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Rowan County CES

Title:
Personal Development
MAP:
4-H Health & Life Skills
Agents Involved:
R. Ford
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
4-H Communications and Expressive Arts Core Curriculum
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
4-H Leadership Core Curriculum
Situation:

How we live life is ever-changing but learning basic life skills is still as important as ever. Learning to practice healthy habits, select clothing to emphasize one’s best appearance, create and live within a budget, prepare nutritious meals safely, nurture children, create a safe and pleasant home environment, practice common courtesies, and form relationships with others—all of these skills are basic to everyday life. Many schools no longer include family and consumer sciences classes in the curriculum. Reality is that today’s youth and adults are busier than ever. Many of these basic life skills are not consistently taught to youth at home or at school. 4-H family and consumer sciences and health projects equip youth with these skills.

Long-Term Outcomes:

-Youth will be responsible and contributing individuals and family members.

-Youth will gain and maintain employment through life skill development.

-Youth will contribute to a safe, pleasant and productive home and family.

-Youth will maintain positive health habits.

-Youth are competent, capable, contributing adults as a result of their participation in 4-H Health programs.

Intermediate Outcomes:

-Youth will utilize and practice life skills in projects and life situations.

-Youth will project a positive image and self-confidence.

-Youth will practice responsible consumer and financial decision-making.

-Youth will practice healthy eating choices.

-Youth will make choices that lead to responsible and beneficial results.

-Youth will adopt healthy behaviors that lead to a healthy lifestyle that include making healthy lifestyle choices, not engaging in risky behavior and handling stress.


Initial Outcomes:

-Youth will gain knowledge and develop skills in Family & Consumer Sciences projects and programs.

-Youth will identify healthy lifestyle choices.

-Youth understand risky behaviors and their consequences.

-Youth identify healthy ways to handle stress.

-Youth understand the decision-making process.

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Youth will identify healthy lifestyle choices

Indicator: Number of youth reported identifying healthy lifestyle choices.

Method: survey

Timeline: fall 2018, spring 2019


Intermediate Outcome: Youth will utilize and practice life skills in projects and life situations.

Indicator: Number of youth who reported that they showed another person how to do what they learned to do for themselves.

Method: survey, observation

Timeline: spring 2019


Long-term Outcome: Youth will be responsible and contributing individuals and family members.

Indicator: Number of youth who demonstrate increased or routine use of life skills learned through 4-H in daily life.

Method: survey, observation

Timeline: all year

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: Physical Activity

Content or Curriculum: (LEAP)Literacy, Eating and Activity for Primary

Inputs: Rowan County Schools or Day Care Centers

Date: Spring


Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: Activity

Content or Curriculum: 4-H National Health Month

Inputs: Elementary and Middle School

Date: February 2019


Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: Activity

Content or Curriculum: SPARK Afterschool

Inputs: Morehead Parks & Recreation, local school systems

Date: summer day camp and school club lesson


Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: Project

Content or Curriculum: Babysitting

Inputs: Morehead Parks & Recreation, local school systems

Date: fall 2018 or winter 2019


Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: Project

Content or Curriculum: It's Your Reality/Dollars & Sense Program

Inputs: local school systems

Date: Spring 2019


Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: Activity

Content or Curriculum: BIZWorld/Consuremer in Me

Inputs: Clearfield

Date: all school year


Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: Activity

Content or Curriculum: Kids in the Kitchen

Inputs: Morehead Parks & Recreation, FYRC, Community Ed Director

Date: summer


Audience: High School Students

Project or Activity: Activity 

Content or Curriculum: Dress for Success

Inputs: Rowan County Extension Office, Rowan County Senior High School and Community Ed

Date: all year


Audience: High School Students

Project or Activity: Activity

Content or Curriculum: Culinary 

Inputs: Rowan County Extension Office, Rowan County Senior High School and Community Ed 

Date: all year 


Audience: Middle/High School Students

Project or Activity: Activity 

Content or Curriculum: Truth & Consequences

Inputs: Rowan County Extension, Rowan County Schools, Community agencies

Date: spring


Audience: Middle/High School Students

Project or Activity: activity 4-H Outdoor Adventure Club

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Backpack to Adventure

Inputs: Rowan County Extension, Rowan County 4-H Council 

Date: all program year 


Audience: Youth in Rowan County

Project or Activity: variety of activities for the RWJ grant

Content or Curriculum: 4-H and FCS health, nutrition and wellness curriculum

Inputs: UK Family & Consumer Sciences Department, Rowan County District Board

Date: current to Summer 2019



Success Stories

Enviornmental Youth Day

Author: Raven Ford

Major Program: 4-H Agriculture Core Curriculum AND Natural Resources

Rowan County 4-H Council had identified environmental education as a need for local students once again. Rowan County Extension 4-H Youth Development agent partnered with Friends of Rodburn Hollow to conduct Youth Environmental Day.Rodburn Hollow Park was closed for five days in September to accommodate over 500 students in the fourth and fifth grades from Clearfield, McBrayer, Tilden Hogge and Rodburn Elementary Schools. The students were able to “Journey into the Woods” to experien

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4-H Fitness Challenges

Author: Raven Ford

Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)

Healthy living is one of the seven core areas of 4-H programming. It is included in the 4-H Pledge: “I pledge my health to better living”. According to research, moderate physical activity can reduce the risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, stress and high blood pressure. Children and youth should engage in 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity daily. The National 4-H Healthy Living Task Force believes that healthy living habits of young people beg

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