Policies and Procedures Manual
Section One:
Organization
- Section 1.1 Organizational Philosophy
- Section 1.2 The Smith/Lever Act (United States Congress)
- Section 1.3 Extension Work With State University (State of Maine)
- Section 1.4 UMaine Cooperative Extension Staff Organization
- Section 1.5 Staff Roles and Responsibilities
- Section 1.6 County Executive Committees
- Section 1.7 Faculty Peer Committees
- Section 1.8 Affiliated Organizations
Section Two:
Administration
- Section 2.1 Tax Exemptions
- Section 2.2 Copyright Law
- Section 2.3 Liability Insurance
- Section 2.4 Office Hours and Supplies
- Section 2.5 County Budgets
- Section 2.6 Extension Resources
- Section 2.7 Travel
- Section 2.8 Mailing
- Section 2.9 Workplace Safety
- Section 2.10 Risk Communication
- Section 2.11 Photo Releases
- Section 2.12 Guidelines for Food Service Vendors
Section Three:
Personnel
- Section 3.1 Recruitment and Hiring
- Section 3.2 Faculty Appointments
- Section 3.3 Performance Appraisal
- Section 3.4 Professional Development
- Section 3.5 Civil Rights/Equal Employment Opportunity Guidelines
- Section 3.6 Employee Benefits
- Section 3.7 UM Smoking Policies
- Section 3.8 UM Policy on Sexual Harassment
- Section 3.9 UM Conflict of Interest Policy
- Section 3.10 Limited Activities
Section Four:
Programs and Reports
- Section 4.1 Components of Extension Programming
- Section 4.2 Parameters for Designing County Plans of Work
- Section 4.3 Annual Plan of Work
- Section 4.4 Accomplishment Reports / Project Reports
- Section 4.5 Internal Funding Requests
- Section 4.6 Grants, Gifts and Fundraising
- Section 4.7 Relationships with Other Agencies
- Section 4.8 Use of Media
- Section 4.9 Conducting Research
- Section 4.10 Cost Recovery through Program Fees, Publications, Use of the UMaine Extension Logo, Creating and Maintaining Official Web Page(s) and Online Groups, and Linking to External Web Sites
- Section 4.11 Volunteers
- Section 4.12 Master Gardener and Master Composter Programs