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Lee County CES

Title:
Leadership
MAP:
Leadership
Agents Involved:
Carissa Miske (4-H)
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Youth Engagement Leadership Program (YELP)
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Community Leadership Development
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Leadership
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
Financial Education - General
Situation:

Research shows that effective leadership is one factor necessary for success within today’s communities and organizations. In the Kentucky Extension Community Assessment Report for 2019, community vitality was high on the list for Lee County. The community was surveyed, the results showed that leadership was lacking in Lee County. Knowing one’s own leadership skills and characteristics is a critical starting point; without intrapersonal leadership knowledge, it is difficult to understand what effective leadership looks like within an interpersonal, organizational or community context. While there are many leadership development programs in Kentucky, few, if any, are based on theoretically-grounded models of leadership development. There is a need to provide both resources and research-based leadership curriculum regarding personal leadership knowledge and skills for today’s local community members and their groups.

Long-Term Outcomes:

-The base of potential community or organizational leaders will be broader and more diverse (e.g., age, race, gender) 

-The number of locally initiated projects will increase over a defined period of time                                                     


-Program participants serve as leadership trainers and/or mentors for others 

-Extension agents are equipped to empower clientele by conducting leadership development programs

Intermediate Outcomes:

-Participants are more active as informal community leaders 

-Participants take on formal organizational leadership roles 

-Participants take on formal community leadership roles 

-Participants initiate collaborations and coalitions with other leaders 

-Increased implementation of leadership development practices by Extension agents within county programming

Initial Outcomes:

-Basic understanding of the foundations of leadership development and its applications in intrapersonal, interpersonal, organizational and community contexts 

-Skills and knowledge on becoming more effective leaders 

-Develop more adequate perceptions of leadership due to training opportunities for organizational and community leaders 

-Extension agents develop a basic understanding of how to implement leadership development into county programming

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Learn correct, research-based information.

Indicator:Number of participants reporting change in knowledge.

Method: Meetings/evaluations/surveys 

Timeline:2021-2022


Intermediate Outcome: Practice/demonstrate how to be an effective leader

Indicator:Number of participants reporting change in knowledge.

Method:Meetings/evaluations/surveys 

Timeline:2021-2022


Long-term Outcome: Teach others how to be a good leader

Indicator:Number of participants reporting change in knowledge.

Method:Meetings/evaluations/surveys 

Timeline:2021-2022

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: 4-H youth

Project or Activity: 4-H Middle School Club

Content or Curriculum: Leadership development, parliamentary procedures 

Inputs: Agents/4-H Volunteer

Date:2021-2023


Audience: Youth/Adults

Project or Activity: County Council Field Day

Content or Curriculum: Programs and educational demonstrations by Extension personal and community leaders

Inputs: Agents and specialist, community leaders

Date: 2021-2022


Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: Observing Council 

Content or Curriculum: Learning leadership skills, parliamentary procedures, and the function of leaders. 

Inputs: Agents and specialist, community leaders

Date: 2021-2023



Audience: Youth

Project or Activity: Reality Store

Content or Curriculum: Money Management

Inputs: Agents and leaders

Date: 2023


Audience: 4-H Youth

Project or Activity: 4-H Camp

Content or Curriculum: Leadership Development 

Inputs: Agents and Teens

Date: 2022



Success Stories

4-H Camp : Positive Impacts That Last A Lifetime

Author: Carissa Miske

Major Program: Camping

A typical 4-day 4-H Camp session offers upwards of 70 hours of direct, uninterrupted contact between youth and their cabin leaders/counselors.  That’s the equivalent of a family sitting down at the dinner table for 30-minutes, 160 days of the year.  The interactions offered in a residential camp/group living setting is so important to youth, especially considering the isolation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The time we spend with youth in the camp setting offers oppor

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Improving Our Community Through Citizen Science

Author: Carissa Miske

Major Program: Community Vitality and Leadership – 4-H Youth Development

Numerous observations have been made concerning illegal dumping of trash alongside roads and streams near the Kentucky River in Lee County. As these issues continue to rise, so does the demand for more civic engagement projects and the teaching of environmental education among the community. The Lee County 4-H Teen Club wanted to create an educational program explaining the importance of clean waterways in Lee County. Based on their observations they found numerous examples of illegal dumping an

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