Ohio state university extension program development and evaluation

The issue features 10 articles. Brief summaries of the articles are listed below, as well as links to the individual articles, and the entire issue.

Garst, Ryan J. Article 3: a history of needs assessments; implications for future Extension needs assessments. Garst, Paul F. Article 6: history of evaluation and challenges for the future of evaluation in Extension. Article 8: importance of professional development for Extension professionals related to program development. Cummings, Kevin B.

Andrews, Katy M. Article 9: need to align Extension program development model with community-university engagement models. Article recommendations for the evolution of Extension program development model. Gagnon, Barry A. Download the entire issue. If you don't measure results, you can't tell success from failure. Myers-Walls, J. Family Relations, 60 , — She works with families on topics including wellness, food safety, household budgeting, mindfulness, local foods, and universal design.

Beyond using her Certified Family Life Educator credential to directly reach families in her community, she is also interested in encouraging other professionals to recognize the value of their work with families. In her professional role, she is always on the lookout for new partnerships and collaborations in order to strengthen programming in the community. Jim Bates, Ph. He has taught courses in family relations; family life program design, implementation, and evaluation; parenting; intergenerational relationships; and research methods and applied statistics.

He has formed partnerships with community outreach organizations to evaluate programs and has consulted on a multi-state, multi-year projects. His program themes as a Specialist in Family Wellness with Ohio State University Extension are intergenerational family relationships; family resiliency; and Family Life Education program design, implementation, evaluation, and analysis.

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