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Title:
4-H Leadership
MAP:
Leadership Education and Volunteer Development
Agents Involved:
Steve Conrad, Christy Eastwood
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Leadership
Situation:

Leadership is a needed and important programming emphasis in Kentucky 4-H.  The Cooperative Extension Service provides opportunities for youth and families to help improve their leadership ability and create a positive impact on their future.  Leadership opportunities for youth create a setting that reduces the access of youth to risk factors that can negatively impact their success. 

Basic leadership knowledge & skills are essential for success in almost any field.  The skills associated with leadership are necessary when working in a group or communicating with others.  Employers look for leadership skills in future employees.   Developing leadership in the youth and adults who are involved in the 4-H program is a priority.  By assisting the development of leadership skills in today’s youth, we improve their ability to face the challenges of tomorrow (Unlock Your Leadership Potential, University of Florida, 2017). 

Kentucky 4-H provides opportunities for youth to actively engage locally and globally to promote life skills [such as leadership] that prepare them for the global marketplace. Through 4-H youth exercise critical thinking skills, learn to appreciate diversity, practice tolerance, develop socio-emotionally, and strive to contribute to their environment (United States Department of Education International Affairs Office of International Strategy).  4-H participants rate their leadership life skills above average, have a positive view of their leadership ability, and have a positive attitude toward diversity and acceptance of others (Locke, Boyd, Fraze, and Howard, 2007).    

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Success Stories

Leadership

Author: Stephen Conrad

Major Program: Leadership

Research has shown that youth leadership development can have positive effects on behaviors and skills including communication, problem solving, conflict resolution, and goal achievement (21 Progress). Each of these skills is linked to higher student achievement, lower drop-out rates, and better post school outcomes. For these reasons, The Boone County Cooperative Extension Service offered youth leadership programming to students at Yealey Elementary School.  32 students (selected by the te

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4-H Teen Summit

Author: Gina Ligon

Major Program: Leadership

4-H Teen Summit

According to research, middle school is a time where young people find their place in this world, they are exploring where their strengths and interests align (Fagell. P.L., 2019). Therefore, it is imperative to provide positive experiences where young people may explore the world in a safe environment. Historically, there is a decline in enrollment numbers throughout the middle school years in 4-H programming, Kentucky 4-H hosts the Kentucky 4-H Summit Leadership Conference for middle schoolers

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4-H Teen Club - Blast from the Past

Author: Gina Ligon

Major Program: Leadership

4-H Teen Club - Blast from the Past

Boone County 4-H Teen Club was developed because there was a lack of a 4-H Teen Council and teen participation outside of the livestock and horse programs. 4-H Teen Club is a leadership group which allows teens to feel a part of group, get to be themselves, learn new leadership skills, and give back to their community.  General Leadership Youth who participate in leadership development opportunities are exposed to a variety of opportunities for personal development. Leadership activiti

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