Module 2 - Assessing Strength of Your Community
Overview
This module will provide ideas and resources to Extension staff to better serve all residents of their county/state. It will help determine where and how to start educational programming efforts by providing ideas, strategies, resources, and examples in five units. The topics are difficult and often are barriers for education in responding to the demographic changes in communities. The effort to reach across cultures is no different than other Extension planning and programming in that it is based on designing, conducting, and evaluating educational programs that improve the lives of people in your community.
Author
Mark Russell is a Professor of Animal Sciences and Extension Specialist at Purdue University. You may also contact him via telephone at (765) 494-7677.
Contents
Overview (Text version) (PDF version)
MODULE II
ASSESSING STRENGTHS OF YOUR COMMUNITY
- Unit 1: UNIT 1 -- ASSET BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
- Asset Based Community Development (Text version) (PDF version)
- Foundation of Building Strong Communities (Powerpoint)
- Asset Based Community Development (Powerpoint)
- Unit 2: Introducing Extension & Understanding Cultures
- Introducing Extension & Understanding Cultures (Text version) (PDF version)
- Land Grant Universities (Powerpoint)
- Strengthening Extension Advisory Leaders Curriculum (Link)
- Unit 3: Modifying Extension Programs
- Modifying Extension Programs (Text version) (PDF version)
- Unit 4: Identifying Key Leaders
- Identifying Key Leaders (Text version) (PDF version)
- Community Organizational Map (Text version) (PDF version)
- Community Positional Leaders (Text version) (PDF version)
- Unit 5: Helping Groups Lead their Own Programs
- Helping Groups Lead their Own Programs (Text version) (PDF version)
University Partners
- Purdue University
- Iowa State University
- Florida A&M University
- The Ohio State University