4H Leadership Opportunities

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4-H Leadership Opportunities

• Developed by
• Texas 4-H Youth Development Strengthening Clubs
  Initiative Team

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Topics

• General Leadership Opportunities

2. Project Leadership Opportunities
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GENERAL Leadership Opportunities
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4-H Ambassadors

• Goals
• Promote the 4-H and Youth Development Program to
  many audiences
• To develop leadership and communication skills
• To and change or improve the 4-H image among
  selected audiences

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County Youth Boards

• Helps County Extension Agent determine what
  programs should be implemented
• Reviews the educational impacts of programs,
  determining how to reach new youth audiences
• The Youth Board is made up of 8 to 15 youth and
  adults (three youth to one adult)

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Leadership Councils

• Every youth has the opportunity to serve as an
  officer on various levels
• Club
• County
• District
• State

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District Leadership Labs

• 2- to 4-day leadership retreat
• In-depth training
• Dates and costs vary
• Information is mailed to county Extension offices
  in the Spring of each year.

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Texas 4-H Teen Leader Retreat

• Focuses on the development of intensive
  leadership skills
• Targets 4-H members age 13 and older
• Held annually in January at the Texas 4-H
  Conference Center.

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Junior Leadership Retreat

• For youth ages 9-13
• Workshops are facilitated by Texas 4-H Council
  and other senior level 4-H youth
• Experience service opportunities
• Conducted annually in November at the Texas 4-H
  Conference Center.

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Career Awareness and Youth Leadership Laboratory

• Held each year during the month of June on the
  Prairie View AM campus for youth ages 14 to 19.
  Hands-on workshops expose youth to careers in
  agriculture, family and consumer sciences,
  communications and entrepreneurship.

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Texas 4-H Congress

• Mock legislative educational event
• Held in Austin in even-numbered years
• Senior 4-H youth experience the legislative
  process first hand.
• Youth are exposed the full political scene
• Activities range from debating bills to
  socializing with advocates and opponents

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National 4-H Congress

• For senior 4-H members
• Designed to teach participants the citizens
  political approach to community action for youth
• Youth delegates participate in programs that
  focus on citizenship, leadership and
  communication.

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National 4-H Conference

• Held in Chevy Chase, Maryland
• Involves youth, volunteers and staff in
  determining 4-H program directions at all levels
• Participants are involved in an array of
  operations committees, consulting groups,
  pre/post conference commitments and obligations.

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Citizenship Washington Focus

• Held at the National 4-H Center
• Participants broaden their appreciation for other
  cultures, increase their commitment to citizen
  involvement, understand the importance of civic
  and social responsibilities, and participate in a
  4-H experience at the national level.

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Project Specific Leadership Opportunities
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SpecTra

• Special Training in Spectacular Tradition
  (SpecTra)
• Targets youth ages 14 to 18.
• 20 hours of intensive instruction in a specific
  program area

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Clothing Board

• Offers 4-H members, volunteer leaders and County
  Extension Agents an opportunity to help determine
  and expand the 4-H clothing program
• Applications are solicited in the fall
• Youth and adults may apply

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4-H Youth Technology Team

• Focus toward incorporating technology into
  current projects and developing an individual 4-H
  project that would attract youth interested in
  computer technology Applications solicited in the
  fall
• Youth and adults may apply

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Texas Sheep and Goat Youth Leadership Workshop

• A week-long intensive training tour of the Texas
  sheep and goat industry
• Learn about all facets of the industry
• Offered to junior and senior age youth during the
  summer of odd numbered years.

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National Dairy Conference

• For 15 to 18 year-olds who have participated in
  the 4-H Dairy Program for at least three years
• Held in conjunction with the World Dairy Expo and
  the National Dairy Cattle Judging Contest in
  Madison, Wisconsin in October

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Food and Nutrition Project Team

• The purpose is to promote education and
  activities through the 4-H food and nutrition
  project
• Meets two times each year
• Youth, at least 14 years of age, and adults may
  serve on the project team. All members serve a
  two-year term

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Food and Nutrition Ambassadors

• The purpose is to provide support to the county,
  district, regional and state Extension staff in
  an effort to promote the 4-H Food and Nutrition
  project
• 4-H members must be at least a freshman or 14
  years of age as of August 31 of the current 4-H
  year.

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Shooting Sports Ambassadors

• Senior 4-H Shooting Sports members may apply from
  July through the end of November to be 4-H
  Shooting Sports Ambassadors
• Ambassadors represent the program and the state
  at a variety of events and promote the program in
  their regions.

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Texas Pork Producers Association Pork Leadership
Camp

• S week-long intensive training tour of the pork
  industry across Texas
• Participants learn about the production,
  marketing, processing and merchandising of pork,
  and critical issues facing the pork industry

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Sportfishing Volunteer Training

• Volunteer leaders and junior leaders are
  encouraged to participate in both basic and
  advanced training in this discipline area
• Using a team approach permits a county to form a
  functional group with a broad array of skills to
  convey to youth

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Texas Brigades

• Four half-day programs for youth ages 13-17
• There are four programs to choose from
• Bobwhite Brigade
• Feathered Forces
• Buckskin Brigade
• Bass Brigade

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County Leadership Opportunities
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Now What?

• Share the information you have learned
• Encourage 4-H members to attend leadership
  trainings
• Promote leadership at all levels
• Have attendees share experiences with others