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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 04 - Issue 37 IN THIS ISSUE Citizenship and Leadership Activity Sheets Available UPCOMING EVENTS September 24-October 3
September 25
September 30-October 3
October 1-2
October 3-9
October 8-9
October 16
October 31-November 4
November 15
November 26-30
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ Online version of Ideas: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas04/ Ideas index: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas04/04-index.htm CITIZENSHIP AND LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY SHEETS AVAILABLE Two beginning level activity sheets are now available on the 4-H Web site. The pages were developed by Kathy Finley (leadership) and Lori Jean Mantooth (citizenship) in conjunction with specialists, the state 4-H staff and Marketing and Communications Services. Visit the projects page (www.utextension.utk.edu/4h/projects/index.htm) and click Citizenship and Leadership or follow the direct links below to access the pages.
A new page has been added to the projects site. Go to www.utextension.utk.edu/4h/projects/actsheets.htm to access all the activity sheets in one location. Lori Jean Mantooth JUNIOR HIGH RECOGNITION OPPORTUNITY Many counties do not take advantage of the Junior High Continuing Service Award provided by the Tennessee 4-H Alumni, Inc. The award is to recognize junior high 4-H members who have:
Each county may recommend two members. In addition to these two members, you may recommend one member for each 100, or major fraction thereof, junior high 4-H members in your county. This number is based on the junior high enrollment on July 1 of the current calendar year. You should recommend your recipients to us on the Tennessee Junior High 4-H Continuing Service Award Nomination Form available from the state 4-H office or the 4-H forms page at www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/forms&materials/index.htm. Each recipient will receive a Tennessee Junior High Continuing Service Award certificate. There is no cost to the county, and a member can receive the award only one time. Steve Sutton REACHING FOR THE PROFESSIONAL PEAK The Texas, Kentucky and North Carolina 4-H Youth Devlopment programs
will host a professional development workshop, November 30 - December
2, 2004 at the Hyatt Regency Peachtree, Atlanta. REACHING FOR THE
PROFESSIONAL PEAK is a three-day professional development workshop
focused for Extension educators, volunteers and 4-H members to
gain skills necessary for developing and expanding 4-H After-school
and Youth in Governance programs in their state. Patrick Hamilton SKILLATHON HIGH ACHIEVER AWARD INITIATED A “High Achiever” award was initiated for the 2004 Beef and Sheep Expo skillathon activities. This certificate award recognizes 4-H’ers for scoring 90% of the top skillathon score for that age group. The purpose of this award is honor those individuals that post high scores on the skillathon and may not be in the top five that receive medals. For example, 20 4-Hers in the Junior High Division of the sheep skillathon scored 90% of points of the high individual. Seventy-three youth (26 beef and 47 sheep participants) were recognized with a “High Achiever” award for 2004. Fourteen counties had multiple award winners. Williamson lead counties with 12 “High Achiever” awards followed by Loudon and Wilson each with 8 and Clay and Knox counties with 6. A special thank-you is given to the agents, parents and volunteer leaders that make the livestock skillathon a successful education event. Seventy percent of the beef and sheep exhibitors participated in the skillathon. Dwight Loveday TARGETING POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: 4-H LIFE SKILL EVALUATION SYSTEM (LSES) Attributes of the competencies identified as essential for adult success are often described as developmental assets or life skills. As with 4-H programs in many other states, Tennessee chose to use a life skill orientation. Focus groups involving youth, leaders and Extension staff in each district were held in the winter of 2003 to identify specific life skills that were enhanced through participation in Tennessee 4-H programs. The Targeting Life Skills (Iowa) model and Four-Fold Youth Development (Indiana) model were used as conceptual references. From the nearly fifty life skills proposed in these models, Tennessee 4-H selected ten life skills as most salient to the statewide 4-H program. It then became apparent that development of a uniform, comprehensive impact evaluation system was imperative if 4-H professionals were to show the impact of programming efforts. A committee was appointed to work on the Life Skill Evaluation System. The committee designed a conceptual model of four concentric circles with positive youth development in the center, and the rings of competencies, life skills, and methodologies rotating around the center. The model is intentionally non-static to allow for diversity in programming areas and delivery methods. 4-H Life Skills In April of 2004 a Web-based evaluation system (LSES) with a Roadmap for Documenting Impacts was introduced. The term LSES refers to an electronic database that offers validated response scales measuring life skills. The purpose of this system is to provide a program planning and evaluation tool that will help Extension 4-H youth development agents be accountable for their programs, demonstrate the impacts of their programs on youth life skill enhancement, and pinpoint improvements made in their programs. Scales measuring achieving goals, communication, ethical decision making, healthy lifestyle choices and responsible citizenship were introduced in 2004. Building relationships, leadership, responsibility, positive self-esteem and teamwork will be introduced in 2005. You will hear more about each of the ten individual life skills in future articles. Life Skills and County 4-H Programs Jill Martz TARGETING POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: WHAT ARE THE METHODOLOGIES WE USE FOR PROMOTION? The Tennessee 4-H program offers much diversity to counties in designing programs that truly meet the needs of the local community. As you identify the issues in your county, think about the delivery methods you could use to address them. You can choose from community clubs, project work, special interest, camps/conferences, classroom clubs, project groups, judging teams, service learning, school enrichment, technology, after school, volunteering and more. Choosing a delivery method is about more that just selecting a location for the program or the type of methodology to use. The options are endless but the essential framework is not. It’s important to keep in mind the context of the environment in which your 4-H program takes place. What Context Promotes Positive Youth Development?
Delivery Methods and County 4-H Programs Jill Martz THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks.
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