Western 4-H Institute: Preparing the 4-H Professional for Success. Evaluation Report I

Evaluation measured training impacts on participants and assessed job satisfaction, career goals, retention, turnover and promotion in extension ranks. Findings indicated that participants were mosly female, married, childless, and young. Most had held teaching jobs before taking an extension job and felt moderately strong about making extension their life-long career. They were more likely to report that training had significantly improved their skills in all 15 core competencies measured.