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Leadership 4-H Core Curriculum
Developing leadership and volunteer skills for engagement with community, country and world.
Samantha Gamblin, Paul Adkins, Lorilee George
4-H Youth Development Programming
4-H Family and Consumer Science Core Curriculum
4-H Health Core Curriculum
4-H Communications and Expressive Arts Core Curriculum
Leadership is a needed and important programming emphasis in Kentucky 4-H. 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 & skills are essential for success in almost any field. The skills associated with leadership are necessary when working in a group or communicating with others. Employers look for leadership skills in the persons they hire. Developing leadership in the youth and adults who are involved in the 4-H program is a priority. By assisting the development of leadership skills in today’s youth, we improve their ability to face the challenges of tomorrow.
(Unlock Your Leadership Potential, University of Florida)
The development of life skills [such as leadership ] allows youth to cope with their environment by making responsible decisions, having a better understanding of their values, and being better able to communicate and get along with others.
4-H members gain the needed leadership skills that will allow them to serve as teen and adult leaders in their communities and in community organizations.
4-H members will learn how to identify and address critical issues that impact the community 4-H members will gain the necessary teamwork, leadership and communications skills needed to be successful in the workplace.
4-H members use acquired skills to teach programs, mentor younger youth and act as young leaders in their communities.
4-H members serve on the boards and planning committees of community organizations.
4-H members engage in community based service projects selected to address identified needs.
4-H members will demonstrate leadership, teamwork and communication skills in their day to day lives.
4-H club participants learn the communication, leadership and procedural skills that will allow them to run a meeting.
4-H members increase their knowledge about leadership and how to be an effective leader, team player and communicator.
4-H members will learn about leadership styles and will be able to identify positive and negative leadership characteristics.
4-H members will learn about diversity and will demonstrate inclusivity.
4-H members will acquire decision making skills and gain an appreciation for civic engagement.
4-H members will learn how to set appropriate, attainable goals.
Long Term Outcome: 4-H Youth will develop and implement life skills in their environment
Indicator: Program participation, 4-H Club Participation, community participation
Method: Surveys, Personal Observation, 4-H Involvement
Timeline: Ongoing
Intermediate Outcome: 4-H youth will develop leadership and life skills by participating in 4-H clubs, events, after school programming, school clubs, leadership conference and community activities.
Indicator: 4-H enrollment in clubs
Method: Project books, survey, pre and post evaluations
Timeline: Ongoing
Initial Outcome: Members will learn a new life skill.
Indicator: Youth will participate in project books, achievement program, district, state events
Method: Registration, enrollment, survey, pre and post test
Timeline: Ongoing
Initial Outcome: Members will learn new leadership and life-skills
Indicator: Youth will become more active in the school or community
Method: Registration, enrollment, pre/post survey, adviser evaluation
Timeline: Fall 2019-Spring 2020
4-H School Enrichment Programs
4-H After School Programs
4-H Day and Summer Camps
Bullitt County 4-H Volunteering
Bullitt County 4-H Teens, Grades 9-12
Bullitt County 4-H Cloverbuds Under 9 years of Age
Bullitt County 4-H Youth, Grades 4-8
Bullitt County 4-H Homeschool groups
Bullitt County Chamber of Commerce
Bullitt County 4-H Environmental Groups
Bullitt County 4-H Leadership and Citizenship Academy
Author: Paul Adkins
Major Program: 4-H Leadership Core Curriculum
As our society becomes more globalized it is imperative that as non-formal educators we provide opportunities for youth to engage in activities that will expand their worldview and global mindset. In 2019, Kentucky 4-H hosted 38 youth and 3 adult chaperones from the Japanese LABO Program and South Korea 4-H through the States’ 4-H International Program for the summer inbound home-stay. The University of Kentucky Extension district 3 hosted 9 of the delegates and chaperones.Japanese and Sou
Author: Samantha Gamblin
Major Program: 4-H Family and Consumer Science Core Curriculum
Learning to sew is a real-life engineering and construction project. Clinical studies have found that students who learned to sew a simple project showed elevated creativity after the activity. In addition, these individuals who learn to sew may also be developing skills for a fulfilling, stress-relieving hobby. Bullitt County had many youth who were interested in learning to sew. 4-H planned with homemakers to offer a 4-H Sewing Camp during the summer and no school days. After meeting the youth
Author: Paul Adkins
Major Program: 4-H Leadership Core Curriculum
Adolescence is an important time for leadership growth. Increasing leadership in adolescence can reinforce self-esteem and be a catalyst for flourishing adulthood. Yet many adolescents are never offered the chance to act as leaders (Karagianni & Montgomery, 2017). The Bullitt County Cooperative Extension Service and Bullitt County 4-H Youth Development provides a number of teen leadership development opportunities for involvement in after-school or summer programs and plans to grow this
Author: Paul Adkins
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). 4-H youth development programs and other program areas within Extension depend heavily on adult volunteers and provide extensive education to volunteer
