Extension
It Starts With Us
Leadership
Leadership
Carissa Miske (4-H)
Youth Engagement Leadership Program (YELP)
Community Leadership Development
Leadership
Financial Education - General
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.
-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
-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
-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
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
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
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
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
