Empowering Community & Extension LeadersPlan of Work

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Ballard County CES

Title:
Empowering Community & Extension Leaders
MAP:
Ballard County Leadership, Community and Economic Development
Agents Involved:
FCS
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Empowering Community Leaders (general)
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Kentucky Extension Leadership Development (KELD): Developing Core Leadership Skills
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
Champion Food Volunteers
Situation:
Building the capacity of volunteer leaders is critical for the sustainability of communities that support and strengthen families. Family and Consumer Sciences Extension is committed to engaging, educating, and empowering local citizens to investigate issues, make responsible decisions, and take ownership of solutions.
Long-Term Outcomes:
Ballard County's health and economy are strengthened through strong local organizational leadership.

Community problems are solved through active engaged local leaders.
Intermediate Outcomes:
Implementation of leadership practices designed to improve successful accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives.

Employing effective practices designed to increase community support for improving community quality of life.

Initial Outcomes:
Developing skills and knowledge designed to improve personal leadership capacity
Evaluation:
Initial Outcome: Ballard Countians increase knowledge and skills in personal leadership
Indicator: number of people who indicate a change in knowledge and skills
Method: Pre and Post test
Timeline: Homemaker Leader Training in August 2016 & other training throughout
the 2016-17 program year

Intermediate Outcome: Implement leadership practices designed to improve successful accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives.
Indicator: the number of people who:
-practice personal leadership skills in clubs, and community outreach
-improved skills in communication, problem solving, or group
process in addressing organizational issues and needs
-apply skills to assess needs, develop programs and implement
solutions for community problems
Method: observation at leader led programs, activities and events
Timeline: organizational leader training throughout program year, July
2016-June 2017

Long-term Outcome: Community problems are solved through active engaged local
leaders
Indicator: number of problems solved
Method: observation
Timeline: 6 months after implementation plans are initiated
Learning Opportunities:
Audience: Ballard County Extension Homemakers
Project or Activity: Annual Leader Training
Content or Curriculum: KEHA
Inputs: KEHA power point, Kim Henken
Date: August 2016

Audience: Ballard County Extension Homemaker Lesson Leaders
Project or Activity: Monthly Learning Session
Content or Curriculum: FCS
Inputs: District FCS agents, Specialist, Homemaker Leaders, Extension Office
Date: August 2016 - May 2017

Audience: COMPASS Ballard County's Healthy Direction Coalition
Project or Activity: Quarterly meetings
Content or Curriculum: Promoting Ballard County Community Health
Inputs: Purchase District Health Dept. Cooperative Extension Agents, Purchase Area Health Connections Coalition,
Date: Quarterly

Audience: Ballard County Arts Council
Project or Activity: activities and events planned and carried out
by the Council
Date: monthly


Success Stories

4-H Summit: Leadership Opportunity for Middle Schoolers

Author: Paula Jerrell

Major Program: Leadership 4-H Core Curriculum

4-H Summit:  Leadership Opportunity for Middle Schoolers

2018 Kentucky 4-H SummitSuccess Story By: Rachel E. Noble, Ed.D., Extension Specialist for 4-H Youth Development Research suggests distinctive characteristics of young adolescents (middle school aged youth) regarding their physical, cognitive, moral, psychological, and social-emotional development, as well as spiritual development (Scales, 2010). Young adolescents (middle school aged youth) warrant educational experiences and schools that are organized to address their physical, intellectual, em

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Empowering Community & Extension Leaders

Author: Paula Jerrell

Major Program: Empowering Community Leaders (general)

Cooperative Extension depends on the development and commitment of leadership of various ages.  We rely on grassroots leadership to provide educational programs, to help direct organizations, to be Extension advocates with policy makers and more.  Leadership lessons range from learning the basics of Parliamentary Procedure in the 4th grade to learning and understanding our own leadership styles and how it relates to others to learning to talk with policy makers about issues important t

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