Strengthening Extension and Community LeadersPlan of Work

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Floyd County CES

Title:
Strengthening Extension and Community Leaders
MAP:
Empowering Leaders and Communities
Agents Involved:
Hackworth, Coleman, Johnson
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Kentucky Extension Leadership Development (KELD)
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Conflict Resolution
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
Community Strategic Planning
Situation:

The County Councils believes it is very important to lead by example and prepare new leaders to come in the future. They believe it is necessary to provide youth and adults with leadership and personal development opportunities to grow new leaders. Leadership development plays an important role in the success of the Extension program. Current leaders want to stress the importance of leadership development for community and individual growth. With strong leadership, educational program can become more meaningful and beneficial to the audience or participants of the program.

Long-Term Outcomes:

*Leaders will be engaged and administer/assist with needs assessments, program planning, implementation and evaluations.

*Adults and youth will step up and take leadership roles in Extension, their community and other organized civic organizations.

*Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Homemakers shall increase membership, develop further leadership skills and improve the effectiveness of the County programming as a result.

Intermediate Outcomes:

*Volunteers will serve in leadership roles to address community needs.

*Leaders will begin to research to find underlying problems in their community. *Extension leaders will actively participate and sponsor events, programs and activities.

*Leaders will accept committee assignments and complete a given tasks.

Initial Outcomes:

*Leaders and potential leaders will learn the basics of teamwork, interpersonal communications, and the characteristics of a leader.

*Leaders will gain knowledge of the parliamentary procedures and be able conducting council and committee meetings.

*Volunteer leaders will actively participate in leadership roles, especially club level officers and chairs (KEHA), program advisory councils, county councils and board sponsored activities.

*The leadership will assist in identifying issues and opportunities for the county programming needs.

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Number of participants attending leadership development activities

Indicator: Increase in those attending trainings

Method: Observations, sign-in sheets

Timeline: On-going


Intermediate Outcome: Number of leaders giving back time and effort to councils and/or programming efforts

Indicator: Number of those taking leadership roles

Method: Observations, sign-in sheets

Timeline: On-going


Long-term Outcome: New active leaders within councils and programming

Indicator: number of leaders participating in the process of programming

Method: Leadership activities and trainings

Timeline: On-going


Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Members of CEC, District Board, Program Councils, Program Group, potential new members in all Extension activities, Kentucky Extension Homemakers and Family and Consumer Sciences Groups

Project or Activity: Kentucky Extension Leadership Development

Content or Curriculum: Leadership Manual and KELD Training Materials

Inputs: Volunteers, Leaders, /club level, County Extension and Program Advisory Councils, Board members, agents and staff, Committee members and program participants

Date: Year-round


Audience: Leaders of all Councils, Boards, and program groups

Project or Activity: Leader Recognition

Content or Curriculum: Awards Banquet

Inputs: All Volunteers and Leaders

Date: Spring – yearly


Audience: Members of CEC, District Board, Program Councils, Program Groups, and potential new members

Project or Activity: Council & Committee Officer training

Content or Curriculum: Officer Training Materials, Robert’s Rules of Order

Inputs: Volunteers, Leaders, Council and Board members, agents and staff, Committee members and program participants

Date: Winter, yearly


Audience: Members and Leaders of program groups and participants

Project or Activity: Ag Commodity Groups Workshops

Content or Curriculum: Leadership & Strategic Planning

Inputs: Leaders, agents and staff, group members and program participants

Date: On-going


Audience: Members of the CEC, District Board, Program Councils, program groups, and participants

Project or Activity: Leadership addressing the New County Extension Educational Center

Content or Curriculum: visioning, mapping assets, strategic planning materials

Inputs: Leaders, agents and staff, group members and program participants

Date: On-going



Success Stories

Floyd County Extension Master Gardener Program

Author: Keith Hackworth

Major Program: Master Gardener

The Floyd County Master Gardener Program is an outstanding opportunity to develop community horticulture volunteers. In order to become a certified Master Gardener volunteer, participants must complete a minimum 12-week training, which consists of 24 hours of core subject courses including: Cooperative Extension/Volunteerism, Botany, Soils, Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Pesticides/Pesticides Safety/Environmental Issues. They must also pass a final exam with a seventy-five percent score and vo

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