Empowering Youth to Reach Their Full PotentialPlan of Work

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Lyon County CES

Title:
Empowering Youth to Reach Their Full Potential
MAP:
Empowering Youth
Agents Involved:
Wanda Paris
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Communications and Expressive Arts 4-H Core Curriculum
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Leadership 4-H Core Curriculum
Situation:
Youth are a resource that is often untapped for their leadership skills. The Profile of Youth in Kentucky (KCN, 2000) reported that only 25% of youth felt valued by society and only 27% felt they were given useful roles in their community. Lyon County has many teens with strong leadership skills.

Good communication and organizational skills are essential to leadership and a successful life. Adults often report the fear of public speaking as the greatest fear they encounter and indicate that they were never encouraged as youth to speak.

Citizens, youth and adults, should understand the importance of taking leadership roles in governmental and civic organizations as a way to influence change. The Lyon County Extension Service can be the catalyst for preparing citizens for these efforts.
Long-Term Outcomes:
Youth will assume leadership roles for which they are qualified. They will use learned communication skills to present programs to younger students, local organizations, and governmental agencies to influence change in their community.
Intermediate Outcomes:
Youth will participate in trainings to enhance their leadership and communication skills. Participants will learn to fill leadership roles through acquired skills and self-confidence gained in preparation for assuming leadership roles.

Initial Outcomes:
Youth will evaluate their personal skills and strengths as they become aware of leadership opportunities in their club and community.
Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Participants will increase knowledge of personal strengths and leadership opportunities.

Indicator: Number of you willing to give speeches and run for office

Method: Formal and in-formal evaluations

Timeline: Throughout 201718


Intermediate Outcome: Youth will participate in trainings and feel confident to take on new roles

Indicator: Number who participate in trainings and take on leadership roles

Method: Formal and in-formal evaluations

Timeline: Throughout 2017-18


Long-term Outcome: Youth will present and assume leadership roles

Indicator: Number who give presentations and fulfill roles

Method: Formal and in-formal evaluations

Timeline: Throughout 2017-18

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: 4th & 5th graders

Project or Activity: Classroom Speeches

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum

Inputs: Agent, Teachers, Volunteers

Date: Spring 2018


Audience: 4-H youth

Project or Activity: County & Area Speech Contest

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum

Inputs: Agent, Teachers, Volunteers

Date: Spring 2018


Audience: 4-H Youth

Project or Activity: Photography Club

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum

Inputs: Agent, School Administrators, Volunteers

Date: Throughout 2016-17 School Year


Audience: 4-H Youth

Project or Activity: Craft Club

Content or Curriculum: Craft Projects

Inputs: Agent, School Administrators, Volunteers

Date: Throughout 2017-18 School Year


Audience: 4-H Youth

Project or Activity: Club Officers

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum

Inputs: Agent, Teachers, Volunteers

Date: Throughout 2017-18 School Year


Audience: Middle School Students

Project or Activity: Lyon County Middle School Club

Content or Curriculum: Step up to Leadership, Unlock Your Leadership Potential

Inputs: Agent, School administrators, Teen leaders

Date: Sept 2017 - May 2018


Audience: 4-H Middle School Youth

Project or Activity: Summit

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Leadership Materials

Inputs: Agent, Volunteers, Specialist, STC

Date: March 2018


Audience: 4-H High School Youth

Project or Activity: Teen Retreat

Content or Curriculum: Leadership Materials

Inputs: Agents, Volunteers

Date: Spring 2018


Audience: 4-H High School Youth

Project or Activity: Teen Conference

Content or Curriculum: Leadership Materials

Inputs: Agents, Volunteers, Specialists

Date: June 2018


Audience: 4-H Youth

Project or Activity: Teen Leadership Council, Area Teen Council & Teen Leadership Academy

Content or Curriculum: Leadership Materials & Opportunity

Inputs: Agent, Teens School Administrators

Date: Throughout school year 2017-18







Success Stories

Youth-Adult Partnerships Teach Valuable Skills

Author: Wanda Paris

Major Program: Leadership 4-H Core Curriculum

A 4-H teen who had not been fully engaged in the 4-H program since 5th grade attended the 4-H Southern Regional Teen Leadership Conference (SRTLC) last year.  Making new friends from several states and growing leadership skills were just two of the things that drew him back to SRTLC again this year.A phone call to the 4-H agent volunteering to teach a workshop led to serving on the planning committee for the conference.  Working with other teens and adults in true youth-adult partnersh

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Hauling Horses and Livestock

Author: Wanda Paris

Major Program: Agriculture 4-H Core Curriculum

In response to questions from local people, the Agriculture and 4-H Agents partnered to sponsor an educational meeting covering the laws, new and old, that govern transporting horses and livestock. The meeting, promoted through the 4-H and agriculture programs, was led by Sergeant Jason Morris with the Kentucky State Police. Twenty-one people from eight counties attended the meeting to determine whether they were within the law’s requirements for truck and trailer combinations to haul

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2018 Kentucky 4-H Summit

Author: Wanda Paris

Major Program: 4-H Youth Development Programming

Kentucky 4-H Summit seeks to engage middle school aged youth and retain their involvement in 4-H activities through the middle school years, along with empowering youth to become active 4-H leaders on the local and state levels. Objectives of Kentucky 4-H Summit are centered on the developmental needs of middle school aged youth: 4-H Summit aims to provide youth from across the Commonwealth with the opportunity to develop leadership skills through acquiring new knowledge to take back and impleme

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