Extension
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Leadership Ballard
Ballard County Leadership, Community and Economic Development
PJ, TM, FCS
Kentucky Extension Leadership Development (KELD): Developing Core Leadership Skills
Leadership
Research shows that effective leadership is one factor necessary for success within today’s communities and organizations. Knowing one’s own leadership skills and characteristics is a critical starting point; without intrapersonal leadership knowledge, it is difficult to understand what effective leadership looks like within an interpersonal, organizational or community context. While there are many leadership development programs in Kentucky, few, if any, are based on theoretically-grounded models of leadership development. There is a need to provide both resources and research –based leadership curriculum regarding personal leadership knowledge and skills for today’s local community members and their groups. The KELD curriculum provides Extension educators with research based leadership development resources focused on the individual, and to utilize with stakeholder groups within local communities and organizations.
*The base of potential community or organizational leaders will be broader and more diverse (e.g., age, race, gender)
* The number of locally initiated projects will increase over a defined period of time
*Program participants serve as leadership trainers and/or mentors for others
*Extension agents are equipped to empower clientele by conducting leadership development programs
*Participants are more active as informal community leaders
*Participants take on formal organizational leadership roles
*Participants take on formal community leadership roles
*Participants initiate collaborations and coalitions with other leaders
* Increased implementation of leadership development practices by Extension agents within county programming.
*Basic understanding of the foundations of leadership development and its applications in intrapersonal, interpersonal, organizational and community contexts
*Skills and knowledge on becoming more effective leaders
*Develop more adequate perceptions of leadership due to training opportunities for organizational and community leaders
*Extension agents develop a basic understanding of how to implement leadership development into county programming
Initial Outcome: Participation in second Leadership Ballard Class
Indicator: number of participants
Method: series of lessons on SWOT, Diversity, Intergenerational Communications, and more
Timeline: September through March
Intermediate Outcome: Improve the overall understanding of leadership and provide the tools to do so.
Indicator: knowledge has improved, confidence has improved, leadership skills have improved, more knowledgeable of generational differences and their own personality as a leader; improved social, manners and etiquette skills
Method: KELD questionnaire; etiquette and manners practice and discussion
Timeline: 1 month following the end of the leadership program.
Long-term Outcome: More young people in leadership roles in the county and communities.
Indicator: newly elected officials, others in leadership roles
Method: election results
Timeline: ongoing
Audience: selected Leadership Ballard participants
Project or Activity: Series of leadership lessons and field trips
Content or Curriculum: KELD, field trips, practice sessions
Inputs: Chamber of Commerce, extension agents and leadership, community leaders
Date: September through April
Audience: Teens
Project or Activity: Leadership Ballard
Content or Curriculum: Step Up To Leadership, Unlock Your Leadership Potential
Inputs: Lessons, community business sponsorship
Date: September through May
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Author: Paula Jerrell
Major Program: Leadership
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2021 Kentucky 4-H Summit could not be implemented in the typical face-to-face format. Kentucky 4-H Program volunteers, members, and professionals decided, based on current events and fundamental developmental needs, that middle school youth needed the opportunity to connect to others and practice their leadership skills through 4-H. If adolescents are to develop the skills necessary for adulthood, they must learn basic skills for everyday life (Carnegie Coun
Author: Paula Jerrell
Major Program: Leadership
As part of a leadership and job shadowing effort, 4-H teens also completed an etiquette training. This was a total extension effort for our youth. First the youth took part in resume and interview skills at their school, then six 4-H youth job shadowed at essential businesses, primarily agricultural businesses. The were placed at a grain elevator, an ag business that does soil testing for customers and a pharmacy. The youth then came to the UK Extension Office for a etiqu
