Extension
It Starts With Us
Leadership Development
Building Volunteer Leaders for our Community
Brasher, Hardy, Fourqurean, Smith, Rideout
Family and Consumer Science
Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Kentucky Extension Leadership Development (KELD)
Master Gardener
Research shows that effective leadership is one factor necessary for success within today's communities and organizations. Extension serves the community with leaders and agents train new individuals to become leaders through our volunteer committees and volunteer networks. It is imperative that Henderson County has a dynamic leaders with the ability to adapt and change the ever growing community.
Community issues are solved through active engaged local leaders.
Henderson County residents will improve communication, problem solving, or group process in addressing organizational issues and needs.
Henderson County residents will increase knowledge and skills through the Extension Service.
Initial Outcome: Homemakers will learn from people who have different ideas on leadership needs
Indicator: what do they already know
Method: survey
Timeline: Fall 2021-Spring 2022
Intermediate Outcome: Homemakers will engage in a service project
Indicator: what are they already doing
Method: survey
Timeline: Fall 2021- Spring 2022
Long-term Outcome: Homemakers will be successful in their daily living as an effective leader
Indicator: organization they are involved with
Method: followup interview
Timeline: Spring 2022
Initial Outcome: 4-H Volunteers will learn leadership skills and knowledge
Indicator: pre and post test scores increase
Method: pre and post test
timeline: annually
Intermediate Outcome: Volunteers will contribute to council and lead clubs efficiently
Indicator: Successful 4-H Council Programs and Clubs
Method: Survey
timeline: annually
Long-term outcome: Volunteers will identify needs in the community and serve to address those needs
Indicator: Volunteers involved in other community organizations
Method: Survey
Timeline: Spring 2022
Initial Outcome: CEC members will have better skills on leadership
Indicator: what they are already doing
Method: pre and post test
timeline: annually
Intermediate Outcome: Communication is improved
Indicator: what they already know
Method: Survey
timeline: annually
Long-term outcome: Volunteers will identify needs in the community and serve to address those needs
Indicator: Volunteers involved in other community organizations
Method: Survey
Timeline: Spring 2022
Audience: Homemakers
Project or Activity: Homemaker Leadership Trainings
Content or Curriculum:UK Publications, KEHA Material
Inputs: Extension Agents, Specialist, KEHA leadership
Date: July 2021-June 2022
Audience: Client Protection
Project or Activity: Screening for all volunteers
Content or Curriculum: Client Protection Material, UK Material
Inputs: Client Protection Volunteers, Agents, Specialist
Date: July 2021-June 2022
Audience: CEC
Project or Activity: Leadership Training
Content or Curriculum: UK Publications
Inputs: Specialist and agents
Date: Fall 2021, Fall 2022
Audience: 4-H Volunteers
Project or Activity: 4-H Council/Lead Clubs
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum and UK publications
Inputs: Henderson CES
Date: Annually
Audience: Master Gardeners
Project or Activity: Master Gardener Activities
Content or Curriculum: UK Master Gardener Program
Inputs: Master Gardeners, Agents, Specialist
Date: annually
Audience: Young Farmers
Project or Activity: Strengthening young farmers within the community
Content or Curriculum: Extension Publications, farm visits, agricultural trips, engaging within the community
Inputs: Extension Agents, Extension Specialists, Local Businesses, Farmers
Date: monthly through the year
Audience: Young farmers
Project or Activity: farmstart program
Content or Curriculum: conference (tomorrow's top producer seminar), Program materials, Extension publications
Inputs: Extension Agents, Extension Specialists, local businesses, farmers
Date: November 2021-2022
Audiende: Teens
Project or Activity: Teen Leadership Academy
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum
Inputs: Agents, Extension Specialists, local businesses, community leaders
Date: September 2021-May 2022
Author: Alexandria Brasher
Major Program: Leadership
According to research, middle school is a time where young people find their place in this world, they are exploring where their strengths and interests align (Fagell. P.L., 2019). Therefore, it is impreative to provide positive experiences where young people may explore the world in a safe environment. Historically, there is a decline in enrollment numbers throughout the middle school years in 4-H programming, Kentucky 4-H hosts the Kentucky 4-H Summit Leadership Conference for middle schoolers
Author: Amanda Hardy
Major Program: Community Leadership Development
According to data from the AmeriCorps, more than 250,000 Kentuckians volunteered their time, talent and effort to improve people’s lives. Henderson County’s population is around 45,609 and the need for volunteers is more critical as programs expand. The Henderson County Extension office ended the year with a leadership appreciation program that was called “Henderson County Leadership Hall of Fame”. We started the program in 2017. Leaders were invit
Author: Paul Andrew Rideout
Major Program: Master Gardener
The Master Gardener Program is alive and growing with over 80,000 volunteers nationwide donating over 5 million volunteer hours with over 1 million direct contacts. In Kentucky, there are more than 1500 active volunteers donating over 43,000 hours with 83,000 direct contacts. Covid had a significant impact on the Master Gardener program. With good leadership and good communication, the program is recovering. Even with a decline since COVID, Henderson County Master Gardeners have 36 a
Author: Alexandria Brasher
Major Program: Leadership
Public speaking, mentoring, leadership, and more are a few of the life skills 4-Hers learn throughout their 4-H career. The mission of 4-H is to develop life skills among young people (Cox, 1996). In fact, life skills, the abilities that individuals learn that help them to be successful in living a productive and satisfying life, serve as the foundation for the 4-H program (Boyd, Herring, & Briers, 1992). A number of studies have tried to determine if participation in non-formal
