Welcome to the Department of Family Development – Your Faculty Home

In the discipline of family development we initiate, design, conduct, publish and interpret basic and applied research relative to meeting the educational needs of individuals and groups in solving or preventing family and community problems locally, nationally and internationally.

As a faculty member of the department of family development it is important to know our roles and responsibilities. (Responsibilities & Rights of Faculty pdf)  It is also valuable to understand the institutional value of faculty. (Institutional Value of Faculty pdf) As well as the key concepts of faculty status.  (Key Concepts of Faculty Status pdf)

There are three components of our family living career in Extension.  Our academic department which is our faculty tenure home.  Our program area is the research base subject matter for our professional work as UW-Extension Cooperative Extension Agents/Educators. http://www.uwex.edu/ces/flp  Our professional association – WI Association for Family & Consumer Sciences which provides professional growth and development for UW-Extension professionals who work in any capacity with family and consumer sciences programming. http://www.uwex.edu/ces/flp/weafcs/

UW-Extension Family Living Programs (FLP) enrich families and strengthen communities. Backed by university research, we work for Wisconsin families by:

• Helping communities respond to issues such as childhood obesity, financial security, and aging.
• Providing leadership for policies that help children, youth and families succeed.
• Increasing knowledge about parenting, health and nutrition.
• Offering consumers and families more strategies for managing their money.
• Reaching out to diverse families with education and resources.
• Using cost effective approaches to reduce negative family issues and build more resilient families.

FLP invest in people to grow stronger communities. Visit Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/UWExtensionFamilyLiving.

Yours, 

Donna Doll-Yogerst, Chair 
Department of Family Development