Whitley County CES

Title:

Youth, Adults, & Families

MAP:

Personal Growth & Leadership Development

Agents Involved:

Robinson, Daniels, Moses, Dengel, Coffey

MAJOR PROGRAM 1:

4-H Youth Development Programming

MAJOR PROGRAM 2:

Communications and Expressive Arts 4-H Core Curriculum

MAJOR PROGRAM 3:

Health 4-H Core Curriculum

MAJOR PROGRAM 4:

Science, Engineering and Technology 4-H Core Curriculum

Situation:

The average high school graduation rate of the three school systems is 97%. The county Twenty four percent of the county's 2010 census population of 35,637 is under the age of 18.According to recent data, 33% of the population is under the poverty level.
Youth and adults both need to gain skills and knowledge to assist them to have a greater understanding of their roles in improving themselves and their community. They need a better understanding of developing teamwork with their peers, better youth-adult partnerships, successfully resolve issues, and continually seek self improvement. Lifelong education and partnering is the key to helping themselves as well as their communities.

Long-Term Outcomes:

Youth, adults, and family members have increased self confidence, social & communication skills and self worth to become contributing members of society with the abilities to work with others to reach common goals.

Intermediate Outcomes:

Youth and adults will practice communication, life, and leadership skills .

Initial Outcomes:

Youth, adults, and families understand the importance of increasing their self confidence and self worth as they improve their life skills to being willing to accept and grow with change.

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Youth realize program resources that improve personal life skills.
Indicator: Youth exhibit skills presented thru club meetings by participating in reinforcing events.
Method: Displaying usage of skills and resources thru participation of related events that utilize score sheets and participation.
Timeline: 2016 - 2020'

Intermediate Outcome: More confident and organized preparation for events.
Indicator: Youth and adults display improved skills thru increased, repetitive, and better preparedness for event participation.
Method:
Timeline:

Long-term Outcome: Youth and adults exhibit life skills on a daily basis.
Indicator: Youth and adults have more confidence, better communication and social skills.
Method: Observation/survey of program participants in future extension and community events.
Timeline: 2017 and beyond.

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Middle School/High School youth

Project or Activity: SET(GPS, Rocketry, Robotics)

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum, LEGO resources

Inputs: Volunteers

Date: August-June

Audience: 4-H club members & other youth

Project or Activity: Speech

Content or Curriculum: 4-H curriculum

Inputs: Teachers, volunteers, agent

Date:  Spring

Audience: 4-H club members

Project or Activity: 4-H Variety Show

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Performing Arts

Inputs: 4-H Council, agent

Date:Spring

Audience: 4-H club members & other youth

Project or Activity: 4-H Demonstrations program

Content or Curriculum: 4-H communications curriculum

Inputs: Teachers, volunteers, agemt

Date: Spring

Audience: 4-H club members

Project or Activity: 4-H Bee Keeping Essay Program

Content or curriculum: American Bee Keeping Federation & National Honey Board & Whitley County Bee Keepers Association

Inputs: Teachers, Whitley County Bee Keepers, & county 4-H council

Date: December - January

Audience: 4-H Club members

Project or Activity: 4-H Poster contest

Content or curriculum: 4-H Arts & 4-H Poster project manuel

Inputs: county 4-H council & agent

Date: October - National 4-H Week

Audience: Middle & High school 4-H age youth, adult volunteer leaders

Project or activity: Teen Summit, Teen Conference, Issues Conference

Content or curriculum: 4-H Leadership Curriculum

Input: 4-H Council, Agent

Date: November, March, June

Audience: 4-H Club members

Project or Activity: County and State Fair

Content or Curriculum: State 4-H specialists, Kentucky State Fair Catalogue, 4-H project books, county fair board, 4-H council

Input: County 4-H council, county fair board

Date: July, August

Audience:4-H project and events champions

Project or activity: annual awards program

Content or Curriculum: County 4-H council

Input: County 4-H council, previous participants

Date: August/September

Audience:4-H & community youth, adults

Project or activity: ATV Safety

Content or curriculum: National 4-H council,

Input: 4-H council, local ATV dealerships

Date: summer, October

Audience:4-H camp age youth

Project or Activity: 4-H camp

Content or curriculum: UK 4-H resources, American Camping Association

Input: Volunteers, counselors, campers, camp staff, agents

Date: June

Audiencce:5th grade students

Project or Activity: My Government program

Content or curriculum: Leadership, Government Unit IV project book

Input: Teachers, community/government leaders, students, agent

Date: February - March

Audience: 4th grade 4-H club members

Project or Activity: Exploring My Community

Content or Curriculum: community resources, My Community government project book

Input: teachers, students community resource leaders

Date: October

Audience: 4-H and other youth

Project or Activity: 4-H Horse club

Content or Curriculum: 4-H Horse program

Input: leaders, youth, district & state horse councils, state 4-H program leader

Date: Year-round

Audience: Teens

Project or Activity: YELP Arts

Content or Curriculum: YELP

Inputs: Fine Arts Agent, 4-H agent, Volunteers, Locally trained Artists, teens, local businesses, community leaders

Date: Ongoing

Audience: Community Fine Arts Leaders

Project or Activity: Extension Fine Arts Council meetings

Content or Curriculum: Program Council

Inputs: Fine Arts Agent, Council Members

Date:Ongoing

Audience: Community Organizations, Residents

Project or Activity: Bicycle Coalition

Content or Curriculum: Leadership and Community Planning Materials

Inputs: Agents

Date: Ongoing

Audience: Residents

Project or Activity: Community Cycling Events

Content or Curriculum: Leadership Materials

Inputs: Agents, Resident Volunteers, Community Organizations

Date: Ongoing

Audience: Local/Community Support/Resource Organizations

Project or Activity: Interagency Meetings

Content or Curriculum:

Inputs: Agents

Date: TBA

Audience: Whitley County School Teachers

Project or Activity: Professional Development for Art Teachers

Content or Curriculum: Fine Arts Classes

Inputs: Fine Arts agent

Date: ongoing

Audience: Whitley County residents and Master Gardener’s

Project or Activity: Gardener’s Toolbox

Content or Curriculum: Various gardening activities

Inputs: Horticulture, FCS, Ag, and Fine Arts agents; Demonstration garden; Extension facilities

Date: 2017

Audience: Established and Aspiring Beekeepers

Project or Activity: Monthly meetings and Southeast KY Bee school

Content or Curriculum: peer to peer knowledge transfer and specialists delivering talks

Inputs: Beekeepers, specialists, Horticulture and ANR agents, and McCreary County CES, Kentucky Dept of Agriculture

Date: Monthly Meetings and School held yearly

Audience: Youth interested in gardening

Project or Activity: Junior Master Gardeners

Content or Curriculum: Junior Master Gardener's Curriculum

Inputs: Curriculum, 4-H and Horticulture agents, materials for projects

Date: 2017-2018

Audience: Professionals and Farmers interested in improving their productivity

Project or Activity: “Productivity” Group Meetings

Content or Curriculum: Support group that gives help to each other to become more productive and increase quality of life by discussing “tips and tricks” that each member uses.

Inputs: Reading materials, You and Me Coffee and Tea, Horticulture Agent

Date: 2016 – 2018

Audience: FFA and High School Ag students

Project or Activity: Beekeeping, Grafting, and Pruning

Content or Curriculum: UK publications and local knowledge

Inputs: Beekeepers, Horticulture Agent, Ag teachers, grafting materials, pruning materiels

Date: 2016-2020