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Letcher County CES

Title:
4-H Leadership
MAP:
4-H Leadership
Agents Involved:
Crystal Smith, Lee Adams (Assistant)
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
4-H Family and Consumer Science Core Curriculum
Situation:

Leadership is a needed and important program. The Cooperative Extension Service provides opportunities to youth and families to help improve their leadership ability and create most positive futures. Leadership opportunities for youth create a setting that reduces the access of youth to risk factors that can negatively impact their success.


Basic leadership knowledge and skills are essential for success in almost any field. The skills associated with leadership are necessary when working in a group or communicating with other.

Long-Term Outcomes:

Youth will serve as teen and adult leaders in their communities, community organizations, and as mentors for younger youth.

Youth will identify and address critical issues that impact the community.

Youth will use leadership and communications skills needed to be successful in the workplace on a daily basis.

Intermediate Outcomes:

Youth will demonstrate leadership, teamwork and communication skills in their day to day lives.

Youth will utilize leadership skills learned during their time in 4-H clubs, activities and other venues with 4-H and other community organizations.

Senior 4-H members will become leaders or co-leaders of a 4-H project blub, day camp or other project based group of younger 4-H members.

Youth will indicate increased awareness of diversity issues in their community and person lives.

Initial Outcomes:

Youth will learn the communication, leadership and procedural skills that will allow them to run a meeting.

Youth will increase their knowledge about leadership and how to be an effective leader, team player and communicator.

Youth will learn about leadership styles and will be able to identify positive and negative leadership characteristics.

Youth will learn about diversity and will demonstrate inclusivity.

Youth will acquire decision making skills and gain an appreciation for civic engagement.

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Youth will learn to communicate and learn how to run meetings and gain and appreciate civic engagement.

Indicator: 4-H Curriculum

Method: Evaluation

Timeline: 2019-2020


Intermediate Outcome: Youth will demonstrate team work and communicate in their daily lives. They will utilize skills learned in 4-H clubs and community and civic activities.

Indicator: 4-H Curriculum

Method: Evaluation

Timeline: 2019-2020


Long-term Outcome: Youth serve as teen and adult leaders in their community and as mentors for younger youth.

Indicator: 4-H Curriculum

Method: Evaluation

Timeline: 2019-2020

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: 7-12 grades

Project or Activity: STC, 4-H Preteen Club, 4-H Teen Club

Content or Curriculum: Unlock Your Leadership Potential

Inputs: Agent, Assistants, Volunteers, Specialists, community partners

Date: 2019-2020


Audience: Youth ages 8-19

Project or Activity: Horse Club

Content or Curriculum: 4 H Horse curriculum

Inputs: 4 H Agent and volunteers

Date: 2019-2020


Audience: Youth ages 7-19

Project or Activity: Rabbit Club

Content or Curriculum: 4 H Rabbit curriculum

Inputs: 4 H Agent and volunteers

Date: 2019-2020





Success Stories

Whitesburg Middle School Girls Positive Self Esteem Club

Author: Crystal Smith

Major Program: 4-H Leadership Core Curriculum

Girls positive self esteem club what do we do in a GPS club you might be asking and why is this only for girls? The club began in 2018 at Whitesburg Middle School. I was approached by students and the Family Resource Youth School Coordinator from Whitesburg Middle School. The youth had various reason that they wanted this to be a 4-H club and the first being we know the leadership skills that we learned early on through 4-H when we start being active with your program in the 3rd grade. 4-H has g

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Kentucky 4-H Leadership Boot Camp

Author: Crystal Smith

Major Program: 4-H Leadership Core Curriculum

Kentucky 4-H Leadership Boot Camp Program Year: 2019-2020Kentucky 4-H aims to engage youth through hands-on experiences where they can build leadership competencies at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. The Kentucky 4-H State Teen Council, Fashion Leadership Board, Performing Arts Troupe, Shooting Sports Teen Ambassador Board, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Academy, and the Science, Engineering and Technology Leadership Board provide experiences for senior 4-H&rs

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Kentucky Volunteer Forum

Author: Crystal Smith

Major Program: 4-H Volunteer Programming

4-H youth development programs depend adult volunteers to promote, provide extension, and run extension programs. Extension provides extensive educational materials and opportunties for adult volunteers to learn and become certified volunteers through various program areas. 4-H is about positive youth development but witout the volunteers in programs it would not be possible to provide all of the positive youth development. 2020 Kentucky Volunteer Forum gave 1138 volunteers the opportunity to do

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