Your Support Team
We want
you to succeed and become a productive
member of the MU Extension family. As a new
faculty member, you will have a team
of professional staff who will provide
support to you during the orientation
process. They are:
Regional
Director |Orientation
Coordinator |Program Director
Regional
Mentor |Program
Coach(es) |State
Specialist Mentor
County
Program Director
Normally, your support team will be identified and
agreed upon by the Regional Director, Program Director and Orientation Coordinator
before you arrive on the job. Enjoy
the opportunities you have to meet and
work with your support team members.
They are all interested in seeing that
you succeed in your new position with MU Extension.
Regional
Director
Your regional director is your direct
supervisor. Headquartered in regional
offices, there are eight regional
directors in Missouri. He/she is
responsible for your orientation and
will schedule to meet with you soon
after your arrival in the region.
Our
regional directors are:
Orientation
Coordinator
Megan Martin is the orientation
coordinator who will meet with you the
first day to welcome you to University of Missouri Extension. She will
provide an overview of our
organization and share our New Faculty
Orientation Notebook. Megan will also
show you around campus and take you to
lunch to meet with your program leader
and/or State Specialist Mentor so that
you can begin to get familiar with the MU Extension program.
Under Megan's guidance,
you will also have the opportunity to
meet with staff benefits to answer
your questions there.
Within the first few
months of your employment, a member of the New Faculty Development
Team will
make an appointment to come to your
office to follow-up with you, to
answer your questions, and to
determine how you are progressing in
your orientation to University
of Missouri Extension.
Program
Director
University of Missouri Extension has
a director for each of our five areas of
program emphasis. The program directors
oversee system-wide program
development and evaluation. Your
program director heads up the extension
programming for the area in which you
specialize. If the schedule
allows, he/she will join you for lunch
on your first day to welcome you and
share his/her perspective on program
development in MU Extension. The program directors are:
Regional
Mentor
Mentoring is an important part of your
orientation to University of Missouri
Extension. Your regional director
will appoint a colleague within your
region or nearby to help you
"learn the ropes" and to
provide the support necessary for you
to succeed. You will meet with
your mentor within the first couple of
weeks of your employment and hopefully
maintain an on-going relationship with
that person. Use that person to ask
any questions about the job and to
learn about the complexities of the MU Extension processes and systems.
If, for some reason,
your mentoring relationship does not
work out, please contact your regional
director or the orientation
coordinator. After a few weeks on
the job, you may have identified
another person whom you relate to
better. It is possible, upon request,
to assign another mentor.
Program
Coach(es)
Programming is central to your role as
a MU Extension specialist in the field.
Therefore, part of your orientation
will center around training with other
specialists who have similar program
responsibilities as yours. Your
regional director will identify the
co-workers whom you will schedule to
visit in their offices. These visits
will provide an opportunity for you to
see a co-worker in action, to learn
how they develop programs, how they
interact with clientele, and to share
ideas for educational materials,
marketing, evaluation, etc. Be sure to
make your visit armed with questions
about how someone else does a job
similar to yours.
State
Specialist Mentor
Your regional director and program
leader will identify a state
specialist to mentor you from the
academic department on campus. Meeting
with your state specialist mentor will
give you an opportunity to learn about
state-wide programs, educational
material available to support your
efforts in the field, and campus
resources to assist you in your
programming. This person can be
invaluable in helping you to get off
to a good start.
County
Program Director (CPD)
Each Missouri county has a county
program director who is
responsible for working with the county
extension council (elected
representatives) to oversee the
county's extension program, its
budget, and the everyday workings of
MU Extension in the county. The CPD in
the county where you office is located
is key to helping you get acquainted
with the local people, office
procedures, and culture. He/she will
also help you find your way around.
Sometimes it can get pretty lonely out
there as a new faculty member, so
don't hesitate to ask questions. Get
to know your co-workers and learn as
much as you can about what makes the
local area tick. The CPD will also
help you get to know one of our most
valuable assets, the office
secretary. Ask the CPD to take
you to council meeting and visit with
the Extension Council members.
Your success may hinge upon the
relationships you develop at the local
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Meet Our New Faculty
About Orientation
NEW FACULTY GUIDES
Cohort Dates
Your Support Team
Get To Know University
of Missouri Extension
Frequently Asked Questions
Cohort Training
Get to Know Your
Community & Region
Program Development
& Evaluation
Program
Development Aids
Reporting
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Technology
Tools
Professional Development
Professional
Associations
Diversity
SUPPORT TEAM GUIDES
Support Team Roles
and Responsibilities
Mentor Handbook
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