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Ideas for Feedback Questions
As you plan your SIPR process, you will want to collect information that reflects the breadth of the responsibilities in your position. This includes program planning, teaching, communicating with others, teamwork, evaluating programs, and working effectively with stakeholders. People respond to your requests for feedback based on the experiences they have working with you.
Some people choose to get a broad range of feedback each year. Others select one or two areas to focus on each year. Either approach can be very informative. The section below lists question content and who might best respond. You may wish to ask different questions to different audiences. You’ll want to keep the set of questions you use short…no one would want to answer a long list of questions. The next section gives examples of how to use question content to create questions. You select the content that is most important to you.
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Question Content |
Who Could Respond |
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|---|---|---|
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Program Planning |
Programs are based on county need |
Program areas, AEEC* |
| Demonstrates knowledge of subject | Specialists, program participants | |
| Involves others in program decisions | Department head, partners, colleagues | |
| Offers “vision” for program | Program areas, department head, colleagues | |
| Programs designed to reach underserved | Program areas, department head, office colleagues | |
|
Conducting Programs |
University and community resources used |
Program areas, professional partners, specialists, colleagues |
| Works as a partner | Partners, department head | |
| Programs are well organized | Participants, partners, colleagues, department heads | |
| Programs are relevant and address important topics | Participants, local stakeholders, program areas, colleagues | |
| Programs are innovative and demonstrate new content or new ideas | Participants, program areas, colleagues | |
|
Teaching |
Uses appropriate teaching methods and materials |
Program areas, colleagues, partners |
| Involves learners in learning process | Participants, colleagues, program areas | |
| Effective facilitation skills | Participants, colleagues, program area | |
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Communication |
Prepares clear written and oral communication |
All |
| Listens and responds to concerns | Participants, partners, AEEC, department head, colleagues, district directors | |
| Keeps people informed | All | |
| Represents Extension positively | All | |
| Documents program impact | AEEC, other local stakeholders, program areas, district directors, colleagues | |
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Teamwork/Relationships |
Displays a positive attitude |
All |
| Develops productive relationships with volunteers & partners | Partners, volunteers, colleagues, district directors | |
| Professional and courteous | All | |
| Follows through on commitments | All | |
| Maintains effective relationships with stakeholders | Department head, colleagues |
*AEEC is the Agriculture and Extension Education Committee. In a number of counties, the county board committee that the extension department works with has a different name or a broader scope of responsibility.
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