Life Skill Development 2023Plan of Work

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Warren County CES

Title:
Life Skill Development 2023
MAP:
Youth and Families
Agents Involved:
Julie Brown and Janet Turley
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
21st Century Skills (Career & Workplace Development)
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Communications and Expressive Arts
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Family and Consumer Science
Situation:

Extension’s mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of Kentucky citizens through non-formal education for the entire family. Extension agents and volunteers take the results of university research and explain it in such a way that different age groups can learn and apply the information to their own lives.  4-H is a youth organization committed to building outstanding leaders with marketable skills to succeed in today’s global society.  Kentucky consistently lags behind other areas of the United States in key household economic indicators, including: personal income, population living below the poverty line, unemployment, and revolving debt.    

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Audience: Warren County 4-H Members

Project or Activity: 4-H Clubs

Content or Curriculum: Warren County 4-H Club Leader Notebook, project books

Inputs: Volunteers, facilities, 4-H Handbook, promotion items, project books

Date: July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023


Audience: Warren County Youth

Project or Activity:  4-H Career Shadowing Program

Content or Curriculum: Career project book

Inputs: Agent’s Time, business hosts, orientation

Date: October 2022 – March 2023


Audience: Warren County 7th-12th Grade Students

Project or Activity: 4-H Reality Store

Content or Curriculum: Reality Store Curriculum

Inputs: Agent’s Time, volunteer time, facilities, evaluations, information letters, orientation, signs

Date: Fall 2021 – Spring 2022


Audience: Warren County 4th-6th Grade Students

Project or Activity: 4-H Dollars & Sense

Content or Curriculum: Dollars & Sense Curriculum

Inputs: Agent’s Time, volunteer time, facilities, evaluations, information letters, orientation, signs

Date: September 2022 – May 2023


Audience: 4-H Members (5-18 year olds)

Project or Activity: 4-H Communications Program

Content or Curriculum Communication Curriculum

Inputs: Agent’s Time, judges, room leaders, facilities, evaluations, information letters, score sheets, food

Date: July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023


Audience:  High School Students and Parents

Project:   College/Career Readiness

Content or Curriculum: College & Technical School Resources

Inputs:  Agent’s time, College & Technical School Personal, Mass Media

Date: Fall 2022


Audience: 4th -12th grade students

Projects:  Sewing Program

Content or Curriculum:   Sewing Project Books

Inputs:  Volunteer Time, Sewing Curriculum

Dates:  Fall 2022-Spring 2023


Audience:  4th-12th grade students

Projects:  Cooking Program

Content or Curriculum: Teen Cruise, KY Proud Recipes, 4-H Cooking Curriculum, Super Star Chef

Inputs:  Volunteer Time, Cooking Supplies

Dates: July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023


Audience:  6th-12th grade students

Project: Expressive/Fine Arts

Content or Curriculum:  Expressive/Fine Arts Curriculum

Inputs:  Volunteer Time, supplies

Dates:  July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023



Success Stories

Career Readiness at Warren East High School

Author: Kristi Shive

Major Program: Positive Employability

In the 2018 University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension needs assessment study, all 120 counties identified “more qualified employees for existing jobs” as a critical community issue. In response to this critical need, Kristi Shive, Warren County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, began delivering a Career Readiness Program to the high school students at Warren East High School. The program included information on the Top 10 Soft Skills for Success, Communication, How to Build

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Teens Gain Workforce Skills

Author: Janet Turley

Major Program: 21st Century Skills (Career & Workplace Development)

The top five skills that employers look for in prospective employees is communication, leadership, teamwork, interpersonal and learning/adaptability. Unfortunately, iGens (young adults born during the years of 1995-2012) are so heavily immersed in social media that they spend less time practicing these valuable face to face skills. And therefore, are less equipped with the skills needed in the workplace.Fortunately, iGens 4-H members get many opportunities to experience, practice, and hone their

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Social Outcast Joined 4-H and Achieved 4-H Emerald Award

Author: Julie Brown

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

.Ten years ago a socially awkward 9 year old with Asperger’s Syndrome joined 4-H. Prior to joining 4-H, this child felt like an outcast wherever he went, felt that he wasn’t given opportunities other kids got, and wasn’t expected to be a success. This all changed when he joined 4-H. He finally had a place where he had the support to succeed and grow. Fast forward 10 years, this smart, funny and intellectual teenager overcame social barriers and went places he never thought poss

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4-H Camp Benefits Youth and Adults

Author: Julie Brown

Major Program: Camping

A typical 5-day 4-H Camp session offers upwards of 96 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, 192 days of the year. The interactions offered in a residential camp/group living setting is so important to youth. The time we spend with youth in the camp setting offers opport

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