Staff Development and Training

Peer educators typically live in the communities where they work. They recruit families and receive referrals from current and former participants, neighborhood contacts, and community organizations and agencies. Peer educators are trained, supervised, and supported by university and locally-based professionals with programmatic and discipline expertise. Volunteers may assist with program delivery.

Personnel Development Resources

Core competencies, and other resources have been developed to help peer educators, supervisors, and state EFNEP leadership achieve success in their respective roles.

• EFNEP New Coordinator Guide (includes several documents)
• EFNEP Paraprofessional Supervision (includes several documents)
• Core Competencies - EFNEP & SNAP-Ed (includes historical context and competencies for Program Coordinators and Paraprofessional staff)

Trainings

Annual national meetings, regional meetings and webinars, phone conferencing, online manuals, help desks, and other online venues are used to support EFNEP staff in their respective roles and to facilitate program effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability across Cooperative Extension's 76 Land-grant Universities that are responsible for EFNEP.  Current training resources are listed here.

• Annual National EFNEP Conference
• Annual Update / 5-Year Plan
• End of Year Data
• WebNEERS User Manual, Training Modules, & Other Resources
• EFNEP Coordinators Training: Knowing and Following the Rules: Program Policy & Funding Questions
• EFNEP Coordinators Training: Determining What & How to Teach Curricula Content, Program Reach and Delivery
• EFNEP Coordinators Training: New Resources and Program Impacts
• EFNEP Coordinators Training: Wrap up Discussion, Leading with Vision
• EFNEP Coordinators Training: WebNEERS Annual Update and Preliminary Budget
• EFNEP Coordinators Training: WebNEERS Final Budget