Extension
It Starts With Us
Developing Human Capital
Developing Human Capital
4-H, FCS, ANR, assistant(s)
Leadership
Communications and Expressive Arts
Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Positive Employability
Russell County has over 17,000 residents. The Cooperative Extension Service provides opportunities for leadership development to residents of all ages in order to create a positive impact on their future. Basic leadership knowledge and skills are essential for success at any stage of life and in almost any field of employment. Developing leadership skills allow residents to face the challenges of the future with confidence whether those challenges emerge from school, community development, employment, family, or personal life.
- Clientele increase their leadership competency as a result of participating in CES programming.
- Youth and adults serve in leadership roles in CES clubs and groups and in community organizations.
- Clientele address critical issues that impact the local community.
- Clientele engage in community-based civic engagement projects to address identified community needs.
- Clientele develop employable skills and attain gainful employment.
- Clientele receive education on diversity, inclusion, and multiculturalism.
- Clientele share verbal communication and expressive arts in the community and/or advocate for arts in the community.
- Youth attend 4-H Camp for multiple years and become teen leaders to mentor younger youth.
- Clientele demonstrate leadership, teamwork, and communication skills in CES clubs and groups and/or in their day-to-day life.
- Senior-age 4-H youth and adults will become club leaders and mentors to younger youth.
- Clientele acquire an appreciation for community service.
- Clientele can engage and listen to people with differing ideas.
- Clientele increase awareness of diversity.
- Clientele successfully complete high school or other post-secondary program.
- Youth write and deliver a speech or demonstration that has a clearly identified introduction, body, and conclusion.
- Youth increase confidence in presenting in front of groups.
- Youth create or perform expressive arts.
- Clientele seek civic engagement opportunities.
- Youth attend 4-H camp.
- Clientele learn communication, leadership, and procedural skills for conducting meetings.
- Clientele increase their knowledge about leadership and communication.
- Clientele learn about diversity.
- Clientele aspire to affect community and world issues in a positive way.
- Youth gain knowledge in researching, preparing, and presenting speeches and/or demonstrations.
- Clientele gain knowledge of employable skills and aspire to have gainful employment.
- Youth can identify key elements of expressive arts and written communication.
- Youth learn about activities and benefits of attending 4-H camp.
Outcome: Write a 4-H speech/demonstration
Indicator: Youth write a speech/demonstration with introduction, body, and conclusion
Method: survey, volunteer leader input, observation
Timeline: conclusion of program
Outcome: Presentation of 4-H speech/demonstration
Indicator: Youth present a speech/demonstration to group and/or judges
Method: observation, score sheets, self-evaluation
Timeline: conclusion of program
Outcome: implementation of parliamentary procedure
Indicator: youth and adult clubs/groups lead effective meetings
Method: observation
Timeline: throughout program year
Outcome: Create effective written communication and expressive arts pieces
Indicator: increase in quality of written and artistic expression
Method: observation and self-evaluation
Timeline: throughout program
Outcome: volunteers lead effective programs
Indicator: program expansion through youth and adult volunteer leaders
Method: observation
Timeline: throughout program year
Outcome: community engagement increases
Indicator: CES clients recognize and participation in service-learning in community
Method: observation and participation
Timeline: throughout program year
Outcome: increase community pride
Indicator: youth develop interests in modeling good citizenship qualities
Method: youth self-evaluation
Timeline: conclusion of program
Outcome: increase employability skills and aspirations for gainful employment
Indicator: 25% of participants develop 21st century skills for employment
Method: observation, formal evaluation, self-evaluation
Timeline: conclusion of program and into the future years
Outcome: participants develop SMART goals and take steps to achieve them
Indicator: 1/3 of participants achieve a short-term goal
Method: self-evaluation
Timeline: throughout program year
Audience: Youth
Activity/Project: 4-H Speech and Demonstrations
Curriculum: Kentucky 4-H Speech and Demonstration publications
Inputs: guidelines, volunteer leaders, judges
Date: Winter 2021
Activity/Project: 4-H written communications
Curriculum: 4-H communications curricula and contest guidelines
Inputs: guidelines, volunteers, judges
Date: fall/winter 2021
Activity/Project: Expressive Arts programming
Curriculum: National 4-H arts, theater, music, and photography curriculum
Inputs: curricula, state fair categories, volunteers, meeting area
Date: throughout year
Activity/Project: 4-H Community Service
Curriculum: True Leaders in Service guidelines
Inputs: youth-adult partnership
Date: winter 2021
Activity/Project: 4-H club programming
Curriculum: 4-H leadership and club curricula
Inputs: curricula, volunteers, youth, mentors
Date: throughout year
Activity/Project: Citizenship
Curriculum: KY 4-H citizenship curricula
Inputs: participants, volunteers, curricula
Date: September-April
Activity/Project: Workforce Preparation
Curriculum: 21st Century Skills for Success
Inputs: participants, volunteers, meeting space
Date: throughout year
Audience: Adults and Youth
Activity/Project: Homemaker Clubs and Programming
Curriculum: KEHA resources
Inputs: leaders and members; KEHA resources
Date: throughout year
Activity/Project: Cultural Arts Contest
Curriculum: cultural arts guidelines
Inputs: participants, volunteers, judges
Date: winter
Activity/Project: Sewing and Creative Arts
Curriculum: MCV program resources
Inputs: Master Clothing Volunteers and other volunteer leaders
Date: throughout year
Activity/Project: Employability education
Curriculum: Positive Employability
Inputs: FCS agent, curriculum/publications, community leaders and businesses
Date: throughout year
Author: Christina A. Martin
Major Program: Civic Engagement
The 4-H Mock Presidential Election has been held for several election cycles as part of an ongoing 4-H citizenship education initiative. Students are educated about the election process in the United States of America, the duties of voting, and the suffrage 100 year anniversary. Additionally they learned about the office of the presidency, presidential duties, and presidential modes of transportation.Approximately 600 youth in 3rd through 8th grades participated in the presentation a
Author: Christina A. Martin
Major Program: Leadership
4-H has had a rich history in community service. Part of the 4-H Pledges is that we “pledge our hands to larger service.” Engaging youth in a variety of community service opportunities allows them to learn the value of helping other people, lets them build self-esteem from the positive results of service, develop as sense of responsibility and of community, and realized that effective leaders also serve others. Russell County 4-H members participated in a commu
Author: Christina A. Martin
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
During the on-going pandemic, the Homemaker Clubs were not able to meet, but that didn’t stop them from participating in educational opportunities and community service. Homemaker members participated in the following state FCS programs: Big Blue Goals challenge, estate planning series, and the How of Happiness book club. Additionally during the pandemic, the Homemakers made law enforcement appreciation bags, grab and go food bags for EMS personnel, and 28 fidget mats for
