2007 Annual Reports for PWTs Now Available
Reports from 21 active PWTs now are viewable here.
Program
Councils
Program councils are composed of Cornell academic department chairs, CCE county extension association executive directors, and numerous program stakeholders external to Cornell. The councils are organized around five major themes that are the focus of extension and experiment station activities. These theme areas include: agriculture and food systems, quality of life for individuals and families, youth development, community and economic vitality, and natural resources and environment. The councils establish and refine program priorities for soliciting annual research and extension proposals and review the relevancy of research and extension proposals seeking federal Hatch Act, McIntire-Stennis Act, and Smith-Lever Act support.
Program Work Teams
Program Work Teams (PWT's) are affinity groups involving faculty and staff, extension educators, and external
stakeholders. PWT's provide
a mechanism through which faculty and extension educators connect
with stakeholders in identifying issues, studying needs, creating
educational materials, and designing learning experiences that
address these issues and needs within specific content areas.
PC
Updates Available
An
occasional update prepared for program council members by the CUAES/CCE/NYSAES
administration was launched in late May 2004. The update was the
result of feedback received from council members attending the January
2004 Program Council Conference at Cornell. Members felt that more
communications should be sent their way, in between the once-yearly
P.C. conferences.
Program
Work Team 2006 Annual Reports Issued
Annual
(2006) reports from active Program Work Teams (PWTs) have been
submitted and are available
for viewing here. PWTs, the majority of which were first
established in 2001 based on a recommendation outlined in CCE's "Committed
to Excellence" Plan, are self-driven affinity groups of
faculty, campus and county educators, and external stakeholders
who focus on planning, development and delivery of educational
programming on specific topics/issues statewide. As the 2006
reports show, the majority of teams are still very active and
engaged, despite the ending of regular annual operational funding
from administration. More about PWTs can be found via the left
sidebar.
PWT
Special Needs Support Awarded
For the past two years, Program Work Teams were invited to request additional
support from CCE for "special needs" projects. A list and summary
of supported projects can be found here:
