Extension
It Starts With Us
Leadership Development
Building Volunteer Leaders for our Community
Brasher, Hardy, Fourqurean,Buckman, 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 2022-Spring 2023
Intermediate Outcome: Homemakers will engage in a service project
Indicator: what are they already doing
Method: survey
Timeline: Fall 2022- Spring 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
Audience: Homemakers
Project or Activity: Homemaker Leadership Trainings
Content or Curriculum:UK Publications, KEHA Material
Inputs: Extension Agents, Specialist, KEHA leadership
Date: July 2022-June 2023
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 2022-June 2023
Audience: CEC
Project or Activity: Leadership Training
Content or Curriculum: UK Publications
Inputs: Specialist and agents
Date: Fall 2022, Fall 2023
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 2022-2023
Audiende: Teens
Project or Activity: Teen Leadership Academy
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum
Inputs: Agents, Extension Specialists, local businesses, community leaders
Date: September 2022-May 2023
Author: Alexandria Brasher
Major Program: Leadership
The Kentucky 4-H Core curriculum is used to develop workforce skills that include leadership, teamwork and communication that are important to their career ready development. Young people, whether pursuing a career-path in entrepreneurial ventures or seeking employment opportunities in the future need to build core competencies and foundation skills, which include those identified in the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) report. Eight agents and staff from Daviess,
Author: Alexandria Brasher
Major Program: Natural Resources
Henderson County 4-H restarted their shooting sports program in the spring of 2015 with one coach and just a handful of youth. Kentucky 4-H is a nationally recognized program that fosters life skill development and positive youth development through healthy competition, service, leadership, and education. Kentucky 4-H believes that all youth should have opportunities for positive youth development in the four overarching concepts of mastery, belonging, independence, and generosity. &
Author: Alexandria Brasher
Major Program: Leadership
The 99th Annual Kentucky 4-H Teen Conference was held at the University of Kentucky June 13-16, 2023. The objectives of Kentucky 4-H Teen Conference are: develop leadership and teamwork skills, improve communication skills, foster civic engagement, expand knowledge and skills related to 4-H core content areas, gain club, county and state 4-H program skills, have fun, create a sense of belonging, expand social skills through networking, develop youth-adult partnerships, and become acquainted with
