Extension
It Starts With Us
Community Leadership Development
Community and Economic Development
Ruth Chowning, Darold Jay Akridge, Samantha Gamblin, David Littlejohn, Lorilee George
Kentucky Extension Leadership Development (KELD): Developing Core Leadership Skills
Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Artistic Skill Development
According to the Corporation for National and Community Service, about 62.6 million Americans, or 25.4 percent of the adult population, gave 7.7 billion hours of volunteer service worth $173 billion in 2013. This estimate helps acknowledge the millions of individuals who dedicate their time, talents, and energy to making a difference. It is very difficult to put a dollar value on volunteer time. Volunteers provide many intangibles that cannot be easily quantified. For example, volunteers demonstrate the amount of support an organization has within a community, provide work for short periods of time, and provide support on a wide range of projects. Bullitt County Extension Service depends upon volunteer leaders to assist in its goal of serving the community.
Creating a culture of giving back to their communities through leadership roles serves the multi-purpose process of personal empowerment, community development and helps to ensure a new generation of involved, volunteers. With increasing dropout rates and escalating poverty concerns, providing youth with these valuable skills and attitudes can break negative generational patterns and prepare youth to assume leadership roles today and tomorrow.
As volunteer leaders are equipped with new skills through personal development, the opportunity for organizations that are volunteer driven to become stronger will increase allowing them to better serve the needs of the people.
Program area councils and CEC members will take an active role in training of new members
Extension volunteers will take an active role in leadership of their program. Extension volunteer organizations will increase membership.
Council members become aware of Extension’s mission and come to rely on its resources to meet needs.
Community problems are solved through active engaged local leaders.
Extension will maintain its programs to serve the needs of the community.
Acquisition of life skills needed by young people to reach their full potential as individuals and as members of their communities
FCS Council will recruit and develop members
Homemakers will establish and conduct programs
Program area council and CEC members will assist in training and recruiting of new members
Practice personal leadership skills in clubs, schools and community organizations
Volunteer leaders will continue to assist Extension Service. More people become involved with programs’ goals.
More youth succeed in FFA competitions.
Youth gain confidence in leadership skills necessary to become competitive in the current job market.
KEHA new leaders increase knowledge and skills in personal leadership
KEHA and FCS Advisory Council members increase knowledge and skills in organizational leadership
Individuals seek to become more effective leaders.
Individuals are recognized for their commitment to volunteerism.
Youth serve in volunteer roles creating a sense of belonging.
Intermediate Outcome: FCS Council will recruit and develop members
Indicator: number of new members on council
Method: roster and attendance
Timeline: June 2016- July 2017
Initial Outcome: new KEHA leaders will gain confidence and knowledge in personal leadership
Indicator: leaders will verbalize and demonstrate leadership of County program
Method: planning day, self report, number of leaders involved and observation
Timeline: July 2017, May 2018
Outcome: Number of youth and adults who demonstrate increased volunteerism
Indicator: Number of youth volunteers who participate in assisting ag programs.
Number of Volunteers who apply to serve in Ag Council.
Method: Numbers volunteering in programs compared to previous year. Agent’s observations
Timeline: July to June
Audience: Homemakers
Project or Activity: Kick-off for Homemaker year
Curriculum: KELD, UK/KEHA Leadership materials
Inputs: FCS Agent, FCS Asst., Volunteer Homemaker leaders
Date: August 2017
Audience: Homemakers
Project or Activity: Homemaker Bazaar
Content or Curriculum: KELD, KEHA programming
Inputs: FCS Agent, Hmkr leaders
Date: Nov 2017
Audience: Homemakers
Project or Activity: County Chairman events & Training
Curriculum: UK pubs, KEHA organizational guidelines, program of work,
Inputs: FCS Agent, Hmkr leaders
Date: July 2017- June 2018
Audience: Homemakers
Project or Activity: County Annual Day & State meeting
Curriculum: Leadership Dev & Organizational guidelines
Inputs: FCS Agents, UK & KEHA curriculum
Date: April 2018, May 2018
Audience: Louisville Area Homemakers
Project or Activity: Area Hmkr Councils
Content or Curriculum: UK pubs, Roberts Rules of Order
Inputs: Lou. Area FCS Agents, volunteer leaders
Date: July 2017- November 2018
Audience: Louisville Area Homemakers
Project or Activity: Area Annual Day
Curriculum: UK and KEHA organizational guidelines
Inputs: FCS Agents, UK & KEHA curriculum
Date: October 2017
Audience: FCS Council & members on CEC/DBd
Project or Activity: FCS Council meetings
Content or Curriculum: UK pubs, Roberts Rules of Order
Inputs: FCS Agent, volunteer leaders
Date: July 2017- June 2018
Audience: High School students
Project or Activity: Enhancing communication skills
Content or Curriculum: Youth exhibitors and speakers
Inputs: Youth Farm Field Day, Farm Safety Day, Ag Council , County Fair
Date: Spring
Audience: Elementary Students
Project or Activity: Communication skills
Content or Curriculum: Maintaining a garden journal
Inputs: School garden, journal, writing curriculum
Date: January through November
Audience: Public
Project or Activity: Marketing Extension to Community
Content or Curriculum: Open House
Inputs: District Board, CEC leaders, program leaders
Date: December 2017
Audience: recipients of program newsletters
Project or Activity: : Marketing Extension to Community
Content or Curriculum: monthly newsletter
Inputs: Current events and ag information
Date: monthly
Audience: Basket Weaving instructors
Project or Activity: Basket making
Content or Curriculum: Techniques of basket weaving
Inputs: Volunteers and various manuals
Date: Weekly except December
Audience: Volunteers
Project or Activity: How to conduct meetings
Content or Curriculum: Leadership and parliamentary procedure training
Inputs: CEC SEAL Materials
Date: When needed
Audience: General Population/ Homemakers/ Louisville Area Homemakers
Project or Activity: Area Homemaker Leader lesson/ leadership retreat
Content or Curriculum: Creative Stitchery and Leadership
Inputs: UK pub, leader lesson, FCS Agent, FCS Asst
Date: Spring 2018
Audience: Public
Project or Activity: Community Leadership Development
Content or Curriculum: Finding new leadership
Inputs:Volunteers
Date:August
Audience:Public, members of various agencies
Project or Activity: Community Leadership Development
Content or Curriculum: Importance of Cooperation between Farm Agencies in the County
Inputs:Members of various Farm Agencies
Date:August
Author: David Littlejohn
Major Program: Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
The Bullitt County Extension Service has been working with the Bullitt County Board of Education to develop a program to help graduating seniors at the Riverview Opportunity Center to complete that would include resume writing, mock job interviews, along with basic life skills in budgeting. The Riverview Opportunity Center is the alternative school in Bullitt County that houses the career readiness, vocational school, along with the teenage parenting program. In the fall of 2017, 26 s
Author: Ruth Chowning
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Community service and leadership by the Bullitt County Homemaker members have a major impact on the county. Homemakers develop personal leadership skills through the organization and then lead in projects and programs throughout the county. After years of developing leadership, there are three Homemakers who serve on the County Extension Council and District Board level. They are blazing a new trail to foster and develop an approach of "Extension" as one big program in
Author: Ruth Chowning
Major Program: Artistic Skill Development
A Bullitt County Family & Consumer Science Council member identified a need for further development of the Arts here in the county. With the Arts Council losing it's home at through the Public Library, the Council member worked with two Extension Agents to provide opportunities for visual arts classes. A total of sixteen classes were held for adults and youth with 47 participants. The adult classes allowed participants to develop advanced skills of painting with the acrylic m
Author: Samantha Gamblin
Major Program: 4-H Youth Development Programming
The purpose of Kentucky 4-H Retreat is to retain youth involvement in 4-H activities through the middle and high school years, along with empowering youth to become active 4-H leaders on the local and state levels. Objectives of Kentucky 4-H Retreat are to provide youth from District 3 with the opportunity to develop leadership skills through acquiring new knowledge to take back and implement within their local communities. Youth have the opportunity to belong to a group of peers and expan
