The qualitative study reported here assessed the needs of agents related to new agent professional development to improve the current model. Agents who participated in new agent professional development within the last 5 years were selected to participate in focus groups to determine concerns and continued needs. Agents enjoyed networking and…

Responses from 47 of 78 Clemson University extension specialists identified three critical professional development needs: communicating program impact to key decision makers, communicating client problems to researchers, and viewing problems from different perspectives. They felt that their expertise in other areas was high. (Contains 16…

Discusses various factors/activities to be considered in developing effective extension programs: consider multiple inputs to the planning process (including the needs of the people at the grass-roots level and legislative action), design a program considering these diverse factors, and implement the program in such a way that the clientele have…

During an evaluation of the Kentucky Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), the critical incident technique was used to measure successful and unsuccessful events encountered by the paraprofessional EFNEP aides: (1) To identify on-the-job behaviors and attitudes of EFNEP aides to determine critical job requirements and (2) to draw…