The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service is committed to providing Extension professionals with both initial and continuing staff development opportunities that strengthen their ability to perform their jobs. This website is created with the professional in mind. We hope you find helpful tools for your job on this site.

The Staff and Program Development Office was designed to assist in professional development. Staff members organize new educator orientations and various training opportunities including conferences for Administrative Assistants and County Extension Directors as well as the Biennial Extension Conference. Additionally, the office prepares a monthly newsletter for professional development, handles tuition and fee waivers along with educational leave requests, organizes yearly in-service proposals and orchestrates the career ladder and mentoring processes.

Here are a few of the things this website offers you:

• Information, updates and resources for Extension Conference
  
  
• Upcoming events
  
  
• A direct link to the in-service page
  
  

• Orientation information
  
  
• Administrative assistant information
  
  
• Mentoring and career ladder guidelines
  
  
• Information regarding tuition and fee waivers as well as educational leave

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OCES Staff and Program Development 

Meet the Staff:

Joyce Sherrer
Director of Staff and Program Development
Joyce received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Oklahoma State University from the College of Human Sciences.  Her career experiences include teaching Vocational Home Economics at Pryor High School before joining the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service.  She was a long time Extension educator and county director in Craig County before assuming the position of Director of Staff and Program Development for Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. She is married to Gary Sherrer, Assistant Vice President for External Affairs, DASNR. 

Eileen Desmond
Administrative Support Specialist
Eileen is a student at Oklahoma State University majoring in Agricultural Education with an option in Teaching. She transferred from Modesto Junior College in her home state of California, where she studied Agricultural Science and Animal Science. Eileen plans to teach public secondary agricultural education after graduation. 

If there is something you do not see on the website and would like for it to be included, please let us know. Contact Joyce Sherrer at joyce.sherrer@okstate.edu or call 405-744-7969 with any comments or suggestions. Thank you and enjoy your website!