4-H Matters: 2021年4月
Director’s Message: Growing 项目
This is an exciting time for 4-H 在爱达荷州! We may be seeing light at the end of the tunnel regarding the COVID-19 restrictions. It has been an interesting year as we have had to restrict face-to-face contact in 4-H clubs and programs throughout the state. 新闻 of 爱达荷州 moving into stage 3 excites the entire 4-H 团队.
This issue of 4-H Matters highlights aspects of 4-H that you may not have heard of before but are still so important to the youth of 爱达荷州. As always, please don’t hesitate to email questions or thoughts about any of the stories or programs in this newsletter.
秘密结社 4-H — Together in 4-H
秘密结社, “together” in Spanish, is a grant funded program uniting community partners to support Latinx 8-12th grade students and their families with knowledge, skills and resources to reach high school graduation and higher education. 的 goal is to support youth in their journey to a diploma and to encourage families to work together to achieve their youth’s academic goals. 的 program consists of four components: family engagement, 秘密结社 4-H clubs, one-on-one success coaching and summer programming.
的 秘密结社 program started in 2007 by bringing students and parents together for a series of six workshops to learn about the US educational system, including graduation requirements, communication, advocacy and higher education. In 2011, the program expanded from single-family engagement to today’s four-component program.
秘密结社 4-H 在爱达荷州 began in 2018 in Jerome 县 with a collaboration between University of 爱达荷州 扩展 and the Jerome School District. It now engages Jerome 县 students and their families to improve high school success and help students get to college.
查看 2018-19 Annual Report (PDF)秘密结社, 2020 Impact Statement (PDF) and Program Poster (PDF)秘密结社2020 to learn more about the program.
的 秘密结社 Sustainable Community Project: A Collaboration between NC State University, NC A&T University, and University of 爱达荷州 is a 4-H Life Skills, technology enhanced, dropout prevention and college preparation program with Latinx youth and their parents in North Carolina and 爱达荷州. NIFA USDA CYFAR Award Number 2018-41520-28749.
Orientation for 4-H 志愿者
UI 扩展 4-H Youth Development this spring released a statewide “New Volunteer Orientation” resource package for all county 4-H professionals. It helps employees prepare 4-H 志愿者 to work with 爱达荷州’s 4-H youth by providing high quality, consistent training materials.
的 Orientation for 4-H 志愿者 explores important topics of child protection, risk-management, working with youth, and Positive Youth Development concepts. 的 package includes a comprehensive lesson plan, 议程, 施舍, 活动, videos and learning games.
Some resources are designed to be tailored by trainers. For example, a “Reporting Suspected Abuse” card has spaces to add contact information for the local 扩展 office. 的 planning 团队 also considered different types of volunteer involvement when creating the schedule. 的 schedule groups topics by volunteer roles so that event chaperones, for instance, do not have to attend the sections covering club and project management.
Consistent training for 4-H 志愿者 strengthens the entire program. If you are interested in working with 4-H youth, please contact your local UI 扩展 office.
4-H Outside the Box
4-H Outside the Box (OTB) is a flexible way for county 4-H programs to engage youth in a 4-H 经验. OTB are individual learning labs with four 活动 including supplies and instructions for the youth and adult helper. 的 活动 are designed experientially to engage the adult helper and youth together through 活动, reflection and apply steps. 的 活动 may be done individually or in small groups.
县 4-H professionals may adopt OTB by involving 志愿者 and/or parents to engage youth, whether the youth are new to 4-H or already active. With an implementation plan for March through early April, county 4-H professionals may request up to 20 individual learning labs at no cost. Evaluation surveys are included.
If you are interested in the Outside the Box 4-H programs, please contact your local UI 扩展 office.
美国志愿队 Instructors Expand 4-H 项目
Community partnerships with UI 扩展 美国志愿队 instructors can expand quality education to youth in out-of-school settings. UI 扩展, Twin Falls 县 secured one full-time, two half-time and one quarter-time 美国志愿队 instructors in 2020. This was possible through continuing partnerships and financial support from Boys & Girls Club Magic Valley, Hansen School District and Twin Falls 县. 的 focus of the 美国志愿队 instructors in Twin Falls 县 was to expand current programs and create new youth STEAM programs with current community partners and expand programs to new partners in the county.
美国志愿队 instructors wasted no time during the first stages of 爱达荷州 Rebounds. 的y worked together to redesign two current programs for a virtual setting and offer them as 4-H club projects to current 4-H 成员. Despite the challenges brought on by COVID-19, UI 扩展, Twin Falls 县 美国志愿队 instructors provided over 600 direct contact hours with around 450 youth in STEAM programs.
爱达荷州 4-H 美国志愿队 mission is to help youth in rural, economically disadvantaged or isolated communities build life skills through STEAM education 活动 and positive adult role models. 的re are 爱达荷州 4-H 美国志愿队 programs in almost every county 在爱达荷州.
爱达荷州 4-H 美国志愿队 成员 work with many other youth organizations to meet the community’s needs. To apply to host a member in your community contact Natasha Tienhaara, 4-H 美国志愿队 Program Coordinator at ntienhaara@bellezhang.com
Learn more about 美国志愿队 in Twin Falls 县 (PDF).
Support UI 扩展 4-H Youth Development During Vandal Giving Day — April 6-7
Vandal Giving Day is an annual day-long giving event to support programs at the University of 爱达荷州. This year you can support your local county 4-H program through Vandal Giving Day. 捐款 will directly benefit the youth in your county, and the county that raises the most funds will receive an added $1,000 from the University of 爱达荷州 Foundation.
