Me and My Farm
AEM 101 | Me and My Farm — September 2024
A 6-week course designed for Spanish-speaking agricultural workers to improve their English skills through pre-recorded
video lessons, personalized live Zoom instruction, and a dedicated mentorship
within their farm.
This is a beginning English course that focuses on their English
pronunciation helping them to know how to say and spell out names and places in
their area correctly, and understanding the mission statements, history and
vision of their farm. This is a mentorship course that requires an English
speaker from their farm sign up with each participant to ensure individualized
success specific to each farm
AEM 101 | Yo y mi rancho — septiembre de 2024
Un curso de 6 semanas diseñado específicamente para
trabajadores agrícolas de habla hispana para mejorar sus habilidades en inglés
a través de lecciones en video pregrabadas, instrucción personalizada en vivo
por Zoom y una mentoría dedicada dentro de su rancho.
Este es un curso de inglés para principiantes que se enfoca en la pronunciación, ayudando a pronunciar y deletrear los nombres y lugares de su área correctamente, así como en entender las declaraciones de misión, la historia y la visión de su rancho. Este curso de mentoría requiere que un hablante de inglés de su rancho se inscriba con cada participante para asegurar un éxito individualizado específico de cada rancho.
Employee Development and Training -- June 2024
ASL105 | Employee Development and Training. Three leadership practices are essential for supervisors:
setting clear expectations, employee training and development, and providing performance
feedback. In Employee Development and Training you will learn best
practices to plan and conduct training that engages employees, supports
retention, and helps ensure great quality work. Learn how to onboard new employees
and improve on-the-job training to optimize performance. You will also learn
how to create a culture of continuous learning and performance improvement through
employee development, coaching, and career planning. This six-week online course is part of Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development’s Agricultural Supervisory Leadership certificate program. It is appropriate for new and experienced farm managers.
- Planning effective training programs
- Onboarding new employees
- On-the-job training
- Staff development
- Coaching
- Career planning
- Richard Stup, Agricultural Workforce Specialist, Cornell
University
- Bob Milligan, Cornell University Professor Emeritus
- Elizabeth Higgins, Ag Business Management/Production
Economics Specialist, CCE ENY Commercial Horticulture Team
- Kaitlyn Lutz, Dairy Management Specialist, CCE Northwest
New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops
- Jay Canzonier, Extension Support Specialist, Cornell Agricultural
Workforce Development
- Libby Eiholzer, Dairy Technical Services
Specialist, Cargill