REPORTING CATEGORIES

I . Mission Area -

• Science, Engineering, and Technology
• Healthy Lifestyles
• Leadership and Citizenship

II. Volunteerism - Youth and adult leadership development and management.

III. Learning Experiences - Delivery methods such as teacher training, school enrichment, clubs, special interest, camps, etc.

Outcomes:

• Increased number of participants
• Increased diversity in 4-H Youth Development Program
• Actively engaged youth and adult volunteers in their communities
• Youth are prepared to enter the workforce
• Sense of connectedness, value and belonging for youth.

Outputs

• Provide educational, experiential learning experiences.
• Provide educational opportunities for youth to develop and practice knowledge and skills
• Provide educational training for youth and adults in positive youth development
• Provide positive youth development opportunities using the 4-H Essential Elements

I. Mission Areas Reporting Category

• Science, Engineering, and Technology
• Healthy Lifestyles
• Leadership and Citizenship

• Strengthen the relationship between research and practice using the resources of our land-grant university.
• Engage youth in creating curriculum, enable youth to sustain long-term relationships with support adults and strengthen one or more life skills.
• Implement new, unconventional educational models, that engage youth in creating curriculum, that enable youth to sustain long-term relationships with support adults and that strengthen one or more life skills.
• Build and sustain collaborative partnerships and relationships with our clientele and other agencies and organizations.
• Expand, create, and sustain collaborative partnerships and relationships with other agencies and organizations.
• Develop resources to secure federal, state, and local funding with state and local partners.
• Provide impact and accountability data.
• Collect impact and accountability data.

APPLIED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT Working Group
Writing circle active in learning about and creating a literary review of research in the field of Youth Development. Coordinator: Lynne Borden, Associate Specialist and Associate Professor, Norton School of Family & Consumer Sciences.

SITTER ONLINE Working Group
It is unknown how many young people work as babysitters. These young people often lack the knowledge, skills, training and experience that allows them to keep children safe and secure while creating an environment in which they are caring, responsible, trustworthy, competent and respectful. Too often these young people caring for younger children do not have adequate training and education needed to face work challenges while learning how to operate a successful babysitting business. Coordinator: Cathy Martinez, Associate Agent, 4-H Youth Development, Pinal County Cooperative Extension.

Projects include:

• AZ 4-H Shooting Education Committee
• AZ 4-H Outdoor Education Committee

II. Volunteerism Reporting Category

• Build shared local and state leadership models and practices.
• Support the recruitment, orientation, training, retention celebration of the youth and adult volunteers.
• Contribute to the research and best practices of volunteer development.

4-H VALUED VOLUNTEER Working Group
Research and history demonstrates the effectiveness of a properly trained core of volunteers in multiplying the reach of each 4-H professional. Volunteers play many key roles in the AZ 4-H Youth Development program and they directly influence more youth than professional extension faculty and staff. Coordinator: Bob Peterson, Associate Agent, 4-H Youth Development Agent, Pima County Cooperative Extension.

Projects include:

• Youth on 4-H advisory committees
• State 4-H Youth-Adult Council (YAC)
• State Teen Adult Retreat (STAR)
• JOLT – State 4-H Teen Leadership Camp

III. Learning Experiences Reporting Category

• Provide learning opportunities to all volunteers and Extension professionals.
• Develop an ethic of access and opportunity for all youth; projects that support equitable access and opportunity to all communities.
• Expand, create, and sustain collaborative partnerships and relationships with other agencies and organizations.
• Addresses technology and reaches rural, remote, and under-served audiences.
• Strengthen the relationship between research and practice using the resources of our land-grant university.
• Engage youth in creating curriculum, enable youth to sustain long-term relationships with support adults and strengthen one or more life skills.
• Use innovative educational models, that Implement new, unconventional educational models, that engage youth in creating curriculum, that enable youth to sustain long-term relationships with support adults and that strengthen one or more life skills.
• Use resource development to secure new federal, state, and local funding with state and local partners.

Projects include:

• Engaging Youth, Serving Communities (EYSC) in rural communities
• E-commerce efforts for rural youth development
• Global educational opportunities
• AZ 4-H
• AZ 4-H Military Partnership
• Operation Military Kids (OMK)

Contact: Lisa Lauxman, Acting Assistant Director, 4-H Youth Development.