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Title: Board Orientation


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Board Orientation
Cornell Cooperative Extension of ________
County Date of Orientation Location of Orientation
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Section 1
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Roberts Hall
Photo by Cornell University Photography
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About the Organization
Our Mission
The Cornell Cooperative Extension educational
system enables people to improve their lives and
communities through partnerships that put
experience and research knowledge to work.
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About the Organization
Our Vision
Cornell Cooperative Extension will be nationally
recognized for high-quality educational programs
that help New Yorkers build strong and vibrant
communities.
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About the Organization
Our Core Values
  • Learning
  • Collaboration
  • Accountability
  • Responsiveness
  • Inclusiveness

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Ag Quad
Photo by Cornell University Photography
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About the Organization
Two Visions of Cooperative Extensions Core
Mission
  • The primarily economic aim of simultaneouly (1)
    producing cheap food for consumers and American
    industry, and (2) raising farmers incomes
    through bringing science to agriculture to make
    it more efficient and productive.

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About the Organization
Two Visions of Cooperative Extensions Core
Mission
  • Building a rich, vital, democratic culture
    through pooling scientific knowledge with local
    knowledge and experience in cooperative
    educational work that develops the full-range of
    peoples individual and community capacities and
    well-being.

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About the Organization
Program Issue Areas
  • Develops the competence and character of youth
    and adults in families and communities
  • Empowers individuals and enterprises in
    agriculture and food systems to thrive
  • Improves the health, nutrition, and safety of
    communities and individuals
  • Improves the sustainability and quality of human
    environments and natural resources
  • Strengthens the economic and social vitality of
    communities

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Martha Van Rensselaer Courtyard
Photo by Cornell University Photography
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About the Organization
  • Sources of Income

Click here to be taken to our website for the
latest Source of Funds data
http//www.cce.cornell.edu/srce20of20funds/
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About the Organization
Volunteer Contribution
More than 50,000 volunteers contribute over 7.5
million hours each year for a total contribution
of over 115 million to Cornell Cooperative
Extension statewide.
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  • Committed to Excellence

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About the Organization
Enhanced Program Development
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension will
  • develop a collaborative program development
    process that involves campus faculty and staff,
    county association staff, and stakeholders
  • strengthen the link between research and
    extension
  • plan for diverse audience needs when developing
    programs invest in programs that generate results
  • focus programs on priority concerns and issues of
    New Yorkers

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About the Organization
Program Excellence
Cornell Cooperative Extension will
  • develop dynamic, high-quality programming
    resulting in measurable outcomes
  • create consistent standards for program
    development, delivery, evaluation
  • deliver programs that reach diverse audiences
  • enhance partnerships among local county extension
    associations and Cornell University by
    establishing a New York State Council of CCE
    Associations

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About the Organization
Professional Excellence
Cornell Cooperative Extension will
  • establish standards of excellence for educators
    to assure they have the skills and tools
    necessary to excel
  • create an effective performance management system
  • achieve a diverse and productive workforce
  • enhance staff abilities to work with new
    audiences and create a more inclusive
    organization
  • competitively compensate educators and make
    Cornell Cooperative Extension a preferred career
    choice

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About the Organization
Regionalism
Cornell Cooperative Extension will
  • develop regional, multi-county and multi-state
    collaborations that strengthen program impact and
    increase efficiency
  • establish learning centers that enhance local
    county extension association and/or campus-based
    programs

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About the Organization
Regionalism (cont.)
Cornell Cooperative Extension will
  • strengthen partnerships with SUNY, CUNY, and
    other institutions locally, regionally, and
    statewide to more effectively utilize resources
    and deliver programs
  • identify regional needs and opportunities for
    collaboration through discussions with the New
    York State Council of CCE Associations

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About the Organization
Connectivity
Cornell Cooperative Extension will
  • improve use of telecommunications for program
    delivery throughout the state through an
    integrated technology infrastructure
  • enhance learning through widespread electronic
    access to the worlds knowledge base
  • increase collaboration among people separated by
    distance
  • improve system management

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About the Organization
Business Management Systems
Cornell Cooperative Extension will
  • evaluate and modify business management practices
    and systems to minimize transaction costs and
    maximize return on resources
  • create area business centers to determine their
    effectiveness for improving operations

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Big Red Barn
Tower through Baker Lab
College Avenue Bridge
Photos by Cornell University Photography
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Section 2
About the Board
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About the Board
Board Structure
Board Officers
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About the Board
Board Structure
Committees
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About the Board
Board Structure
Task Forces
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About the Board
Board Operations
Board Composition Recruitment
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About the Board
Board Handbook
  • Bylaws
  • Board policies
  • Board biographies
  • Prior years annual audit
  • Budget
  • Annual report
  • Strategic plan

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About the Board
Board Calendar
  • Board meetings / dates
  • Fund-raising events / dates
  • Chief executive performance evaluation / date
  • Annual retreat / date
  • Annual retreat / date

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About the Board
Local Funding
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About the Board
Local Staffing
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About the Board
Local Program
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Section 3
CCE Board Roles Responsibilities
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Board Roles Responsibilities
Board Function
Organization Governance
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Board Roles Responsibilities
Key Roles of the Board
Set Organizational Direction Ensure Necessary
Resources Provide Oversight
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Board Roles Responsibilities
Board Role
Set Organizational Direction
  • Responsibilities
  • Participate in regular strategic planning
  • Determine organizations mission
  • Set the vision for the future
  • Establish organizational values
  • Set major goals and develop strategies
  • Approve operational or annual plans

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Board Roles Responsibilities
Board Role
Ensure Necessary Resources
  • Responsibilities
  • Hire capable executive leadership
  • Ensure adequate financial resources
  • Promote positive public image
  • Ensure the presence of a capable and responsible
    board

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Board Roles Responsibilities
Board Role
Provide Oversight
  • Responsibilities
  • Oversee financial management
  • Measure progress on strategic plan
  • Monitor and evaluate programs and services
  • Provide legal and ethical oversight
  • Evaluate the chief executive (annually)
  • Evaluate itself (every two to three years)

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Board Roles Responsibilities
Individual Board Member Responsibilities
Act in accordance with legal standards
  • Duty of care
  • Stay informed
  • Duty of loyalty
  • Show allegiance to organizations welfare and ask
    questions
  • Stay faithful to the organizations mission

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Board Roles Responsibilities
Individual Board Member Responsibilities
  • Participate in the governance of the organization
  • Work on committees and task forces
  • Volunteer services to the organization outside of
    their board work
  • Serve as ambassadors, advocates, and community
    representatives
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