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Title:
Developing leadership skills- youth NEW
MAP:
Leadership Development & Community Engagement
Agents Involved:
Cole
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Leadership
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Agriculture and Extension Leadership Development
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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Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: 

Youth become more engaged as a leader in their community (planning a service project, serving as a mentor, increasing participation in local/state/national levels)

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Method:

Timeline: Year-Round


Intermediate Outcome:

Indicator: # Youth serving in leadership roles

Method:

Timeline: Year-Round


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Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Youth ages 9-18 

Project or Activity: Speech and Demonstration 

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Communications Curriculum 

Inputs: 4-H Agent, 4-H Adult Volunteers, Teachers 

Date: School year 

 

Audience: Youth ages 9-18 

Project or Activity: School Clubs; school enrichment 

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Core Curriculum 

Inputs: 4-H Agent, Teachers 

Date: school year 

 

Audience: Middle School Students 

Project or Activity: Afterschool, Teen Summit 

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Art curriculum, Teen Leadership, 4-H Photography curriculum 

Inputs: 4-H Agent, 4-H Adult Volunteers 

Date: September 2020- May 2021

 

Audience: High School Juniors/Seniors 

Project or Activity: APES, KY Youth Seminar 

Content or Curriculum: 4-H APES Curriculum 

Inputs: 4-H Agent, 4-H Adult Volunteers, counselors 

Date: school year 

 

Audience: High School Students (freshmen-Senior) 

Project or Activity: Capitol Experience, Teen Council, Teen Conference 

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Core Curriculum 

Inputs: 4-H Agent, 4-H Adult Volunteers, teachers 

Date: school year 


Audience: High School Students (freshmen-Senior) 

Project or Activity: Teen Leadership Program

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Core Curriculum 

Inputs: 4-H Agent, 4-H Adult Volunteers, teachers 

Date: school year (September - April) Monthly



Success Stories

4-H Teen Summit 2022

Author: Jennifer Cole

Major Program: Leadership

4-H Teen Summit 2022

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 impreative 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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Pulaski County 4-H Breaks a Leg

Author: Erica Spurgeon

Major Program: Communications and Expressive Arts

Pulaski County 4-H Breaks a Leg

According to the National Council on the Arts, students who have art-rich experiences do better across-the-board academically, and they also become more active and engaged citizens, voting, volunteering, and generally participating at higher rates than their peers.In April of 2022, Pulaski County 4-H agents, Jennifer Cole and Erica Spurgeon, brought Missoula Children’s Theatre (MTC) in for a week-long residency. MTC has been touring for nearly 50 years from Montana all the way to Japan.MTC

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KY 4-H Teen Conference 2022

Author: Erica Spurgeon

Major Program: Leadership

KY 4-H Teen Conference 2022

The 98th Annual Kentucky 4-H Teen Conference was held at the University of Kentucky June 14-17, 2022. The objectives of Kentucky 4-H Teen Conference are: develop leadership and teamwork skills, improve communication skills, foster civic engagement, expand knowledge and skills related to 4-H core content areas, gain club, county and state 4-H program skills, have fun, create a sense of belonging, expand social skills through networking, develop youth-adult partnerships, and become acquainted with

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Missoula Children's Theater Comes Back to Pulaski!

Author: Jennifer Cole

Major Program: Communications and Expressive Arts

According to the National Council on the Arts, students who have art-rich experiences do better across-the-board academically, and they also become more active and engaged citizens, voting, volunteering, and generally participating at higher rates than their peers.In April of 2022, Pulaski County 4-H agents Jennifer Cole and Erica Spurgeon brought Missoula Children’s Theatre (MTC) in for a week-long residency. MTC has been touring for nearly 50 years from Montana all the way to Japan.MTC a

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