Empowering Community & Extension LeadersPlan of Work

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Ballard County CES

Title:
Empowering Community & Extension Leaders
MAP:
Ballard County Leadership, Community and Economic Development
Agents Involved:
PJ, FCS
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Empowering Community Leaders (general)
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Kentucky Extension Leadership Development (KELD): Developing Core Leadership Skills
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
Champion Food Volunteers
Situation:

Building the capacity of volunteer leaders is critical for the sustainability of communities that support and strengthen families. Family and Consumer Sciences Extension is committed to engaging, educating, and empowering local citizens to investigate issues, make responsible decisions, and take ownership of solutions.

Long-Term Outcomes:

Ballard County's health and economy are strengthened through strong local organizational leadership.


Community problems are solved through active engaged local leaders.

Intermediate Outcomes:

Implementation of leadership practices designed to improve successful accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives.


Employing effective practices designed to increase community support for improving community quality of life.


Initial Outcomes:

Developing skills and knowledge designed to improve personal leadership capacity

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Ballard Countians increase knowledge and skills in personal leadership

Indicator: number of people who indicate a change in knowledge and skills

Method: Pre and Post test

Timeline: Homemaker Leader Training in August  & other training throughout

the program year


Intermediate Outcome: Implement leadership practices designed to improve successful accomplishment of organizational goals and objectives.

Indicator: the number of people who:

-practice personal leadership skills in clubs, and community outreach

-improved skills in communication, problem solving, or group

process in addressing organizational issues and needs

-apply skills to assess needs, develop programs and implement

solutions for community problems

Method: observation at leader led programs, activities and events

Timeline: organizational leader training throughout program year, July

-June 


Long-term Outcome: Community problems are solved through active engaged local

leaders

Indicator: number of problems solved

Method: observation

Timeline: 6 months after implementation plans are initiated

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Ballard County Extension Homemakers

Project or Activity: Annual Leader Training

Content or Curriculum: KEHA

Inputs: KEHA power point, Kim Henken

Date: August


Audience: Ballard County Extension Homemaker Lesson Leaders

Project or Activity: Monthly Learning Session

Content or Curriculum: FCS

Inputs: District FCS agents, Specialist, Homemaker Leaders, Extension Office

Date: August  - May 


Audience: COMPASS Ballard County's Healthy Direction Coalition

Project or Activity: Quarterly meetings

Content or Curriculum: Promoting Ballard County Community Health

Inputs: Purchase District Health Dept. Cooperative Extension Agents, Purchase Area Health Connections Coalition,

Date: Quarterly


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Success Stories

District 7 4-H Horse Leadership

Author: Paula Jerrell

Major Program: Community Engagement

District Seven 4-H volunteers work tirelessly to benefit district horse club members.  Volunteers evaluate previous year's events then work to plan and organize for the next year.  Due to low participation with horse camp after 40 years, the volunteers decided to go with horse day clinics to reach various audiences with the best available trainers or clinicians.  So far they have offered a showmanship and horsemanship clinic, a barrel clinic and a ranch clinic with a hunt seat

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volunteer leadership

Author: Paula Jerrell

Major Program: 4-H Volunteer Programming

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).

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