Empowering Community & Extension Leaders

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:

PJ, SD

MAJOR PROGRAM 1:

Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association

MAJOR PROGRAM 2:

Build Engaged and Empowered Communities – 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 & other training throughout
the 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
-June

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

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 - May

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:
Project or Activity:

Date:

Success Stories

Upcycling Denim Class

Author: Sarah Drysdale

Major Program: Master Clothing Volunteer

The Purchase Area Master Clothing Volunteers taught a series of Upcycling sewing classes this summer in Graves county and Calloway county. The Junior 4-H Upcycling class in Graves County was a two day event were young 4-Her's ages 9 to 14 created three projects from denim. There were twelve youth, ten girls and two boys, that participated. This was a first time for the majority using a sewing machine. The Graves county 4-H sewing club gained two new members from this class and Calloway