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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 Mission Statement “.....is dedicated to a safe, sustainable, competitive food and fiber system and to strong, healthy communities, families, and youth through integrated research, analysis, and education.” K-State Research and Extension

  12. Our Slogan

  13. Partnerships

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

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

  16. Kansas State University K-State Research and Extension Director: John Floros Cooperative Extension Service Associate Director: Daryl Buchholz Agricultural Experiment Station Associate Director: Ernie Minton State Partner

  17. Local PartnerCounty or District Extension Boards

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

  19. Local Partner - Four Program Development Committees

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

  21. Local Partner Local Extension Board Community Development

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

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

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

  25. State and Local PartnershipUrban Counties and Some Districts Extension Board Area Director Local Unit Director Extension Agents

  26. State and Local Partnership Area 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 Provide educational programming in: • Family and Consumer Sciences • Agriculture and Natural Resources • Community Development • 4-H Youth Development

  32. Agent Responsibilities Serve on a Program Focus Team • Adult Development and Aging • Community Development • 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 evidence of program outcomes.

  35. Extension Programming

  36. Developing new crop varieties • Leading teams to solve global food issues • Helping families stretch their food dollars

  37. Attracting 15,000 Kansans to increase exercise • Identifying practices to prevent childhood obesity • Saving Medicare participants an average of $832 per person

  38. Guiding 72,000 youth to apply leadership skills • Meeting needs of military youth through the Kansas Operation Military Kids (OMK) program

  39. Improving communities through the Kansas PRIDE program • Helping communities maintain services such as grocery stores • Working with families to develop better financial management practices

  40. Breeding new drought-tolerant crops • Developing more efficient irrigation systems • Improving livestock genetics to reduce water needed

  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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