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Oldham County CES

Title:
Life Skills Development
MAP:
Life Skills Development
Agents Involved:
Kelly Woods
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
4-H Family and Consumer Science Core Curriculum
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Master Clothing Volunteer
Situation:

How we live life is ever-changing but learning basic life skills is still as important as ever. Learning to practice healthy habits, select clothing to emphasize one’s best appearance, create and live within a budget, prepare nutritious meals safely, nurture children, create a safe and pleasant home environment, practice common courtesies, and form relationships with others—all of these skills are basic to everyday life. Many schools no longer include family and consumer sciences classes in the curriculum. Reality is that today’s youth and adults are busier than ever. Many of these basic life skills are not consistently taught at home or at school.

Situations have been identified through County Extension Council, program councils and community issues activities and feedback. Extension Council reviewed and prioritized several top county issues that Extension can address through programs: Family Development & Cultivating Family Living; Financial Skills; and Beginning Farmer and Self Reliance Skills. Character Education was ranked at the top of the list.

Oldham County population has remained relatively flat over the last few years and is currently at 61,412. Unemployment rose from 3.0% in 2000 to 8.6% in 2009 and is currently at 6.6%. The poverty rate rose from 4.4% in 2000 to 6.4% in 2011, and the child poverty rate rose from 5.3% to 8.0% from 2000 to 2011. (UK CEDIK data)


Long-Term Outcomes:

Participants will teach others acquired skills, helping build community stability.

Intermediate Outcomes:

Participants will apply skills learned to reach individual goals and strengthen family stability.

Initial Outcomes:

Participants learn new skills that support personal and family growth.

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Activity: Reality Store

Audience: Freshman (South Oldham High & Oldham County High)and Juniors (North Oldham High School)

Content or Curriculum: It's Your Reality

Inputs: Rotary Clubs Participation, Funding from Oldham County Schools and Metro United Way, Extension Staff and Volunteers, Oldham County Health Department, Oldham County Library

Date: September 2019- North Oldham High; March 2020 for Oldham County High;  and April 2020 for South Oldham High school


Audience: Adults interested in improving sewing skills

Activity: Come Sew with Us Sewing classes

Content or Curriculum: Economical sewing projects

Inputs: Master Clothing Volunteer 

Date: Fourth Monday Evening September - April





Success Stories

Chef School

Author: Kelly Woods

Major Program: 4-H Family and Consumer Science Core Curriculum

4-H Chef Schools enabled 30 middle school students to master the art of food preparation.  The knowledge to prepare their own food builds confidence and fosters curiosity to get creative in the kitchen, building a lifelong habit of healthier eating.   Not to mention the development of life skills such as communication, teamwork and problem solving.  Chef School was an eight hour session with middle schools students focused on advanced food preparation skills.  The last sessio

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Project Nights

Author: Kelly Woods

Major Program: 4-H Leadership Core Curriculum

Skill and leadership development in our young people is the foundation of the 4-H program.  The Oldham County 4-H Council established 4-H Project Nights, the events were established as a community outreach, club networking and an opportunity for current 4-H members to develop leadership and teaching skills.  The leadership and teaching experiences in addition to the citizenship sessions were a welcomed addition to the members 4-H Achievement Applications.   The 4-H Council pl

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Building Communication Skills During a Pandemic

Author: Kelly Woods

Major Program: 4-H Communications and Expressive Arts Core Curriculum

Public speaking skills are ranked number one among the skill sets of professionals. Other guiding factors for developing public speaking skills include leadership development, increased self- confidence, and ability to accept feedback.   (University of California, 4-H Presentation Manual, revised 2016) Oldham County 4-H involved over 225 members in the 4-H Public Speaking program. Extension staff presented workshops focused on effective writing and presentations skills.   At LaGra

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NTI and Porch Project Outreach

Author: Kelly Woods

Major Program: 4-H Agriculture Core Curriculum AND Natural Resources

Oldham County schools closed on Monday, March 16, 2020 due to the COVID 19 Pandemic and moved directly into the world of NTI (Non-Traditional Instruction).  Non-traditional instruction looked very different from school to school. Teachers were now trying to figure out how to make learning possible online where students do not have access to the internet or to computers at home. For several schools this meant developing packets of school work with some being delivered directly to student hom

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Oldham County Extension and Library Partner to Provide Summer Reading Porch Projects

Author: Kelly Woods

Major Program: 4-H Agriculture Core Curriculum AND Natural Resources

After the tremendous success of the Oldham County 4-H Porch Project outreach, Oldham County Extension and the Oldham County Library partnered to provide 500 Porch Projects each week June 3 thru July 22 to all Oldham County residents as a part of the Summer Reading Program.  Each week projects were distributed at the Extension office and two other library branch locations.  In addition projects were delivered to summer feeding sites and food banks.  A total of 3000 Porch Projects w

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