  16. Kansas State University K-State Research and Extension Interim Director: Ernie Minton Cooperative Extension Service Director for Extension: Gregg Hadley Agricultural Experiment Station Director for Research: State Partner

  17. Local PartnerExtension Boards

  18. Kansas Extension Laws • Requirements of partners • Establishment of local boards • Budget procedures • Election of members • Duties of officers • Employment of agents

  19. Local Partner - Four Program Development Committees Community Vitality

  20. Local Partner • Identify local needs • Match KSRE resources to needs • Implement programming • Evaluate programming Agent and PDC partner to

  21. Local Partner Community Vitality

  22. State and Local Partnership Regional director and board responsible for: • Comprehensive programming • Personnel • Budget

  23. Extension Agents State and Local Partnership Extension Board Regional Director

  24. State and Local Partnership Regional Director Extension Board Local Unit Director Extension Agents

  25. State and Local PartnershipAll Districts and Metropolitan Counties Extension Board Regional Director Local Unit Director Extension Agents

  26. State and Local Partnership Regional Director Extension Board Local Extension Director (supervision may be shared with or delegated to other agents) Office Professional(s) Program Assistants

  27. Board MemberResponsibilities

  28. Board Member Responsibilities • Participate in board meetings • Review Board Leadership website • Review minutes, financial statements, and agent reports

  29. Board Member Responsibilities • Become familiar with all program areas • Get to know all agents and their programming • Attend extension-sponsored events • Advocate for extension programming

  30. AgentResponsibilities

  31. Agent Responsibilities Lead educational programming in: • Family and Consumer Sciences • Agriculture and Natural Resources • Community Vitality • 4-H Youth Development

  32. Agent Responsibilities Serve on a Program Focus Team • Adult Development and Aging • Community Vitality • Crop Production • Family and Child Development • Family Resource Management • Farm Management • Horticulture • Livestock Production • Natural Resources • Nutrition, Food Safety and Health • Youth Development

  33. Agent Responsibilities • Collaborate with community members and partner organizations. • Utilize various educational strategies.

  34. Agent Responsibilities • Recruit, train, and manage volunteers • Collect and communicate evidence of program outcomes.

  35. Extension Programming

  36. Developing new crop varieties • Leading teams to solve global food issues • Educating consumers in safe food handling

  37. Attracting 15,000 Kansans to increase exercise • Identifying practices to prevent adult and childhood obesity • Helping families stretch their food dollars • Involving older adults in strength training to improve health and quality of life

  38. Guiding more than 77,000 youth to apply leadership skills • Training Kansans of all ages to be better citizens and leaders • Implementing strategies for bringing ethnically diverse families to 4-H

  39. Improving communities through the PRIDE program • Working with families to develop better financial management practices • Helping individuals evaluate health insurance options

  40. Breeding new drought-tolerant crop varieties • Developing more efficient irrigation strategies • Reducing runoff and sedimentation into reservoirs

  41. Board Member Resources • Notebook provided by local office • http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/boardleadership • Excellence in Board Leadership Assessment • Handbook for County Extension Councils and District Governing Bodies

  42. Congratulationson your boardmember responsibility!

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