The Current and Proposed Write-ups of the Extension Associate Track
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Extension Associate Track
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The Current and Proposed Write-ups of the Extension Associate Track
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These look like good changes, that recognize professionalism of Senior Extension Associates. I particularly like the concept of ‘professional development leaves’ (like sabbatical leaves), which have been only done on an ad hoc basis previously. These would be beneficial to the staff member and to Cornell.
I’m wondering if additional promotions (beyond Sr Extension Assoc) analogous to ‘associate’ and ‘full’ might be considered in the future.
Need to make sure that any university obligations (committees, projects, teaching) are funded as needed. Many RTE faculty are 100% soft funded.
issue I would like to see cleared up is the ability of Senior Extension Associates to do (paid) consulting work. I believe tenure track faculty are allowed (even encouraged) to spend a certain portion of their time in (paid) consulting roles, and they are not required to take vacation or other leave time to do this work. I realize that some ‘consulting’ work done in-state for groups that might be considered ‘normal’ extension stakeholders, such work could be considered part of our extension and outreach responsibilities, and as such no additional compensation should be earned. However, if a Senior Extension Associate does work for an out-of-state entity or non-stakeholder group, and we receive compensation for that work, are we required to take time off (i.e. vacation leave) to do that work? Again, I don’t think faculty are required to do so, and I would like clarification on this issue. Thank you.
I approve the changes.