Institute Assignment and Primary/Secondary Emphasis Selection:
At the end of January, the Associate Deans released a decision document outlining updates to the nEXT Generation organizational structure. As part of the next steps, Institute assignments for county-based extension educators will be assigned by leadership based on current program affiliation and programming focus. Working titles will align with their assigned Institute. These assignments will be shared with county-based extension educators via an email from the Associate Deans in late February, and will provide information on next steps if questions arise around Institute assignments. If you are a county-based educator, please keep an eye on your inbox for this email, which will also include a brief survey for program selection.
County Educator Vacancy Postings (Wave 2): Area Extension Directors (AEDs) continue to work through the hiring process for filling 29 priority vacancies. Currently, there are 8 positions posted:
- Taylor County – 1.0 FTE – Positive Youth Development Extension Educator – Closes 03/09/2018
- Florence County – 1.0 FTE – Human Development & Relationships Extension Educator – Closes 03/05/2018
- Marathon County – 1.0 FTE – Agriculture Extension Educator – Closes 03/04/2018
- Ashland County – 0.80 FTE – Community Development Extension Educator – Closes 03/01/2018
- Bayfield County – 1.0 FTE – Community Development Extension Educator – Closes 03/01/2018
- St. Croix County – 0.5 FTE – Agriculture Extension Educator – Closes 02/27/2018
- Langlade County – 0.5 FTE – 4-H Program Coordinator – Closes 02/25/2018
- Marathon County – 1.0 FTE – 4-H Program Coordinator – Closes 02/18/2018
County Educator Vacancy Postings (Wave 1): AEDs and Assistant Deans are in the process of filling priority vacancies in a first round of county/tribal Extension Educator hiring. Sixteen positions that were posted are now closed as the Search and Screen committees work through the hiring process. We will make updates for completed hires on a rolling basis.
We have one active position posting for a county vacancy from Wave 1:
Other postings: Interim Associate Dean of Youth, Family & Community Development JulieAnn Stawicki is working on posting leadership positions for the Cooperative Extension Institute of Health & Well-Being and the Cooperative Extension Institute of Community Development. Under the guidance of Associate Dean of Agriculture and Natural Resources Patrick Robinson, the Search & Screen Committee is currently reviewing applicants for the Institute Director for the Extension Institute for Agriculture. The Director position for the Extension Institute for Natural Resources closed this week, and the Search & Screen Committee will begin reviewing the applicant pool.
If you have general questions, the nEXT Generation project website is available as a resource for understanding the decisions that have been made as part of this project.
