Local Youth Leadership DevelopmentPlan of Work

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Lee County CES

Title:
Local Youth Leadership Development
MAP:
Leadership
Agents Involved:
Jacob Brandenburg
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Communications and Expressive Arts
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Agriculture
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Volunteer Development
Situation:
Lee County often falls to the bottom of the list of Kentucky counties in terms of household income indicators, employment rates, and educational attainment. According to Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) 35.7% of Lee County Residents were living in poverty compared to 19.1% state wide, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 2013 reported a 12.6% unemployment rate in Lee County, and the American Community Survey for Education (ACS) reported that 70.9% of residents age 25 and up had a High School Diploma or less. The wellbeing of families and individuals in Lee County is threatened by an unfavorable economic climate and limited resources. It is important to invest in today’s youth in order for Lee County to thrive in the future, for this reason the Lee county extension council has identified leadership development as an area to focus programing.
Long-Term Outcomes:
Lee county will see a growing number of youth completing formal education and or valuable work experiences and returning to the county to contribute to the community.
Increase in locally owned and operated businesses.
Increase in competent workforce.
Increase in local individuals to fill county leadership positions.
Intermediate Outcomes:
Individuals report an increased involvement in civic leadership roles.
Individuals report an increased participation in county leadership and community groups.
Individuals report an increased confidence and demonstrate an increased ability to communicate and present in front of groups.
Practice personal leadership in school clubs and community groups as youth members.
Initial Outcomes:
Increased knowledge and understanding of county leadership structure and decision making.
Increased knowledge and understanding of appropriate public speaking skills and effective communication.
Increased participating in communications workshops and contests.
Increased participation in school clubs and community clubs.
Evaluation:
Long Term Outcome: Strengthened community through increase in qualified and competent community members.
Indicator: Increase in the number of individuals actively involved in county leadership and community groups.
Method: Observations, and surveys, self-reporting
Timeline: Ongoing

Intermediate Outcome: Increased skills in problem solving, communications, and group processes.
Indicator: The number of youth actively involved in club leadership or communications contests.
Method: survey, self-reporting
Timeline: End of program, yearly

Initial outcome: Increase in awareness and understanding of leadership opportunities and public speaking/communication.
Indicator: Participation in school clubs and leadership/communications programing.
Method: Pre-post tests, surveys
Timeline: Immediately following program

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: Demonstrations Contest

Content or Curriculum: Communications Curriculum and Publications

Inputs: Volunteers, teachers, Extension Staff

Date: August 2019-July 2020


Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: Talk Meet

Content or Curriculum: Communications Curriculum and Publications

Inputs: Volunteers, teachers, Extension Staff

Date: August 2019 - July 2020


Audience: Youth- 16-18 years old

Project or Activity: Teen Leader Orientation

Content or Curriculum: Camp Volunteer Training resources

Inputs: Extension Staff

Date: Summer-2019/2020


Audience: Youth 9-14 years old

Project or Activity: Camp

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Camp resources

Inputs: Volunteers, Camp Staff, Extension Staff

Date: Summer 2020/2021


Audience: Youth- Elementary and Middle School

Project or Activity: School Clubs

Content or Curriculum: UK Leadership Curriculum

Inputs: Volunteers, Extension Staff

Date: August 2019- May 2020



Success Stories

4-H camp

Author: Laken Campbell

Major Program: Camping

Summertime can be an exciting time of the year. However, it can be a very expensive time for parents. In Lee County, Kentucky the median family income is $21,185.00 per household. For a family to pay $245.00 per camper to participate in 4-H camp, in many cases is not going to be affordable for many families. The Lee County Extension District Board and 4-H Council took this into consideration. The District Board paid $153.75 per camper and the 4-H Council paid for the volunteers and teen leaders.

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