Thursday-Ohio State University, Extension

Speaker: Joyce Brown, Extension educator
Type of Agency: Federal Program
Mission/Purpose: The chief goal of this program is to improve food seurity of people in community. On the other hand, to strengthen people's lives and communities through research-based educational programming.
Funding Source: Federal, state, and local monies.
Program planning, monitoring, evaluating: Their programs include:

• Family and Consumer Science,
• 4-H,
• Community Development,
• Agriculture and Natural Resources.
  

OSU Extension Community Development educators and specialists enhance communities by working with business communities, current and emerging community leaders, as well as elected and appointed officials. Monitoring and evaluating of the program is conducted through evaluations forms, also known as EEET. Program, program development, teaching materials, and the educator are all evaluated.

Role of RDs: According to the speaker, RDs can play a role at the state level or as a program assistant at the local level. But the speaker said some of their stuff are dietitians but they are not required to be. They generally do not like people with a nutrition background as a program assistant though due to their terminology and their science background.

The speaker today seems dislike dietetians and her emotion was out of control for a while. I was a little upset for the atmosphere of class. However, she did give us some useful message and website sources about this federal program anyway. What really interested me most was that they way they educate adults. She told us they just educate kids and let the kids to educate their parents. This is reversed to the classic teaching mode but really seems more effective. As a foreigner, I have no experience from any program of this federal project, yet I would like to believe "extension"is a good program for kids in the U.S.