PEARS for Extension

Spend less time on paperwork, more time in the field! PEARS simplifies data collection, evaluation, and reporting so you can focus on what matters most - serving your community.

Action Plans

Plan with purpose

Whether you're a seasoned professional or new to Extension, PEARS walks you through the planning process. Includes needs assessments, public value statements, and setting outcome indicators and measures.

  • Goal-oriented
  • Structured planning
  • Measurable impact
The Outcomes & Indicators step of a PEARS action plan: a short-term outcome on grower knowledge with two outcome indicators

Marketing & Recruitment

Increase attendance

Create and manage events with custom-built registration forms. Recruit attendees using PEARS' public-facing events catalog that allows community members to register and pay with ease.

  • Market events
  • Recruit participants
  • Collect payment
A public PEARS event page for “Roots to Results: Gardening Basics for Beginners”, with the location, date and a Register Now button
The card payment form for an event registration

Monitoring & Evaluation

Streamline
data collection

Standardize program monitoring and evaluation processes with PEARS, to facilitate meeting federal, state, and local reporting requirements.

  • Increased accountability
  • Seamless tracking
  • Real-time data
A PEARS program activity form for an Advanced Crop Advisors Workshop, with a progress checklist beside it

Reporting

Automate reporting

Automated reports and visual dashboards provide intuitive insights for data-driven decision making.

  • Embedded analytics
  • Actionable insights
  • Easy-to-read reports
A Direct Education report: 1,197 participants, 96 sessions and 129 hours, with a chart of delivery methods

Customization

Customize
to meet your needs

Our no-code module builder makes it easy to build new data collection modules that follow the PEARS workflow.

  • Institution-specific
  • Tailored data collection
  • Unlimited possibilities
The PEARS module builder, editing the Projects and Activities step of a Community Partnerships module

Key benefits

Every feature you need,
all in a single system

PEARS empowers Cooperative Extension organizations across the nation to recruit participants, assess impact, and demonstrate the value of community outreach.

  • Meet community needs
  • Make informed, strategic decisions
  • Streamline your processes and workflows
  • 30 +

    Land Grant Universities, and growing!

  • 10 +

    Years Supporting Extension

  • 10 +

    Data Collection Modules

  • 30 +

    Data Visualizations

Client testimonials

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    Virginia Cooperative Extension is moving from fragmented, research-focused reporting to real-time, Extension-ready insights with PEARS. Data Integration Specialist Christina Galardi shares how dashboards, mapping, and quarterly reporting are helping teams coordinate, plan resources, and tell stronger impact stories.

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    PEARS brings with its unified system, professional evaluators, and ongoing updates. Dive in to understand why PEARS stands out as an economical and efficient tool for extension professionals.

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    UFL Extension modernized its reporting and event management by implementing PEARS, gaining real-time dashboards and streamlined evaluation built specifically for Extension work.

  • Virginia case study: How Virginia Cooperative Extension is Strengthening Evaluation with PEARS (PDF)
  • SDSU case study: How SDSU Extension Leveraged PEARS for Effective Reporting (PDF)
  • UD case study: Simplifying Reporting, Boosting Confidence: Delaware's PEARS Journey (PDF)

Ready to harvest your potential?

No sales gimmicks - just solutions! Schedule a time to chat with our evaluation expert about your specific needs or book a PEARS-onalized demo today. Our team is here to help and will only recommend PEARS if it will truly make your work easier.

The PEARS dashboard