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Expanding 4-H Opportunities

Expanding 4-H Opportunities. 4-H 101: Return to the Basics CES Staff Development Series Tuesday, December 13, 2005, 9:30-11:30 a.m. IP Video Presentation by Steve McKinley & Company mckinles@purdue.edu; 765-494-8435. 4-H 101 Series. Effectively Utilizing Volunteers (10/4)

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Expanding 4-H Opportunities

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  1. Expanding 4-H Opportunities 4-H 101: Return to the Basics CES Staff Development Series Tuesday, December 13, 2005, 9:30-11:30 a.m. IP Video Presentation by Steve McKinley & Company mckinles@purdue.edu; 765-494-8435

  2. 4-H 101 Series • Effectively Utilizing Volunteers (10/4) • Starting and Maintaining 4-H Clubs (11/15) • Expanding 4-H Opportunities (12/13) • Characteristics of Positive Youth Development & Life Skill Development (1/10) • 4-H Purpose, History, and Structure (2/14) • Conflict Management Techniques (3/14)

  3. Program Information… • Disconnected? Contact the AgIT Help Desk at 765-494-8333 • Provide feedback to: Steve at 765-494-8435, or mckinles@purdue.edu

  4. Expanding 4-H Opportunities

  5. Objectives: • Share opportunities beyond the 4-H Club experience. • Discuss core beliefs of recognition. • Describe the National 4-H Recognition Model. • Identify steps to prepare judges for the judging process.

  6. Objective 1 Share opportunities beyond the 4-H Club experience.

  7. 4-H Scholarships • Indiana 4-H Foundation (open academics) • 4-H Accomplishment (project related) • State 4-H Club (Purdue AG & CFS only) • Information on State 4-H Web site: http://www.four-h.purdue.edu/ind_4h/scholarships.cfm • Suggestions on preparing members to submit applications, contact: Joanne Lytton, Carroll County, lytton@purdue.edu • Refer also to “4-H Achievement Resume Project” located on w:\ drive in Carroll Co. folder

  8. Operation: Military Kids (OMK) • State 4-H Office Contacts: • Chris Cook-Leitz (cookleit@purdue.edu, 765-494-8433) • Steve McKinley (mckinles@purdue.edu, 765-494-8435) • James Edwin (jedwin1@purdue.edu, 765-496-6881) • OMK e-mail address: omk@ydae.purdue.edu

  9. Operation: Military Kids (OMK) • OMK Goal: • Provide support to “suddenly military” children and their families through a network of community resources before, during, and after deployment. • Delivered in local communities through a national collaboration of U.S. Army Child and Youth Services, 4-H, and other community agencies serving youth.

  10. OMK • Responds to needs of geographically dispersed Army National Guard, Army Reserve and Active Component military youth whose parents have been deployed in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). • Infrastructure provided by the 34 OMK State Teams which establish local community support networks to provide services to reduce the stress on youth.

  11. OMK • Primary Components • Speak Out for Military Kids (SOMK) • Hero Packs • Mobile Technology Lab (MTL)

  12. OMK • How Can Your County Help? • Establish a County OMK Team • Mini Grants • Hero Packs – or a variation • Schedule the MTL at an event • Invite Military Youth to join 4-H Clubs • Adopt a Military Family or Soldier • Plan an event for Military Families • Write letters to local Soldiers

  13. OMK • Upcoming Opportunities • Indiana Pacers Military Night – January 18 • February 16, 2006 IP Video for County OMK Teams (program #617 & 618) • Speak Out for Military Kids – March 25-26, Indianapolis (registration due March 1)

  14. 4-H Round-Up • State 4-H Office Contacts: Chris Cook-Leitz (cookleit@purdue.edu; 765-494-8437) and Carl Broady (broady@purdue.edu; 765-494-8435) • 4-H Round-Up – Monday, June 26-Wednesday, June 28, Purdue University, grades 7-9 completed; 2006 theme: “TBA”

  15. 4-H Trips and Conferences • State 4-H Band – Saturday, June 24-Monday, June 26, Purdue University; perform at Monday evening of 4-H Round-Up; grades 9-12 completed • State 4-H Chorus – Saturday, June 24-Wednesday, June 28, Purdue University; perform at closing session of 4-H Round-Up and on the first Saturday of Indiana State Fair; grades 9-12 completed

  16. Aerospace Ambassador Computer Engineering Entomology Food & Nutrition Plant Animal Aquatic Beef Dairy Cattle Dog & Cat Goat (dairy & meat) Horse Poultry Rabbit Sheep Swine Veterinary Science – large animals 4-H Trips and Conferences • Purdue Science Workshops – Wednesday, June 14 – Friday, June 16, Purdue University, grades 9-12 completed; subjects offered:

  17. 4-H Trips and Conferences • Electric Workshop – Friday, June 23-Sunday, June 25, Purdue University; completed division 3 or above • Citizenship Washington Focus – June 24-July 1 and/or July 1-8, Washington, D.C.; must be at least 15 • National 4-H Dairy Conference – Sunday, October 1 – Thursday, October 5, Madison, WI; grades 10+

  18. 4-H Trips and Conferences • State Fair 4-H Exhibit Hall Workers – end of July through completion of Indiana State Fair; workers are at least 15 years old • National 4-H Congress – Friday, November 24-Tuesday, November 28, Atlanta, Georgia; grades 9+ • National 4-H Conference – March 25-30, Washington, D.C., application due Jan 15, members in grades 10+ eligible to apply; 2-3 selected annually

  19. 4-H Trips and Conferences • State Fair Achievement Trip – Wednesday, October 18 – Sunday, October 22, Washington, D.C.; trips awarded to winners in public speaking, demonstrations, fashion revue, tractor driving, illustrated talks, judging CDE’s, bicycle rodeo, etc.

  20. 150th Indiana State Fair • August 9-20, 2006 • Celebrating 150th Fair • Special exhibits in Cake Decorating, Crafts and Promotional Posters • Flyers and details will be forthcoming

  21. Opportunities beyond the 4-H Club Experience… continued!

  22. Career Development Events • Meats, Dairy Foods – January 28, 2006 • Wildlife Habitat – April 8, 2006 • Horse & Pony – May 6, 2006 • Livestock, Poultry, Dairy – May 20, 2006 • Dairy Goats – August 2, 2006

  23. Career Development Events • Horticulture – August 4, 2006 • Livestock Skill-a-Thon – September 30, 2006 • Soils –November 4, 2006 • Forestry, Entomology, Crops – December 9, 2006 • Link to 4-H/FFA Judging Handbook: • http://www.four-h.purdue.edu/cde/index.cfm#

  24. CARehttp://www.four-h.purdue.edu/care/main.html Rape and Sexual Assault Prevention Education Funded by the Indiana Department of Health, Centers for Disease Control, Rape Prevention Education Grant. Principal Investigator: Mary Pilat, Ph.D.

  25. CARe Program Components

  26. CARe Community Projects • BROWN • CLARK CRAWFORD • DUOBIS FLOYD • FOUNTAINGRANT • HAMILTON HANCOCK • HARRISON HENDRICKS • JACKSONJENNINGS • KNOX KOSCIUSKO • LAKE LA PORTE • LAWRENCE MADISON • MARION MONROE • MONTGOMERY ORANGE • OWEN PERRY • PORTER PUTNAM • RANDOLPH SCOTT • SPENCER ST. JOSEPH • TIPPECANOE WABASH • WASHINGTONWAYNE

  27. 4-H Trips and Conferences • State 4-H Office Contact: Steve McKinley (mckinles@purdue.edu, 765-494-8435) • State 4-H Junior Leader Conference – 75th Anniversary, Tuesday, June 20 – Friday, June 23, University of Indianapolis, grades 9-12 completed • PPT for 2006 is located on w:\ drive in Jr. Leader Conference file folder along with a promotional brochure • State Promotion Team available to talk about experiences with local audiences

  28. 4-H Trips and Conferences • State Fair Youth Leadership Conference – Sunday, August 6 – Saturday, August 12, Indiana School for the Deaf, grades 9-12 completed • PPT for 2005 and promotional brochure for 2006 are located on w:\ drive in State Fair Leadership Conference file folder • State Promotion Team available to talk about experiences with local audiences • Web site: http://www.four-h.purdue.edu/isfyl/

  29. 4-H Trips and Conferences • Indiana 4-H Youth Congress – Saturday, October 14, Indiana Government Center; Grades 9-12; registration due October 1; $22 per person

  30. Afternoons R.O.C.K. • State 4-H Office Contact: Renee McKee, rmckee@purdue.edu, 765-494-8422

  31. Afternoons R.O.C.K. • Dept. of Mental Health funded contract • After school programs that focus on Tobacco, Alcohol and other drug prevention • Subcontract with existing after school providers to conduct programs for middle school aged youth

  32. Afternoons R.O.C.K. • Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Morgan, Shelby • Boone, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton • Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Orange, Owen

  33. 4-H Afterschool • CD provided to each county • Work with existing afterschool providers to establish 4-H clubs • Convenient for parents • Clubs may focus on one or two projects • May be judged and displayed at event other than the county fair • ES-237 requires minimum of 6 contact hours

  34. 4-H 101 • CD provided to each county in January, 2005 CCC mailing • Shares the basics of the 4-H program via lesson plans and supplemental materials for volunteers, parents, members, Extension partners, etc.

  35. Area IX Jr. Leader Retreat To Infinity & Beyond – “Jr. Leaders Beyond the Meeting”

  36. Area IX Jr. Leader Retreat • “Buzz” • Rose Scherer, Benton Co. (rwise@purdue.edu, 765-884-0140) • “Slinky” • Keli Brubaker, White Co. (kbrubak1@purdue.edu, 219-984-5115) • “Woody” • Matt Deppe, Fountain Co. (mdeppe@purdue.edu 765-793-2297) • “Mrs. Potato Head” • Sherry Legg-Young, Montgomery Co. (leggyoun@purdue.edu, 765-364-6363)

  37. Planning • Who: Area IX Jr. Leaders • What & Why: A workshop to teach Jr. Leaders about additional activities for their organization. • Where: A central Location – Benton Central • When: March 12, 2005 • How: “Theme” the workshop to make it FUN and encourage Jr. Leaders to attend.

  38. Rocket Fuel Workshop Missions • “Fueling Your Rockets” • “Saving the Galaxy – One Star at a Time” • “Working with Other Alien Life Forms”

  39. Livestock Ethics Workshop • Contacts: • Joan Grott, Porter Co. (joangrott@purdue.edu, 219-465-3555); • Keli Brubaker, White Co. (kbrubak1@purdue.edu, 219-984-5115)

  40. Livestock Ethics Workshop • Program Outline: • The Six Pillars of Character (Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, Citizenship) • What are ethics and how do they relate to youth livestock programs? • A Line in the Sand – educational video • Provides 4 questions to use when making decisions in youth livestock programs • Case Scenarios • Group work with adults and youth

  41. Horse & Pony • Contact: Dr. Colleen Brady, bradyc@purdue.edu; web site: http://www.four-h.purdue.edu/horse • State Horse Bowl/Hippology/Public Speaking/Demonstration Contests • Registration due March 10 • Horse Bowl/Hippology must compete in Area event • Hippology – March 24, 6 p.m., Purdue • Horse Bowl – March 25, 9 a.m., Purdue • Public Speaking/Demonstration – March 25, afternoon, Purdue

  42. Horse & Pony • State Horse Judging Contest, May 6, Hendricks County Fairgrounds • Must qualify through Area contest • Indiana 4-H Horsemanship Camp, June • Scholarship applications due May 1 • Camp applications due May 23

  43. Horse & Pony • State Horse Judging Camp • February 11-12, 2006, West Lafayette, IN • Multi-State Judges/Show Managers School • November 17-19, 2006; Indianapolis, IN

  44. FFA Volunteer Development

  45. FFA Volunteer Development • State Contacts: Allen Talbert, btalbert@purdue.edu; Steve McKinley, mckinles@purdue.edu • Training materials designed to help Agricultural Education programs more fully utilize volunteers and multiply the teachers’ efforts. • Audiences include pre-service teachers, in-service teachers, and volunteers.

  46. FFA Volunteer Development • One of three parts of National FFA “Rev It Up!” curriculum • Presented at 2004 National FFA Convention; 2004 & 2005 National FFA Alumni Association meetings, and at 2005 Indiana High School Ag Teacher Workshop • CD includes 10 modules with lesson plans, PPT presentations, and supplemental materials for each audience

  47. Summary of Modules 1. Why Use Volunteers? National Volunteerism Trends; benefits and limitations; expectations 2. Positive Youth Development Basic needs of youth; environments conducive to PYD; ages and stages of youth 3. Recruitment and Retention of Volunteers Position descriptions; sources of volunteers; placement of volunteers

  48. Summary of Modules 4.Volunteer Orientation, Training, Evaluation Information and delivery methods to share with volunteers; provide feedback to volunteers 5. Volunteer Recognition Importance of recognition; motivation of volunteers; methods to recognize 6. Risk Management Issues Liability, child abuse, safety of participants and volunteers, risk management forms

  49. Summary of Modules 7. Volunteer Screening Process Suggested application and screening procedures; adult behavioral expectations; confidentiality issues 8. Financial Management Recommended financial accountability procedures; budgeting; fund raising options 9. Agricultural Education Program Development Program planning components and importance 10. Volunteer Management Database Record and organize volunteer information

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