2025 National EFNEP Coordinators' Conference

EFNEP peer educators deliver nutrition, food safety, and physical activity education, with roles spanning teaching, data collection, and community engagement. Given their diverse responsibilities, a performance review process that reflects their contributions is crucial. However, traditional methods were burdensome and relied heavily on subjective assessments.

The Pennsylvania State University has worked continuously to improve equity in the evaluation process through a two-pronged system. First, we streamlined our peer educator self-assessment tool to reduce the burden on peer educators while documenting and sharing their accomplishments. Secondly, Nutrition Links leadership integrated technological advancement into the review process to eliminate administrative barriers and improve standardized scores for peer evaluators.

The initial roll out was favorably received by both supervisors and peer educators, and we continue to enhance the overall process. In this presentation, we will discuss the challenges of peer educator evaluation, provide examples of assessment tools, and share lessons learned.