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Title:
Developing leadership skills- youth NEW
MAP:
Leadership Development & Community Engagement
Agents Involved:
Cole, Spurgeon
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



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Major Program: Leadership

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Major Program: Science, Engineering, and Technology

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Author: Erica Spurgeon

Major Program: Leadership

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