Extension
It Starts With Us
Develop Individual Youth and Adults for Leadership Volunteer Roles
Engaged Communities
Bell, Blankenship, Branstetter
Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association
Kentucky Extension Leadership Development (KELD): Developing Core Leadership Skills
Community Leadership Development
Volunteers are important in building engaged and empowered communities.
The Kentucky Extension Homemakers Association mission is to improve the quality of life for families and communities through education, leadership development and volunteer service. With membership totaling more than 13,000 statewide, members are engaged leaders and active volunteers.
4-H Youth and Volunteer Leadership is about:
- Learning about the concept of leadership and your individual role as a leader.
- Using leadership skills to effectively lead small groups and teams toward common goals.
Work within our community (club/county/state or beyond) to become an engaged leader who can make a difference.
Volunteers make up the Metcalfe County Ag Development Council, County Extension Council Program area advisory councils and are important in overseeing the use and distribution of Ag Development Funds.
KEHA members, 4-H volunteers, and Council members serve as active Extension and community volunteers engaged in addressing community needs.
Leaders will practice personal leadership skills through leadership roles at the club, county, area and/or state level.
The number of volunteer service hours reported annually for KEHA, Extension and Community activities are reported and corresponding dollar value of volunteer time is promoted.
Members and volunteers will gain organizational knowledge through annual officer and chairman training.
Members and volunteers will increase knowledge and skills in personal leadership through club lessons and special interest workshops.
Youth and Volunteers will serve as teen and adult leaders in our community, organizations, and as mentors for younger youth. Youth will be productive, contributing adults in the future, leadership and communications skills needed to be successful in the workplace on a daily basis
Outcome: Members and volunteers will increase knowledge and skills in personal leadership through club lessons and special interest workshops.
Indicator: Number of individuals reporting improved personal and interpersonal leadership knowledge and/or Number of individuals reporting improved personal and interpersonal leadership skills.
Method: end of program evaluations, surveys
Timeline: on-going
Outcome: Leaders will practice personal leadership skills through leadership roles at the club, county, area and/or state level.
Indicator: Number of members who utilized knowledge gained through officer training to fulfill a leadership role at the club, county, area and/or state level.
Method: Observation, review of officer directories
Timeline: on-going
Long Term Outcome: Youth and Volunteers will serve as teen and adult leaders in our community, organizations, and as mentors for younger youth. They will be productive, contributing adults in the future, leadership and communications skills needed to be successful in the workplace on a daily basis.
Indicator: Number of volunteers and youth in leadership and communication roles
Method: Observation, Pre and Post Written Test
Timeline: On Going
Audience: Metcalfe County Extension Homemakers
Project or Activity: KEHA Leader Training and/or Special Interest Workshops
Content or Curriculum: KEHA/MCA/Metcalfe Co. Homemakers manual, position descriptions, by-laws and/or standing rules, KELD Curriculum, FCS Extension Lesson Resources, FCS Curriculum, KEHA State Supported lessons/curriculum
Inputs: FCS Agents, State Advisors, Homemaker volunteer lesson leaders, officers, county/program area council members
Date: 10 annual sessions
Audience: Metcalfe County Extension Homemakers
Project or Activity: Metcalfe Co. Annual meeting, MCA Area Meeting and KEHA State Meeting
Content or Curriculum: Officer Training & Educational Chairman Workshops Inputs: FCS Agents, Area Advisors, State Advisors, Area and State Homemaker officers and chairpersons
Date: Annually at County quarterly Homemaker council meetings, KEHA annual meeting in spring, and MCA annual meeting in Fall
Audience: Metcalfe County Extension Homemaker Council and club members who participate
Project or Activity: County Homemaker Council meetings Content or Curriculum: Business focused agenda/Robert's Rules of Order.
Inputs: FCS Agent, Club presidents, County officers/chairs.
Date: Quarterly full council and with Executive committee more often as needed
Audience: Metcalfe County Extension Homemakers monthly/annual meetings
Project or Activity: 9 annual leader trainings, business meeting items. Special interest activities Content or Curriculum: Meeting agendas, FCS Extension Lesson Resources, FCS Curriculum
Inputs: FCS Agents, Homemaker volunteers
Date: 10 annual meetings
Audience: Metcalfe County FCS program Stakeholders
Project or Activity: Metcalfe Co FCS Adv. Cnl meetings
Content or Curriculum: Plan of work, FCS initiatives, County needs assessment outcomes, annual report to the People.
Inputs: FCS Agent, NEP program assistant, Homemaker volunteer, DB member volunteer, program partner volunteers
Date: Once annually, in the spring. Participants invited to CEC meetings, twice annually. Project specific committees may meet more often as needed.
Audience: Farmers Market Board.
Project or Activity: Quarterly meetings. Budget/treasurer report, market Manager report, agenda, Board Chair/officers invited to participate in County Extension Council,
Content or Curriculum: KY Dept Ag communications/materials, KY Proud Farmers Mkt resource guide, CFA materials/guidelines, WIC/SR FMNP Voucher program guides/trainings, Homebased Processor and Homebased Microprocessor certification requirement/recertification materials etc...
Inputs: FCS Agents, Farmers Market Manager, Farmers Market Board Volunteers, KY Dept Ag employees, CFA employees, K-Card consultants, farmers market producer vendors
Date: Quarterly or more often if needed
Audience: Metcalfe Co. Extension Council
Project or Activity: Twice annual planning meetings, fall/spring
Content or Curriculum: KELD, POW, Annual County Report, Publications, Legislative update info, program area Agent updates/success stories, Farmers Market Board updates, etc…
Inputs: Extension Agents, State specialists, W 7 & 8 AED, Extension office resources
Date: Annually in Spring and Fall
Audience: 4-H Volunteers
Project or Activity: 4-H Volunteer Orientation
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum
Inputs: Agent, Extension Office, Volunteers
Date: Fall
Audience: 4-H Youth
Project or Activity: 4-H Officer Orientation
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum
Inputs: Agent, Extension Office
Date: Fall
Audience: 4-H Youth
Project or Activity: 4-H Club meetings
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum
Inputs: Agent, Extension Office
Date: on going
Audience: 4-H Council
Project or Activity: Monthly Meetings
Content or Curriculum: Volunteer Development
Inputs: Agent, Extension Office, Community Partners, Volunteers
Date: on Going
Audience: 4-H Youth
Project or Activity: 4-H Communications and Expressive Arts
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum
Inputs: Agent, Extension Office, Volunteers
Date: August-May
Audience: 4-H Youth
Project or Activity: Metcalfe County TAG
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum
Inputs: Agent, Extension Office, Community Partners
Date: August-May
Audience: AG Development Council
Project or Activity: Ag Development Funds
Content or Curriculum: GOAP
Inputs: Agent, Council Members GOAP
Date: Ongoing
Author: Amy Branstetter
Major Program: Leadership
Metcalfe County 4-H Volunteer was inducted into the National 4-H Volunteer Hall of Fame. She began serving August 15, 1973 as a 4-H volunteer due to her love of teaching, working with youth, and its complement to her career as a public-school teacher. Her club leader role led to involvement at the county, area, state, and national levels. She continues to serve in many volunteer roles. Over the past 50 years she has served: Variety Show Coordinator, superintendent of both the dairy show an
Author: Amy Branstetter
Major Program: Agriculture & Natural Resources
Metcalfe County 4-H partnered with the Metcalfe County Schools Community Education and KY Fish and Wildlife to offer a “Firearm Safety and Range” program during two weekends in the spring and fall. This program offered a hands-on learning experience providing an opportunity to learn hunter safety information and practice skills on the range. Everyone completing this program would receive their “Kentucky Hunters Safety Orange Card.There was a diverse group that att
Author: Amy Branstetter
Major Program: Leadership
Supporting our troops is a way to give back to the ones that are willing to protect us.Six years ago a Metcalfe County 4-Her started the 4-H Project Patriot Community Service project as a way to show appreciation to soldiers serving overseas during the holidays. He planned, executed, and supervised all aspects of this 4-H Community Service Project that has collected various types of food, toiletries and monetary donations. He has partnered with the Military Missions
Author: Amy Branstetter
Major Program: Leadership
For 11 years this young man has gone to West KY 4-H Camp with Metcalfe County. He was a model camper, a model Counselors in Training, Junior Counselors, an outstanding teen and now a fantastic adult. Our parents and youth request for him to be their child’s counselor. His love for working with youth is second to none. He attends camp because of his passion for working with youth, his love’s 4-H and the camping program. He has assisted and lead classes at West Kentucky 4-H
Author: Lynn Blankenship
Major Program: Family Development General
The problem:Metcalfe County is a small, rural community with a public library that provides a Preschool Library Story Hour once monthly, while public school is in-session. Children who are not enrolled in preschool or childcare programs, participate with adult family members. Learning activities provided by library staff primarily focus on learning colors, numbers, days of the week, months of the year, holidays, seasons, weather, preschool songs/finger plays, and interacting in a gro
