About NCEA
The Nebraska Cooperative Extension Association is an organization representing extension professionals of the University of Nebraska's cooperative extension.
Goals
- Stimulate interest in and provide opportunities for professional improvement.
- Assist in establishing and maintaining high standards for extension work.
- Assist the members to fulfill the intent and purposes of the Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska.
- Promote UNL Faculty Senate functions.
- Encourage mutual helpfulness, cooperation and fellowship among extension workers.
- Foster extension work as a professional career.
- Provide an inspirational climate for all its members and seek new ideas.
- Promote the welfare of all its members.
Here is how we are working for you!
- Working to improve the professionalism of extension staff and their programs serving Nebraska people.
- Conducting an annual conference in which we can grow and learn.
- Building a caring NCEA community and extending courtesies to Extension personnel and families.
- Encouraging extension staff to use faculty development fellowships.
- Alerting members to changes in health insurance and other fringe benefits.<
- Expanding and improving the awards program.
- Supporting extension interests and concerns in the UNL Faculty Senate.
- Improving liaison between NCEA and related organizations.
- Supporting continuing advances in 4-H programs to prepare youth for lives of greater service in this changing world.
- Seeking proper recognition for extension paraprofessionals and support personnel.
- Providing NCEA guidance as a courtesy to new workers.
- Making extension promotional items available to all extension workers.
Some of NCEA's Accomplishments
- Combined Extension workers into one organization to strengthen programs and relationships between county, district and staff.
- Established a Dean's Advisory Team to dialogue with the director on items affecting Cooperative Extension in Nebraska.
- Acknowledged outstanding services with section awards and promoted national recognition of extension workers for outstanding service.
- Helped obtain county matching of TIAA/CREF benefits.
- Established a Professional Improvement Fund from which scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis to extension employees.
- Encouraged administration to increase professional leave funds from $300 to $900 for a three year period.