Youth Leadership is Major Component of 4-H

 

4-H Youth Leaders Work With Community Children

Youth need authentic roles in our society to develop a wide variety of personal assets and skills.

 

 
In the past 10 years, the UCCE 4-H Youth Development Program in Kings County has provided more than 2,400 opportunities for young people to engage in leadership activities. The program offers a variety of opportunities for members to practice authentic leadership roles in local and county-wide settings.
 

 
One hundred and fifteen youth have completed a program requiring them to design a county-wide activity in which they provide leadership in creating an educational outcome. Candidates for the program write a plan, are interviewed by a panel and carry out their plans under the guidance of an adult advisor. They are then interviewed again to determine their level of success and the lessons learned.

There were more than 1,300 opportunities for youth to serve as club officers, performing monthly duties in their clubs and receiving training and mentorship.

About 1,000 Leadership Development projects,in which youth provide leadership to younger members in year-round projects, were completed at the local club level.

Sixty youth also completed 4-H All Star projects in which they provided leadership at many 4-H events and designed and conducted workshops for other youth.

Youth also have been trained in specific science curricula, going into the community to provide enrichment to hundreds of young children at day camps and school programs.
 

Supporting Unit: Kings County
 
Peggy Gregory, 4H Youth Development Advisor
UCCE Kings County, 680 N. Campus Dr., Suite A
Hanford, CA 93230
559-582-3211 ext 2734
pfgregory@ucdavis.edu