4H Afterschool Initiative Extraordinary Learning Opportunities

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4-H Afterschool InitiativeExtraordinary Learning
Opportunities!
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4-H Afterschool Initiative

• What is 4-H Afterschool?
• 4-H, Cooperative Extension and
• community-based organizations
• working together
• to offer quality programming
• for school-aged youth
• during their out of school time.

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4-H Afterschool Initiative

• South Dakota is a participating state in this
  national initiative
• National 4-H Council CSREES, USDA
• Partial funding through the JCPenney Afterschool
  Fund
• Hours of Opportunity March 2003
• National Roll-out Conference April 2003
• South Dakotas training for Youth Development/4-H
  Educators Sept. 2003

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Goals of 4-H Afterschool

• Children and Youth
• To provide educational programs for youth not
  currently served by Extension
• To provide positive learning environments
• To promote youth leadership
• To increase childrens social skills

• Community Organizations
• To form partnerships with the directors and staff
  of existing after school programs
• To provide training on positive youth development
  principles for after school staff and volunteers

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Role of Youth Development/4-H Educators

• YD/4-H Educators are currently
• Providing youth development training, curriculum
  resources, and technical assistance to staff
• Serving on boards of after school programs
• Assisting in writing grant proposals
• Recruiting teen and adult volunteers

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After School Environment

• National Afterschool Association (NAA)
• Standards for Quality School-Age Care
• Nine Critical Elements identified by 4-H
• 1. Positive relationship with a caring adults
• 2. Safe environment, physically emotionally
• 3. Opportunity to master skills content
• 4. Opportunity to be an active, engaged learner

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After School Environment

• Nine Critical Elements identified by 4-H
• 5. Opportunity to value service to others
• 6. Opportunity to practice service for others
• 7. Opportunity for self-determination
• 8. An inclusive environment
• 9. Able to see ones self as an active
  participant in the future

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4-H Afterschool Collaborations

• Educators met with representatives of 60 after
  school programs and established partnerships with
  more than half of these programs/locations, which
  resulted in the formation of 40 4-H
  Afterschool clubs
• Ongoing collaboration with Sisseton- Wahpeton
  Extension Coordinator

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Statewide 4-H Afterschool Collaborations

• South Dakota Office of Child Care Services
• Boys Girls Clubs
• YMCAs
• Single and multiple-site after school programs in
  rural and urban communities
• South Dakota School Age Care Alliance

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4-H Afterschool IDEAS Grant Collaborators

• The Source, Boys Girls Club, Sisseton
• Tiospa Zina Boys Girls Club
• Enemy Swim Elementary School After School Program
• Westside (Elementary) After School Program,
  Sisseton
• Department of Visual Arts, South Dakota State
  University

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Example of One-Hour Session

• Youth arrive after school and check-in
• If nice weather, youth go outside and play
  organized game for 10 minutes
• Nutritious snacks available
• Bring meeting to order, recite pledges
• Begin learning activity, e.g., investigate
  different types of vegetable seeds
• Create an artistic collage, using a variety of
  seeds and other media

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South Dakota 4-H Afterschool 2003-04

• In May 2004, YD/4-H Educators reported
• Formation of 40 4-H Afterschool groups/clubs
• Membership of 995 youth in 4-H Afterschool
• Participation of 65 after-school staff members
• Participation of 67 teen and adult volunteers

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4-H Afterschool Resources

• USDA grant partially funded state-wide Educator
  training and curricula resources
• JCPenney Afterschool Fund partially funded
  train-the-trainer roll-out conference
• South Dakota received one of 15 grants from
  JCPenney Afterschool Fund to develop 4-H
  Afterschool in Roberts County in cooperation with
  Sisseton-Wahpeton Community College, a 1994
  institution.

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4-H Afterschool Educational Resources

• 4-H Cooperative Curriculum System youth
  activity guides on many topics available through
  www.n4hccs.org
• 4-H Afterschool in a Box, CSREES, USDA and
  National 4-H Council
• Adventures in Learning, North Carolina CES
• Cloverbuds, Series I II, The Ohio State
  University Extension
• Wonderwise Women in Science, University of
  Nebraska State Museum and Nebraska 4-H

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Lights On Afterschool!
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JCPenney Afterschool Fund
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Summary

• YD/4-H Educators have formed partnerships with
  after-school providers
• Extension is providing youth development training
  especially for smaller programs and those with
  frequent staff turnover
• Formation of 40 clubs with 1000 members
• Over 130 teens and adults have a better
  understanding of developmental needs of youth and
  positive learning environments

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Afterschool Websites

• www.4hafterschool.org
• www.fourhcouncil.edu
• www.jcpenneyafterschool.org
• www.afterschoolalliance.org
• www.4h.sdstate.edu
• www.4husa.org

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Acknowledgements

• This presentation was delivered to the South
  Dakota State Extension Advisory Board on
  September 13, 2004 in Brookings
• Prepared by
• Marilyn F. Rasmussen, Ph.D.
• Carolyn Clague, Ed.D.

Issued in furtherance of Cooperative
Extension Work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914,
in cooperation with USDA. Gerald W. Warmann,
Director of the South Dakota Cooperative
Extension Service, South Dakota State University,
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