Delivery Modes in 4H

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Delivery Modes in 4-H

• AEE595M Youth Organization Management

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Overview

• There are seven basic modes by which 4-H Youth
  Development Programs are delivered.
• Organized 4-H Clubs
• Special Interest/Short-term Projects
• Camping Programs
• School Enrichment Programs
• Individual Study/Mentoring/Family Learning
  Programs
• School-aged Child Care Education Programs
• Instructional TV/Video Programs

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Organized 4-H Clubs

• An organized group of youth, led by an adult,
  with a planned program that is carried on
  throughout all or most of the year. 4-H clubs may
  meet in any location and typically have elected
  officers and a set of rules approved by the
  membership to govern the club.

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Organized 4-H Clubs

• There are 4 basic types of organized clubs
• Community clubs
• Meet in the evening or on weekends
• Offer self-selected learning experiences and
  activities
• In-school clubs
• Meet during school hours
• Have officers and planned activities beyond basic
  school enrichment programs

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Organized 4-H Clubs

• Basic types of organized clubs continued
• After-school clubs
• Organized within a child care setting
• Have officers and planned activities
• Military clubs
• Organized by the Armed Forces
• Usually on military installations
• Usually for military dependents

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Organized 4-H Clubs

• Quality Standards
• At least six meetings per year
• Club officers are elected
• 75 of club members complete a yearly project
• Organization leader attends one leader training
  every year
• New leaders attend new leader orientation
• Planning is done by members

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Organized 4-H Clubs

• Quality Standards continued
• Club officers run meetings
• Varied learning experiences are provided for all
  club members
• Each member does an in-club demonstration or
  presentation every year
• Financial audits are submitted to the extension
  office each year
• Service learning projects are completed every year

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Special Interest and Short-term Projects

• Groups of youth meeting for a specific learning
  experience that involves direct teaching by
  extension staff or trained volunteers, including
  teachers. Program is not part of school
  curriculum and not restricted to members of 4-H
  clubs. Multiple-day meetings, for example on
  college campuses, should be reported as
  short-term programs. The direct audience contact
  hours should be at least six for enrollment to be
  reported.

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Special Interest and Short-term Projects

• Examples
• Toastmasters
• Garden projects
• Day camps of only one day duration
• Kindergarten Awareness Day
• Farm City Day presentations
• 3rd Grade Ag Tour
• Tractor Certification
• Cloverbuds

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Special Interest and Short-term Projects

• Quality Standards
• Six contact hours
• 75 of participants complete an evaluation of the
  program
• Adults involved with the project receive training
• Youth involved in the program know that it is
  sponsored by 4-H

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Camping Programs

• Youth taking part in an Extension-planned
  educational experience of group living in the
  out-of-doors.
• Overnight camping includes being away from home
  at least one night (resident, primitive, or
  travel camping) and is not restricted to members
  of organized 4-H clubs.
• Day camping consists of multiple-day programs,
  with youth returning home each evening.

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Camping Programs

• Quality Standards
• Provides varied learning experiences for all
  camper skill levels
• Campers can articulate at least one life skill
  they learned at camp
• Planning is done by counselors and youth
  participants
• 50 of workshops are run by youth
• Counselors receive at least five hours of training

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School Enrichment Programs

• Groups of youth receiving a sequence of learning
  experiences in cooperation with school officials
  during school hours to support the school
  curriculum. Involves direct teaching by extension
  staff or trained volunteers, including teachers.
• Examples
• Classroom projects (Meet the Plants, Embryology)
• Summer school programs
• Home school programs that do not operate like
  clubs
• Nutrition Link

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School Enrichment Programs

• Quality Standards
• Youth involved are aware that it is a 4-H
  sponsored program
• Any non-4-H adult involved receives training
• An evaluation is completed by teachers or
  participants

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Individual Study/Mentoring/Family Learning
Programs

• Planned learning that occurs independently of a
  formal group setting, such as a club, as an
  individual, paired, or family learning effort.
  Self-directed, usually with limited adult
  involvement except for parents (or mentor).
• Examples
• Self-study
• Home study courses
• Advanced placement courses
• Mentoring or shadowing with an "expert"
• Whole families learning together

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Individual Study/Mentoring/Family Learning
Programs

• Quality Standards
• At least six meetings per year
• 75 of youth complete a project each year
• The mentor/leader attends at least one leader
  training each year
• New mentors/leaders attend new leader orientation
• Each youth does a presentation or demonstration
  to a group every year
• Yearly learning service projects are completed

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School-aged Child Care Education Program

• Educational programs offered to youth outside of
  school hours, usually in a school or other
  community center and incorporating 4-H curricula.
  The primary purpose is to provide care for youth
  while parents are working or unavailable.

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School-aged Child Care Education Program

• Examples
• Community centers
• Boys and Girls Clubs
• YM/YWCA
• 21st Century Learning Centers
• Cloverbuds
• Nutrition Links
• Quality Standards
• Minimum of six hours of programming

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Instructional Video/TV Programs

• Youth offered learning experiences through
  Extension via broadcast or closed circuit
  television, including satellite transmission, or
  videotape replays of such series.

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References

• Meadows, R. R. (2005). Virginia 4-H Delivery
  Modes Matrix. Blacksburg, VA Virginia
  Cooperative Extension and Virginia Tech.
  Retrieved on March 12, 2008 from
  http//www.ahnrit.vt.edu/support/helpdesk/4hp/docu
  mentation/4-H20Delivery20Modes20Matrix.pdf
• New Jersey 4-H. (2007). Delivery Modes. Retrieved
  on March 14, 2008 from http//www.nj4h.rutgers.edu
  /about/deliverymodes.html
• Pennsylvania 4-H. (2008). Definitions of Delivery
  Modes. Retrieved on March 12, 2008 from
  http//downloads.cas.psu.edu/4h/QualityStandards.p
  df
• The definitions and standards in this PowerPoint
  are in accordance with the 4-H Professional
  Research, Knowledge and Competencies Model
  (2004).