Promoting Life skillsPlan of Work

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Pendleton County CES

Title:
Promoting Life skills
MAP:
Youth and Families
Agents Involved:
Kenna Knight. Shelley Meyer, Lindie Huffman
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Nutrition and Food Systems General
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
21st Century Skills (Career & Workplace Development)
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Community Leadership Development
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
Substance Use Prevention and Recovery General
Situation:

Situation: Developing life skills occurs throughout an individual’s lifespan beginning in early childhood.  Skills developed can help mold and shape an individual from adolescent to adulthood with talents and interests that could help determine decisions and life choices made throughout a person’s lifespan.  Educating youth, adults, and families on multiple areas of life skills and good decision making skills is an area that the Pendleton County Cooperative Extension Office strives to include in their annual program plans.  These program areas include but are not limited to: leadership, communication, credit management, basic living skills, social skills, kinship, parenting, survival sills, first aid/CPR, support for families with disabled children, early childhood development, bullying, prevention awareness, suicide prevention, and fire & water safety.  

The recent statewide needs assessment identified substance use prevention and recovery as the most urgent priority for Cooperative Extension.  Moreover, substance use was the focal point of the CES Advisory Council Meeting in early 2019.  Taken together, youth KIP survey data and data from the CES needs assessment demonstrate the need to address substance use prevention, recovery, stigma, and impact on families and communities.

Long-Term Outcomes:
Intermediate Outcomes:
Initial Outcomes:
Evaluation:

Evaluation:

Long-term Outcome:

•A decrease in the number of obese and overweight children, youth, adults and elderly

•Increase in the practice and promotion of physical activity and healthy eating daily

•Improvement in the built environment to promote physical activity and healthy eating

•Improvement in the mental health and wellbeing of Pendleton County

•Manage and prevent the risk, debilitation, and premature death related to diabetes, cancer, heart disease, stroke and hypertension

•Increase the estimated health savings in dollars for chronic disease.

•Increase policies that address obesity, physical inactivity and promotion of poor nutrition

Indicator: Kentucky/Pendleton County Healthcare profiles, Kentucky by the Numbers data, community health care surveys and Kentucky/Pendleton County health facts

Method: Observation, reviewing data annually, community data collection from physicians and community health fair and screening data numbers as reported

Timeline: Annually


Intermediate Outcomes:

•Practice healthy food choices and strengthen individuals’ ability to build healthy eating plans and patterns.

•Maintain appropriate calorie balance during each stage of life: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, pregnancy and breastfeeding and older age

•Practice of physical activity in families and communities and decreased time spent on sedentary behaviors

•Community members advocate for policy Changes related to obesity, physical activity and healthy eating.

•Strengthen community coalitions or partnerships to address obesity, physical inactivity and chronic disease.

•Practice healthy lifestyle decision-making that strengthen individuals’ ability to cope with normal life stressors.

Indicator: Policy changes made, more walkable areas in county, increase participation in intramural sports, and active athletic park and community park, increase purchases at Farmer’s Market, healthier choices on local menus, more families preparing food at home and access to healthy food choices more readily available

Method: Observation, pre and post program survey, tracking of farmer’s market traffic, and data from schools in regards to participation and physical activity.

Timeline: throughout the year and as programs are shared


Initial Outcome:

Change in awareness, knowledge, opinions, skills, and attitudes needed to make informed choices regarding:

•Healthy lifestyle choices

•Childhood and youth obesity

•Adult weight management

•Healthy aging

•Practice and promotion of daily physical activity

•Policies that that reduce the level of obesity

•Reduction of chronic disease

Indicator: Number of individuals reporting Change in awareness, knowledge, opinions, skills, and attitudes needed to make informed choices.

Method: Observation, pre and post program survey of programs

Timeline: throughout the year and as programs are shared


Learning Opportunities:

Learning Opportunities:   

Audience: Families, pre-school, seniors, youth, volunteers, small businesses and community leaders

Project or Activity: Enhance personal leadership capacity and build organizational leadership curriculum

4-H D3 Teen Council (all year) 4-H

4-H D3 Middle School Retreat (December) 4-H

4-H D3 Teen Retreat (January) 4-H  

4-H Teen Club (all year) 4-H

4-H Middle School Club (fall, winter & spring) 4-H

4-H Camp Counselors (summer) 4-H

Livestock Judging (Jan-June) 4-H

Skillathon (Jan-Feb) 4-H

4-H Officer/Leadership Training (fall) 4-H

Camp Counselor Training (spring) 4-H

4-H Recognition Banquet (October) 4-H

Capitol Experience (March) 4-H

4-H Young Rider officers (all year) 4-H

4-H Photography officers (all year) 4-H

Junior Livestock Committee (all year) 4-H

Livestock Committee (all year) 4-H

4-H Council (all year) 4-H

4th and 5th Grade speeches (March) 4-H

4-H Communication Contest (March) 4-H

Southern Regional Teen Leadership Conference (September) 4-H

Teen Conference (June) 4-H

Shooting Sports Certification (Oct & March) 4-H

Livestock Certification (Nov & Dec) 4-H

Teacher Appreciation Banquet (Aug) 4-H, FCS, Ag

Farmer’s Market – Throughout the Year (ANR)

Cattleman’s – Throughout the Year (ANR)

Kentucky Women in Ag - Throughout the year (ANR)

NKY Homesteaders - Throughout the year (ANR)

NKY Ag Leadership - Fall/Winter 2019-2020 (ANR)

Bee Keepers Association – Throughout the Year (ANR)

Homemakers Council (monthly) FCS

Area Homemaker Council Chairman (four times a year) FCS

Homemaker Annual Awards and Recognition Meeting (September) FCS

Homemaker Officer and Chairman Training (August) FCS

Homemaker State Meeting (May) FCS

District Board trainings and meeting (July - June) FCS, 4-H, ANR

CEC Meeting and training three times a year - FCS, ANR, 4-H

CEC sponsored event May 2019 - ANR, FCS, 4-H

Ag Council (Quarterly) ANR

FCS Advisory Council

Fair Board (all year) 4-H, FCS, ANR

Tourism Council (Monthly) FCS ANR

Champions for a Drug Free PC Coalition (monthly) FCS

CSA (Community Service Alliance (monthly) FCS, 4-H

CEC Sponsored Dinner Theatre - new clientele outreach

Content or Curriculum:

Homemaker leader lessons

UK publications

USDA Material

4-H STC lessons

Search Institute Material

KELD

CEDIK

Council bylaws

Homemaker leader lessons

UK publications

USDA Material

Farmer’s Market – Throughout the Year (ANR)

Cattleman’s – Throughout the Year (ANR)

Kentucky Women in Ag - Throughout the year (ANR)

NKY Homesteaders - Throughout the year (ANR)

NKY Ag Leadership - Fall/Winter 2019-2020 (ANR)

Bee Keepers Association – Throughout the Year (ANR)


Inputs: 4-H Agent, FCS Agent, ANR Agent, Program Assistants, Local Schools, Extension Office, Curriculum listed above, Farmer’s Market, Advisory Councils, Volunteers

Date: throughout the year as dates state above

Project or Activity: Build personal strengths, interpersonal communication and life skills to strengthen youth and families programs or activities to include:

•Homemaker Leader training (August and January) FCS

•Recipe for Life (January – May) FCS

•Operation Preparation (December) FCS, ANR, 4-H

•Community Block Parties (September, May) FCS, ANR, 4H

Truth or Consequences (Spring) FCS, 4-H

Adolescent Brain Training for agents (throughout the year) FCS

Adolescent Brain education for Middle school Students (Each School Semester) FCS, 4H

•Food, Cultural and Plants (Fall and Spring) -4-H, FCS, ANR

•Plant a Promise (Oct and April) FCS, ANR

•Sticker Shock (May) FCS, 4-H 

•TEG (October, March) FCS

Student Athlete Prevention Sessions - (each sport season) FCS

•Anti-bullying/Suicide Prevention (Fall) FCS, 4-H

•Photography (September- July) 4-H

•Clover Buds (monthly) 4-H

•District Middle School Retreat (December) 4-H

•Teen Summit (March) 4-H

•Teen Conference (June) 4-H

•Southern Regional Teen Leadership Conference (September) 4-H

•District Teen Retreat (January) 4-H

•Issues Conference (November) 4-H

•Livestock Judging (Jan-June) 4-H

•Skillathon (Jan-Feb) 4-H

•Young Riders (Sept- July) 4-H

•Rabbits & Chicken Club (Sept-July) 4-H

•Wool Fest (October) 4-H, FSC

•Reality Store (Fall) 4-H

College Ready Fair (Fall) FCS, 4-H

•4-H Recognition Banquet (October) 4-H

•County Fair and livestock shows (July) 4-H

•Fashion Show (April) 4-H

•Capitol Experience (March) 4-H

•Shooting Sports; Archery (biweekly) 4-H

•Shooting Sports; Shotgun (April-September) 4-H

•Shooting Sports; .22 Rifle (April- September) 4-H

•Sprouts – May to November (ANR)

Early Childhood Carnival - April (FCS)

Content or Curriculum:

•Homemaker Leader Lessons

•UK publications

•USDA Material

Audience: Audience: Families, pre-school, seniors, youth, volunteers

Project or Activity: Acquiring basic Life skills as related to Family and Consumer Science programs and activities that will include:

•Quilt Club (monthly) FCS

•Adult Sewing (weekly) FCS

•Winter Wonderland (November) FCS

•Sewing Expo (April) FCS

•Cultural Arts Classes (quarterly) FCS

•4-H Sewing (weekly for October- April) 4-H

•4-H Crocheting (biweekly for October- April) 4-H

•Project Days (fall and spring break) 4-H




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