PEARS Annual Planning

2025 Planning

At MSU Extension we make team action plans, individual action plans, and individual professional development plans each fall for the upcoming calendar year. This site outlines due dates, instructions, and training sessions.

2025 Planning Due Dates

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2025 Team Action Plans for CFEI and AABI and Action Plan Templates for CYI and HNI are due October 1, 2024 by 5 pm. 

You can start your professional development plan at any time.

You can start your individual action plan as soon as your team action plan or institute template are approved. All team plans should be approved by FEC. 

2025 Individual Action Plans and Professional Development Plans are due November 15, 2024 by 5pm.

2025 Professional Development Plans

Good professional development plans will show that an individual is making efforts to improve in one or more of MSU Extension's core competencies. Core competency documentation can be found here. 2025 Professional Development Plans are due November 15, 2024

Professional Development Plan Instruction Guides

Adding PD events to PEARS:

Creating your PD plan in PEARS

Professional Development Plan Live Training Sessions

Attend this live training session to see step-by-step how to make a professional development plan in PEARS. A recording of the October 10 training session will be posted as soon as the session is captioned.

 

2025 Action Plans

Training and templates are based on institute, team, or role. Find your institute and team or role below to access your action plan template and training opportunities.

 
AABI
AABI Templates:
AABI Action Plan Training:

AABI 2025 Individual Action Plan training - copying your team plan to make your individual plan

 
CFEI
CFEI Miro Boards
CFEI Training
CFEI, Individual Action Plans in Miro Training on Zoom

During this optional training, Norma Lundeen will walk you through completing the individual part of your team action plan in Miro. This training is optional. If you feel confident in completing this section or have already completed your individual plan, please do not feel you need to attend this training. 

 
CYI

CYI, Educator and Specialists template 2025 and live training for Educators and Specialists

CYI, 4-H Program Coordinator Template 2025 and 4-H Program Coordinator Template for New PCs only 2025 and live training for Program Coordinators on making your individual plan using these templates

CYI, Program Instructor Template 2025 and live training for Program Instructors on making your individual plan using this template

CYI, Educators with a PC Role 2025 and live training for educators with a PC role on making yoru individual plan using this template

CYI, Supervisor template 2025 and live training for Supervisors

 
HNI

HNI, Food Safety 2025 Template and HNI Food Safety training, learn how to copy the team template and make your individual plan by coming to one of these live training sessions

HNI, Health, 2025 Template and HNI Health training, learn how to copy the team template and make your individual plan by coming to one of these live training sessions

HNI, NPA, Supervisory Template 2025 Template and training, learn how to copy the team template and make your individual plan by coming to one of these live training sessions

HNI, NPA, Specialists, Educators, Coordinators, Developers, and Program Instructors Template 2025 and training, learn how to copy the team template and make your individual plan by coming to one of these live training sessions

Norma Lundeen

Planning and Reporting Project Manager, Data Analyst II
nlundeen@msu.edu
517-432-7691

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