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This is a full-time, 11-month appointment for a non-tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant/Associate Extension Educator. The successful candidate is expected to develop strong working relationships with producers throughout the state; interact with UConn faculty, state, and federal agency personnel; and develop interdisciplinary extension programs. This is an off-campus, county-based position. Assignment of office location is negotiable in the northwest, central, or northeast part of...

The ECOP Workforce Development Program Action Team in collaboration with the NECIW National Working Group (NWG) and Extension Foundation (EXF) will collaborate with NIFA staff to form a robust network of public and private entities across every U.S. region to build the nation's capacity to respond to the changing needs in the food and agriculture sector. The primary audience for this project, “will be Cooperative Extension practitioners, workforce intermediaries, and the participants they...

Because human and vertebrate pest conflicts are on the rise in urban and rural areas, there is an urgent need to increase awareness and adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in vertebrate pest management. Extension Professionals and others who work in the fields of wildlife damage must possess knowledge and resources to address this need. With that situation known, the IPM Pesticide Safety Education Collaboration Team invites you to take part in this needs assessment survey of...

WCMER Deep Dive Fellows are collecting data to inform the development of an Urban Extension Toolkit focusing on the skillsets and competencies of Extension professionals. Two surveys (for Extension professionals and Extension administrators) aim to investigate the essential skills that Extension professionals require to effectively work across the urban-rural continuum and identify the obstacles they encounter in this process. The surveys are being distributed to Extension professionals and...

Transdisciplinary Approaches: The Science of Team Science Webinar Wednesday December 6, 2023 at 12pm PT/3pm ET Register : https://www.nal.usda.gov/about-us/events/transdisciplinary-approaches-webinar-dec2023 Speakers: Jeni Cross, Colorado State University Anne Mook, Colorado State University Description: Working on teams employing transdisciplinary approaches presents many challenges. This webinar will share information about the keys to the success of complex teams, and highlight the role...

Imagine you go to dinner with a group of friends and the waiter isn’t able to split the bill. You pay for the meal and your friends quickly transfer their portion via a payment app to you and call it even. You leave the money in the app for the next time you need it. You can probably think of other ways that you and your clients routinely use payment apps in every day exchanges of goods and services. These types of peer-to-peer transactions are

So often when we think about "leadership" it becomes such a big concept we can't imagine how it might apply to us. It is easier to think that it applies only to people with bigger positions, titles, and more responsibility than we have. As a coach of mine once said: "That's stinkin' thinkin'." When we think leadership is just for those "other people" we've unconsciously decided it's not for us. That we don't have to do it. We've told ourselves what we do every day doesn't really matter. In...

At South Dakota State University (SDSU) Extension, we pride ourselves on developing strong communities using cutting-edge, research-based programming to support state-wide emerging issues. We are seeking to hire our next Extension Weed Ecologist Field Specialist I that will work cooperatively with a team of SDSU Extension field specialists, university faculty and researchers, agribusiness industry and commodity groups to develop and deliver high impact, quality agronomic educational...

The N.H. 4-H team seeks a 4-H Agriscience Program Manager to help reach the team’s goal to increase agricultural literacy throughout the community including educators, youth, and families. Located at the UNH Extension office in Boscawen, N.H., the 4-H Agriscience Program Manager will be responsible for the recently funded 4-H Ag Exploration initiative working alongside the 4-H Agriscience field specialist. The program manager will coordinate the initiative, recruiting and working with...

Youth Advocates for Community Health Lightening Session Thursday, September 28, 2023, at 11 AM ET Register HERE Extension Professionals are invited to join on a lightning session focused on how young people are catalysts for improving the health of their communities! Many states have harnessed the power of youth voice and Well Connected Communities, a health initiative funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has demonstrated the effort of 4-H health ambassadors and advocates in addressing...

Announcing the inaugural Generating Research Opportunities Workshop for (GROW) Urban Agriculture Conference. This is a virtual three part conference for researchers, extension professional, educators and stakeholders designed to build interdisciplinary teams and support their efforts to secure funding for research, extension and education (REE) that supports and expands urban agriculture. Phase I is November 1-3, 2023. This virtual session will focus on connecting participants with similar...

The Journal of Extension (JOE), the official refereed journal of the U.S. Cooperative Extension System, is seeking input from its partners on its Job Board Service at jobs.joe.org . This fee-based service is available to those wishing to promote Extension job openings on the JOE website. Revenue received from this service helps support the production of the Journal of Extension . The feedback received will be used to make improvements to the service. Even if you have not used the service in...