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Reporting Systems

Tuesday Topics for State Extension Specialists

Materials and announcements will be posted after each Tuesday session.

Tuesday, June 7

  • Change is Good, Innovation is Better
  • (.ppt)
  • Example Tennessee Outcome Indicators
  • (.pdf)
  • Outcome indicators to be used for 2006 Annual Planning are due by July 26, 2005.

    Tuesday, June 14

  • An Intinerary for Success: The Logic Model Concept
  • (.ppt)
  • Blank Logic Model
  • (.ppt)
  • Outcome indicators to be used for 2006 Annual Planning are due by July 26, 2005.

    Tuesday, June 21

  • Setting Measurable Outcome Indicators
  • (.ppt)

    Tuesday, June 28

  • NO Meeting
  • Tuesday, July 5

  • Work Session: Outcome Indicators
  • (.ppt)
  • Logic Model Game from Clegg Associates
  • <http://www.cleggassociates.com/Resources/LogicModel/play.asp

    Tuesday, July 12

  • Work Session for State Action Agendas
  • (.ppt)
  • Entry for Outcome Indicators and State Action Agendas
  • <http://extension.tennessee.edu/resources/super/

    State Action Agendas and State Contacts (2006 - 2011):

  • Tennessee Shapes Up - Betty Greer
  • Citizenship/Youth Voice/Youth Governance - Amy Wrye
  • Natural Resources and the Environment - Jill Martz
  • Volunteer Development - Patrick Hamilton
  • Workforce Preparation - Steve Sutton
  • Youth Leadership Development/Youth-Adult Partnerships - Patrick Hamilton
  • Children's Environmental Health - Martha Keel
  • Tennessee Saves - Dena Wise
  • Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness - Martha Keel
  • Tennessee Choices for Better Health Care - Bobbi Clarke
  • Safe Food for Tennessee - Janie Burney
  • Windows of Opportunity: Bright Beginnings for Young Children - Matt Devereaux
  • The Changing Workplace - Dena Wise
  • Agrosecurity - Timothy Prather and Darrell Hensley
  • Clean Water/Animal Waste Management - George Smith and Kristy Hill
  • Dairy Grazing - Gary Rogers
  • Field Crops Extension and Research - Melvin Newman
  • Fruits and Vegetables - to be announced
  • Master Beef Producer - Jim Neel
  • Tobacco - Paul Denton

    Reporting System Work Group


      The State Extension Reporting System Work Group was organized to evaluate UT Extension reporting needs and systems. The group has been working since April, 2004.

      Changing needs, opportunities and challenges require a new Extension Reporting System. Some of these changes include:
        • the need to ensure our reporting is as streamlined as possible;
        • the opportunity to use advances in technology which were not available when the original Tennessee Extension Management Information System (MIS) was designed; and
        • the challenge of documenting statewide impact.

      After carefully considering Extension Reporting Systems used in 12 other states, the group found that the best course of action was to build a new Extension Reporting System.

      A Request for Proposals to build a custom Extension Reporting System was issued. The Pre-Bid Presentation for the Extension Reporting System Proposers was conducted on February 25, 2005, in 157 Plant Biotech.
    • Extension Reporting System
    • (.ppt)

      The successful firm was Cadre5, LLC of Knoxville with an office in Memphis. Design meetings are now in progress. The completion date is May 16, 2006. Portions will be available during the next year. It is anticipated that 2006 Annual Planning will be conducted in the new Extension Reporting System, beginning in October, 2005.

    Workgroup Members

          NameLocation
          Joseph DonaldsonChair, Extension Evaluation & Staff Development
          Ray BurdenHamilton County
          Clyde ChesneyTennessee State University
          Sharon DavisBlount County
          Shirley Hastings Associate Dean, Family & Consumer Sciences
          Connie HeiskellEastern Region Director
          George HopperDepartment Head, Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries
          Sachiko HurstInformation Technology
          Alice RheaArea Specialist, Farm Management
          Nancy RuckerCheatham County
          Anne SortorWestern Region Program Leader, FCS
          Jim StewartCentral Region Program Leader, Ag
          John TomanDepartment Head, Information Technology
          Dena WiseSpecialist, Family Economics
          Shawn WeirWestern Region IT Specialist

          SUPER Training Videos In Production

        • SUPER One/Objective A: Explain the big ideas of SUPER
        • (Super One Obj A)