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Community Leadership Development
Developing leadership and volunteer skills for engagement with community, country and world.
Ruth Chowning, Samantha Gamblin, Paul Adkins, Lorilee George
Kentucky Extension Leadership Development (KELD): Developing Core Leadership Skills
Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Facilitation Training
Empowering Community Leaders (general)
According to the Corporation for National and Community Service, about 62.6 million Americans, or 25.4 percent of the adult population, gave 7.7 billion hours of volunteer service worth $173 billion in 2013. This estimate helps acknowledge the millions of individuals who dedicate their time, talents, and energy to making a difference. It is very difficult to put a dollar value on volunteer time. Volunteers provide many intangibles that cannot be easily quantified. For example, volunteers demonstrate the amount of support an organization has within a community, provide work for short periods of time, and provide support on a wide range of projects. Bullitt County Extension Service depends upon volunteer leaders to assist in its goal of serving the community.
Creating a culture of giving back to their communities through leadership roles serves the multi-purpose process of personal empowerment, community development and helps to ensure a new generation of involved, volunteers. With increasing dropout rates and escalating poverty concerns, providing youth with these valuable skills and attitudes can break negative generational patterns and prepare youth to assume leadership roles today and tomorrow.
As volunteer leaders are equipped with new skills through personal development, the opportunity for organizations that are volunteer driven to become stronger will increase allowing them to better serve the needs of the people.
Program area councils and CEC members will take an active role in training of new members
Extension volunteers will take an active role in leadership of their program. Extension volunteer organizations will increase membership.
Council members become aware of Extension’s mission and come to rely on its resources to meet needs.
Community problems are solved through active engaged local leaders.
Extension will maintain its programs to serve the needs of the community.
Acquisition of life skills needed by young people to reach their full potential as individuals and as members of their communities
FCS Council will recruit and develop members
Homemakers will establish and conduct programs
Program area council and CEC members will assist in training and recruiting of new members
Practice personal leadership skills in clubs, schools and community organizations
Volunteer leaders will continue to assist Extension Service. More people become involved with programs’ goals.
More youth succeed in FFA competitions.
Youth gain confidence in leadership skills necessary to become competitive in the current job market.
KEHA new leaders increase knowledge and skills in personal leadership
KEHA and FCS Advisory Council members increase knowledge and skills in organizational leadership
Individuals seek to become more effective leaders.
Individuals are recognized for their commitment to volunteerism.
Youth serve in volunteer roles creating a sense of belonging.
Intermediate Outcome: FCS Council will recruit and develop members
Indicator: number of new members on council, attendance of members to Bullitt County Leadership
Method: roster and attendance, membership report
Timeline: June 2019- July 2020 RC
Initial Outcome: new KEHA leaders will gain confidence and knowledge in personal leadership
Indicator: leaders will verbalize and demonstrate leadership of County program
Method: planning day, self report, number of leaders involved and observation
Timeline: July 2019, May 2020 RC
Outcome: Number of youth and adults who demonstrate increased volunteerism
Indicator: Number of youth volunteers who participate in assisting Extension programs.
Number of Volunteers who apply to serve in Council.
Method: Numbers volunteering in programs compared to previous year. Agent’s observations
Timeline: July to June
Audience: Homemakers
Project or Activity: Program Planning & Kick-off for Homemaker year
Curriculum: KELD, UK/KEHA Leadership materials
Inputs: FCS Agent, FCS Asst., Volunteer Homemaker leaders
Date: August- September 2019 RC
Audience: Homemakers
Project or Activity: County Chairman events & Training
Curriculum: UK pubs, KEHA organizational guidelines, program of work,
Inputs: FCS Agent, Hmkr leaders
Date: July 2019- June 2020 RC
Audience: Homemakers
Project or Activity: County Annual Day; State meeting
Curriculum: Leadership Dev ; Organizational guidelines
Inputs: FCS Agents, UK & KEHA curriculum
Date: May 2020 RC
Audience: Louisville Area Homemakers
Project or Activity: Area Hmkr Councils
Content or Curriculum: UK pubs, Roberts Rules of Order
Inputs: Lou. Area FCS Agents, volunteer leaders
Date: December 2019- April 2020 RC
Audience: Louisville Area Homemakers
Project or Activity: Area Annual Day
Curriculum: UK and KEHA organizational guidelines
Inputs: FCS Agents, UK & KEHA curriculum
Date: June 2020 RC
Audience: FCS Council & Camp; members on CEC/DBd
Project or Activity: FCS Council meetings
Content or Curriculum: UK pubs, Roberts Rules of Order
Inputs: FCS Agent, volunteer leaders
Date: July 2019- June 2020 RC
Audience: High School students
Project or Activity: Enhancing communication skills
Content or Curriculum: Youth exhibitors and speakers
Inputs: Youth Farm Field Day, Farm Safety Day, Ag Council , County Fair
Date: Spring
Audience: Elementary Students
Project or Activity: Communication skills
Content or Curriculum: Maintaining a garden journal
Inputs: School garden, journal, writing curriculum
Date: January through November
Audience: Public
Project or Activity: Marketing Extension to Community
Content or Curriculum: Open House
Inputs: District Board, CEC leaders, program leaders
Date:
Audience: recipients of program newsletters
Project or Activity: : Marketing Extension to Community
Content or Curriculum: monthly newsletter
Inputs: Current events and ag information
Date: monthly
Audience: Volunteers
Project or Activity: How to conduct meetings
Content or Curriculum: Leadership and parliamentary procedure training
Inputs: CEC SEAL Materials
Date: When needed
Audience: General Population/ Homemakers/ Louisville Area Homemakers
Project or Activity: Area Homemaker Leader lesson/ leadership retreat
Content or Curriculum: Creative Stitchery and Leadership
Inputs: UK pub, leader lesson, FCS Agent, FCS Asst
Date: October 2019 RC
Audience: Public
Project or Activity: Community Leadership Development
Content or Curriculum: Finding new leadership
Inputs:Volunteers
Date:August
Audience:Public, members of various agencies
Project or Activity: Community Leadership Development
Content or Curriculum: Importance of Cooperation between Farm Agencies in the County
Inputs:Members of various Farm Agencies
Date:August
Author: Ruth Chowning
Major Program: Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
According to the Corporation for National and Community Civic Engagement, volunteerism is the cornerstone of a strong nation. Building the capacity of volunteer leaders within counties is critical for the sustainability of a community infrastructure that supports long term commitment to strengthen families. To cultivate these leaders in Bullitt County, Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Extension is very active with the Bullitt County Homemakers, a division of the Kentucky Extension Homema
Author: Ruth Chowning
Major Program: Arts Engagement
A group of volunteers approached the Bullitt County Family & Consumer Science agent inquiring about further development of the Arts here in the county. As previous members of the Homemaker organization, they were interested in how to establish a Bullitt County Extension Artisan Guild. The first organization meeting was held on December 19th with 13 in attendance. The structure of the Artisan Guild was explained and the constitution was presented. The constitution was adopte
Author: Marlee Kelley
Major Program: Community Leadership Development
The Bullitt County Cooperative Extension office has been without an Agriculture and Natural Resources agent for two years. Since being hired at the start of 2020, the new ANR agent, Marlee Kelley, has conducted or attended Ag Development Council, Cattleman’s Association, Young Farmers, Farm Bureau and Soil Conservation meetings in Bullitt County to promote involvement in extension. Farmers from these organizations, expressed a need for educational programs and the following were condu
Author: Paul Adkins
Major Program: 4-H College and Career Readiness (8-12 Grade Only)
The 2019 Kentucky Extension Community Assessment for Bullitt County Report showed that one of the priority needs for Bullitt County is better youth/adult career readiness skills.The Bullitt County Cooperative Extension Service partnered with Bullitt County Family Court’s Court Designated Worker program to provide career readiness and workforce preparation skills to teenage juvenile offenders. Youth were selected to serve as the first cohort in the 4-H Workforce Preparation for Teens progra
Author: Samantha Gamblin
Major Program: 4-H Leadership Core Curriculum
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