Performance Review
Regional Specialist & CPD
Extension County Council Input
NameCounty Council
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The Extension County Council is expected to provide one form for each regional faculty headquartered in the county. The information provided should be a compilation of the county council as a whole. The completed form is to be signed by the chair of the county council on behalf of the council and submitted to the regional director's office. The minutes of the council meeting at which the form is completed should contain a motion approving the completed form.
It is suggested that a copy of this form be provided to each council member for each employee to be evaluated so that they can make their own notes, but only one combined form is to be submitted to the regional director.
This performance review instrument is used to identify the level of performance achieved by the employee for a specified period of time. Performance is measured by results. Please review the position description and county plan of work as background for your assessment on his/her performance.
For each criterion indicate level of performance the council believes this person has demonstrated during the review period using the following rating scale. Comments regarding the council's assessment are especially helpful to the Regional Director.
Ratings:
UUnsatisfactory - significantly fails to meet the expectations for the criterion.
NINeeds improvement - does not meet the expectations of the criterion. Specific areas of improvement are easily identified.
MEMeets Expectations – meets the expectations of the criterion and requires minimal supervision. Work is consistently high quality and requires little supervision.
EEExceeds expectations - exceeds the expectations for the criterion. Work is high quality and is on a rising plane of continual improvement.
SSuperior - consistently provides leadership for self and others to accomplish goals and objectives. Performance consistently sets organizational standards and provides effective leadership in identified performance criteria.
Performance Review Criteria and Feedback
Regional Specialist County Program Directors
1. Program Impact- Consistently offers and evaluates high quality educational programs individually and through teams that results in showingpositive behavioral change for the target audiencethat are consistent with the mission of University of Missouri Extension and relevant to client needs. For CPDs this includes providing effective leadership and training to empower councils to fulfill their statutory obligations related to program impact (i.e. county plan of work).
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2. Program Reporting - Provides quality WEBAPPS and other reports including standardized program evaluations; provides reports on a timely basis that describes the impact of programs to stakeholders or other target audience and public values of these impacts.For CPDs, this includes providing effective leadership and training to empower councils to fulfill their statutory obligations related to program reporting (i.e. annual report, annual program review).
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3. Quantity - Conducts the programs required to successfully implement the county program plan.
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4. Innovation - Constantly improves programs with new ideas, based on research-based information and content, delivery/marketing techniques and/or annually develops new programs that successfully satisfy the annual county program plan of those counties served.
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5. Audience - Consistently offers a sufficient quantity of programs that involve diverse audiences whom mirror the demographics of the coverage counties and programming area.For CPDs this includes providing effective leadership and training to empower councils to meet USDA expectations (i.e. civil rights planning and documentation, recruit for diverse council membership.)
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6. Program Alignment and Integration - Works cooperatively with councils, county program director other faculty to implement goals from the University of Missouri Extension Strategic Plan, resulting in an aligned integrated program plan that meets the educational needs of the constituents.
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7. Resource Management - Individually or in teams, generates revenue (grants, contracts, gifts, and fees) to sustain and grow essential programs (financial, in-kind and volunteers). Submits revenue generation worksheets for all programs with a fee or sponsorships and submits appropriate generated revenue to MU Extension. For CPDs this includes county plan, working with council to meet funding guidelines, and upholding statutory requirements (i.e. county funding, budgets, QuickBooks reports, audits).
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8. Professional Behavior and Stakeholder Relations - Enhances the image and effectiveness of University of Missouri Extension through positive attitude, personal motivation, dependability, and teamwork resulting in effective working relationships with co-workers, extension council, clientele, other stakeholders and supervisor. This includes being actively involved in stakeholder relations in geographically assigned areas and educating elected officials about University of Missouri Extension by involving them in programming efforts.For CPDs this includes providing effective leadership in the daily operations of the county extension office(i.e. personnel, facilities, inter-office communications).
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9. Scholarship and Leadership - Initiates, produces and participates in scholarly activities, such as curriculum development, in-service education instruction, articles in professional and popular press, guide sheets, presentations at professional meetings and other peer-reviewed activities demonstrating scholarship. Also would include professional activities that achieve the goals of the university.
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10. Professional Growth - Continually improves professional competencies in subject matter and extension process skills including program development, needs assessment, program planning, marketing, public information, teaching, evaluation, program coordination, technology, etc. through ISEs, professional development activities, professional organizations attendance/ memberships/leadership, and other initiatives for personal and professional growth.
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Overall Summary
A. Summary of strengths
B. Areas Needing Improvement
C. Council Motion and Vote: _____Yes ______No
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Name of Council Chair (Print) Signature (date)
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