Extension
It Starts With Us
Enhancing Personal Development through Life Skills
Building Youth Life Skills
B. Cheirs, A. McCoy
4-H Youth Development Programming
Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
Communications and Expressive Arts 4-H Core Curriculum
Natural Resources 4-H Core Curriculum
In order for individuals to reach their fullest potential in life, they need the opportunity to learn how to become self sufficient and practice responsibility. The Fulton County 4-H Youth Development program provides many opportunities for youth to become engaged in their community while developing personal, social, and economic assets which will assist in positive adult development.
Utilizing the Targeting Life Skills model (Hendricks 1998) and teaching skills under the category of Giving, Working, Being, Living, Thinking, Managing, Relating and Caring, youth will become competent, capable and contributing individuals, while Practical Life skills help them to be competitive in the world.
Fulton County youth will utilize life skills gained through education and Extension programs to reach their full potential as individuals, family members, and citizens in the community.
Youth will gain communication and decision-making skills that allow them to be competitive members of the current and future workforce.
Youth will gain practice of practical living skills that will make them more effective adults with practice of experience such as cooking and childcare.
Fulton County youth will become contributing members of society.
Youth will communicate more effectively with more self confidence.
Youth will practice safe cooking skills at home.
Youth will use self care skills to become competent members of society.
Youth will utilize information obtained through Extension Programming to increase quality of life.
Youth will employ good decision making techniques in personal relationships.
Youth will develop personal care skills to take care of mind and body.
Youth will increase knowledge of cooking, childcare, budgeting, and sewing.
Youth will develop knowledge of communication principles and public speaking skills.
Youth will be increase knowledge of the facts of alcohol and tobacco dangers.
Youth will become aware of good character (honesty, trustworthiness, good sportsmanship, etc.)
Initial Outcome: Indicator: Youth will participate in events held at the schools and Extension office
Indicator: Youth will attend specific programming
Method: Sign in sheets
Timeline: program year 2017-2018
Intermediate Outcome: Youth will change habits and behaviors
Indicator: Youth will begin to incorporate learned behaviors
Method: Observing behaviors at school, club meetings, and home
Timeline: Program year 2018
Long-term Outcome: Youth will practice skills and knowledge learned through 4-H and Extension programming.
Indicator: Youth will implement skills learned
Method: Implementation by students in the community, schools, and home
Timeline: Program year 2018-2020
Audience: 4-H Age
Project or Activity: Sewing
Content or Curriculum: State Fair projects
Inputs: MCV, Parents, Community Leaders
Date: Spring and Summer 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Audience: 4-H Age
Project or Activity: Cooking Clubs
Content or Curriculum: Jump into Food and Fitness, Teen Cuisine, Food Preservation, other Extension curricula
Inputs: Agents, Master Gardeners, Parents, Community Volunteers
Date: Program Year 2017-2020
Audience: 4-H Age
Project or Activity: Shooting Sports Club
Content or Curriculum: Ky Shooting Sports Program
Inputs: Certified Leaders, parents
Date: Program year 2017-2020
Audience: 4-H Age
Project or Activity: 4-H Speeches and Demonstrations
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Communications Day
Inputs: Agent, Community Volunteers for judges, Schools
Date: Spring 2017-2020
Audience: 3rd grade classrooms
Project or Activity: 4-H Chick Incubation
Content or Curriculum: Embryology and Chick Incubation in the Classroom
Inputs: Agent, Schools
Date: Spring 2017-2020
Audience: 4-H Age
Project or Activity: 4-H Babysitting
Content or Curriculum: Kentucky 4-H Babysitting 4 Fun and 4 Profit
Inputs: Health Dept, Red Cross, Hospital, 4-H, Parents, Schools
Date: Spring 2018
Audience: 9th graders
Project or Activity: Truth and Consequences Event
Content or Curriculum: Truth and Consequences
Inputs: Community Leaders, area businesses, schools, adult volunteers, parents
Date: Winter 2017-2020
Audience: 4-H Age
Project or Activity: 4-H Camp
Content or Curriculum: camping program
Inputs: 4-H Agent, Volunteers
Date: every summer
Author: Anna Morgan
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Manners are something used every day to make a good impression on others and to feel good about oneself. No matter where you are - at home, work, or with friends - practicing good manners is important. Teachers and staff at Fulton Independent Schools had been observing that a number of youth are lacking skills in regard to manners and respect. The Family and Consumer Sciences Agent conducted a 6 week program on manners and etiquette. 76 second and third grade students participated in lessons whi
Author: Bernita Cheirs
Major Program: Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
According to a new American Red Cross poll, parents say that good babysitters are hard to find and they want to entrust their children to babysitters trained in first aid, CPR and childcare skills. The 4-H Babysitting for Fun and for Profit Curriculum is designed for youth who are interested in learning the responsibilities of babysitting and learning to be responsible babysitters.At Fulton Independent School, with the help of the FRYSC coordinator, the program was offered to all 4th and 5th gra
