Improve communication skills/financial situations & pratical living skills Plan of Work

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Hart County CES

Title:
Improve communication skills/financial situations & pratical living skills
MAP:
Strengthening Life Skills Across the Age Span
Agents Involved:
Huffman, Cline
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Financial Education - General
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Agriculture
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Volunteer Development
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
21st Century Skills (Career & Workplace Development)
Situation:

We are living in a fast paced society that is always changing.   Education in different subjects prepare our youth for the future.  Essential life skills such as financial management, public speaking, decision making skills, preparing for the workforce and skills to manage a household are necessary to develop competent and caring youth and adults.

The dramatic changes in the economy over the past few years have been matched with the transformation in technology and these are all impacting on education, the workplace and home life.  The Kentucky Extension Community Assessment Statewide Report in 2019 indicates that money management for families and youth and employee “soft skills” training continue to be important issue statewide.   Research conducted by Harvard University, the Carnegie Foundation, and Stanford Research Center indicates 85% of job success comes from having well developed soft and people skills.

To cope with the increasing pace and change of modern life, students and families need to develop basic life skills such as dealing with finances, being able to communicate affectively, up to date on science, engineer and technology and improving soft skills.

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Learning Opportunities:

Learning Opportunities (repeat as needed):

 Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: 4-H SET
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Science, Engineering and Technology
Curriculum
Inputs: 4-H Council
Date: Fall 2020 – Spring 2021

Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: 4-H Rocketry Projects
Content or Curriculum: National 4-H Rocketry
Inputs: 4-H Leaders
Date: Spring 2021

Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: 4-H Demonstration
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Project Books
Inputs: 4-H Council 

Date: Spring 2021


Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: 4-H Talk Meet Contest
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Project Books
Inputs: 4-H Council
Date: January 2021

Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Community Club Presentations
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum
Inputs: 4-H Leaders
Date: Fall 2020 and Spring 2021

Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: 4-H Reality Store
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Reality Store Curriculum
Input: Hart County School System; Local Businesses
Date: Spring 2021

Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: 4-H Dollars & Sense
Content or Curriculum: Dollars & Sense Curriculum
Inputs: Hart County School System
Date: Fall 2020 and Spring 2021

Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: 4-H Character Counts
Content or Curriculum: Character Counts Curriculum
Inputs: Hart County School System
Date: Fall 2020 and Spring 2021

 Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: 4-H Afterschool Projects
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Project Books
Inputs: 4-H Leaders
Date: Fall 2020 and Spring 2021

Audience: Grandparents
Project or Activity: Grandparent Support Meetings
Content or Curriculum: Grandparents and Grandchildren Together
Inputs: Family Resource Centers
Date: July 2019 – June 2020

Audience: General Population
Project or Activity: Smart About Money: Living on a Budget
Content or Curriculum: Real Skills for Everyday Life
Inputs: Community Action
Date: Fall 2019 – Spring 2020




Success Stories

Lifeskills

Author: Janey Cline

Major Program: Family Development General

In 2019 77% of the 2018 Caverna High School graduates reported working in Kentucky at a mean yearly wage of $12,380. Only 40% of students graduating from the school continue on to college.. This  is low compared to the state average of 58%. To help 7th and 8th grade students see the need for a mindset that plans for the future, students were asked to search for careers, make an  education plan,  consider location of future residency and consider the expense associational with

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Preparing Students for the Workforce

Author: Laura Huffman

Major Program: Communications and Expressive Arts

The Hart County 4-H Program and the Hart County Chamber of Commerce collaborated with the Hart County School System to offer a Work Readiness Day for all high school juniors to better prepare students for the workforce.  This year due to COVID 19 restrictions, the Work Readiness Day was offered virtually with speakers videoing their presentations and mock interviews completed via zoom.  For the industry tours we worked with a video company and the industry to also create digital media

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Virtual 4-H Community Clubs

Author: Laura Huffman

Major Program: Leadership

For over a year the Hart County 4-H program has had to shift from face-to-face contact with clientele to a mostly digital communication platform due to COVID 19 restrictions and the pandemic.  During this time, Hart County 4-H has offered virtual 4-H Community Clubs for cloverbuds, junior and senior members.Over 45 students participated in the 4-H Virtual Community Club Meetings.  Students participated in programs related to visual arts, communications, home environment and nutrition.

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4-H Adulting 101 Virtual Club

Author: Laura Huffman

Major Program: Family and Consumer Science

Surveys from our Hart County Extension Council plan of work meeting indicated a need for teaching teens basic adult life skills.  The 4-H Youth Development Agent and Family Consumer Science Agent collaborated to offer a 4-H Adulting 101 Virtual Club this year due to COVID 19 restrictions.  Teens participated in educational club lessons on car maintenance & how to change a tire, dorm room meals, financial planning, laundry & stain removal, basic sewing and mending clothing and h

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