Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development Parent-Volunteer Training

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Oklahoma 4-H Youth DevelopmentParent-Volunteer
Training

• This is 4-H Core Competencies Unit 1

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History of the Cooperative Extension Service

• Oklahoma 4-H Volunteer
• Core Competencies
• Unit 1 This is 4-H

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History of Cooperative Extension Service

• 1862 Morrill Act establishing Land-grant
  Universities
• Oklahoma State University
• 1890 Institutes Langston University
• 1914 Cooperative Extension Service established
• 1994 Institute

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The Purpose for Cooperative Extension

• Education
• Research based information
• Formal and informal education
• 4-H Youth Development
• Home Community Education

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Cooperativerefers to a partnership between
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Cooperativerefers to

• Funding received from multiple levels
• Federal US Dept. of Ag
• State Higher Ed. Budget
• County Govt. or Sales Tax

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Who is OCES? Oklahoma Cooperative Extension
Service

• Agriculture Natural Resources
• Family Consumer Sciences
• Rural Development
• 4-H Youth Development

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Participation

• The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service is
  open to all eligible persons regardless of race,
  color, national origin, gender, religion, age, or
  disability.

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History of 4-H

• Oklahoma 4-H Volunteer
• Core Competencies
• Unit 1 This is 4-H

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History of 4-H4-H was a means for reaching
adults with improved home and farm practices
1972 Focus broadened
1914 Clubs became part of Agriculture Service
1911 4-H name and Clover
1902 Boys Girls Clubs
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What is 4-H?

• Youth development component of the Cooperative
  Extension Service
• Largest youth serving agency in the world
• Primary purpose is education and youth
  development

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4-H educates through

• Individual project work
• Local clubs
• County, district and state activity and events
• Short-term programs
• School Enrichment
• Mass Media

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Membership

• 5-19 years old
• Cloverbuds non-competitive program for 5-8 year
  olds
• Traditional membership 9-19 years old