Extension
It Starts With Us
Empowering Community Leaders
Leadership Development
Lovett, Wilson
Kentucky Extension Leadership Development (KELD): Developing Core Leadership Skills
Master Clothing Volunteer
Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Master Gardener
Research shows that effective leadership is one factor necessary for success within today's communities and organizations. 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.
1. The base of potential community or organizational leaders will be broader and more diverse. 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. Pulaski Communities health and economy are strengthened through strong local organizations.
3. Local individuals and groups will increase their knowledge of sewing through the Master Clothing Volunteer Program.
04. KEHA Members will improve their personal leadership, organizational leadership and community leadership skills through individual and group sessions.
5. Master Gardener volunteers will improve their personal leadership in the Master Gardener Association as well as in community projects
Participants are more active as informal community leaders.
Participants take on formal organizational leadership roles
Participants take on formal community leadership roles.
Participants initiate collaboration and coalitions with other leaders
Increased implementation of leadership development practices by Extension agents within county programing.
Basic understanding of the foundations of leadership development and its applications in intrapersonal, interpersonal, organizational and community contests.
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: To develop strong leaders
Indicator: The number of new presidents
Method: KELD Section 1
Timeline: July 2017-June, 2018
Intermediate Outcome: Officer Leadership in Homemakers/Master Gardeners and Community
Indicator: Number of Leaders Developed
Method: Monthly Training
Timeline: July 2017-June 2018
Long-term Outcome: More people sewing
Indicator: More people involved in sewing
Method: Monthly Training Participants
Timeline: July, 2017-June, 2018
Long-term Outcome: More Master Gardeners in leadership roles, attainment of Advanced Master Gardener status
Indicator: classes taught, news articles written, volunteerism
Method: informal survey
Timeline: throughout year 2017-18
Audience: KEHA Members
Project or Activity: Monthly Training
Content or Curriculum from KEHA Suggested Lessons
Inputs: Homemaker Members and Interested Clients
Date: August 28, 2017, Sept 25, 2017, Oct. 23, 2017, Jan. 22, 2018, Feb. 26, 2018, March 26, 2018, April 23, 2018
Audience: Interested Sewing Clients
Project or Activity: Sewing Curriculum
Content or Curriculum:
Inputs: Master Clothing Volunteer, FCS Agent
Date: Monthly 2017-2018 July, August, September, October, November, January, February, March, April, May, June
Audience: Master Gardener Association members
Project or Activity: Monthly meetings
Content or Curriculum: Agendas set by Executive committee and advisor
Inputs: Horticulture Agent
Date: September 2017-May 2018
Author: Trent Adkins
Major Program: Leadership 4-H Core Curriculum
Volunteers play integral roles in 4-H programs, performing a variety of duties, functions, and tasks and possessing varied and rich knowledge, skills, and backgrounds (Radhakrishna & Ewing, 2011). The success of Extension programming is due, in part, to the dedication of a large cadre of volunteers (Smith, Dasher, & Klingborg, 2005). Although highly valued, volunteer involvement does not guarantee achievement of Extension's goals and fulfillment of learners' needs (Bolton, 1992).
