Floyd County CES

Title:

Strengthening Extension and Community Leaders

MAP:

Empowering Leaders and Communities

Agents Involved:

Hackworth, Coleman, Johnson

MAJOR PROGRAM 1:

Kentucky Extension Leadership Development (KELD)

MAJOR PROGRAM 2:

Conflict Resolution

MAJOR PROGRAM 3:

Kentucky Extension Homemaker Association

MAJOR PROGRAM 4:

Community Strategic Planning

Situation:

The County Councils believes it is very important to lead by example and prepare new leaders to come in the future. They believe it is necessary to provide youth and adults with leadership and personal development opportunities to grow new leaders. Leadership development plays an important role in the success of the Extension program. Current leaders want to stress the importance of leadership development for community and individual growth. With strong leadership, educational program can become more meaningful and beneficial to the audience or participants of the program.

Long-Term Outcomes:

*Leaders will be engaged and administer/assist with needs assessments, program planning, implementation and evaluations.
*Adults and youth will step up and take leadership roles in Extension, their community and other organized civic organizations.
*Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Homemakers shall increase membership, develop further leadership skills and improve the effectiveness of the County programming as a result.

Intermediate Outcomes:

*Volunteers will serve in leadership roles to address community needs.
*Leaders will begin to research to find underlying problems in their community. *Extension leaders will actively participate and sponsor events, programs and activities.
*Leaders will accept committee assignments and complete a given tasks.

Initial Outcomes:

*Leaders and potential leaders will learn the basics of teamwork, interpersonal communications, and the characteristics of a leader.
*Leaders will gain knowledge of the parliamentary procedures and be able conducting council and committee meetings.
*Volunteer leaders will actively participate in leadership roles, especially club level officers and chairs (KEHA), program advisory councils, county councils and board sponsored activities.
*The leadership will assist in identifying issues and opportunities for the county programming needs.

Evaluation:

Initial Outcome: Number of participants attending leadership development activities
Indicator: Increase in those attending trainings
Method: Observations, sign-in sheets
Timeline: On-going

Intermediate Outcome: Number of leaders giving back time and effort to councils and/or programming efforts
Indicator: Number of those taking leadership roles
Method: Observations, sign-in sheets
Timeline: On-going

Long-term Outcome: New active leaders within councils and programming
Indicator: number of leaders participating in the process of programming
Method: Leadership activities and trainings
Timeline: On-going

Learning Opportunities:

Audience: Members of CEC, District Board, Program Councils, Program Group, potential new members in all Extension activities, Kentucky Extension Homemakers and Family and Consumer Sciences Groups
Project or Activity: Kentucky Extension Leadership Development
Content or Curriculum: Leadership Manual and KELD Training Materials
Inputs: Volunteers, Leaders, /club level, County Extension and Program Advisory Councils, Board members, agents and staff, Committee members and program participants
Date: Year-round

Audience: Leaders of all Councils, Boards, and program groups
Project or Activity: Leader Recognition
Content or Curriculum: Awards Banquet
Inputs: All Volunteers and Leaders
Date: Spring – yearly

Audience: Members of CEC, District Board, Program Councils, Program Groups, and potential new members
Project or Activity: Council & Committee Officer training
Content or Curriculum: Officer Training Materials, Robert’s Rules of Order
Inputs: Volunteers, Leaders, Council and Board members, agents and staff, Committee members and program participants
Date: Winter, yearly

Audience: Members and Leaders of program groups and participants
Project or Activity: Ag Commodity Groups Workshops
Content or Curriculum: Leadership & Strategic Planning
Inputs: Leaders, agents and staff, group members and program participants
Date: On-going

Audience: Members of the CEC, District Board, Program Councils, program groups, and participants
Project or Activity: Leadership addressing the New County Extension Educational Center
Content or Curriculum: visioning, mapping assets, strategic planning materials
Inputs: Leaders, agents and staff, group members and program participants
Date: On-going

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