This is great for club meetings or it can be used as an activity during a cookery contest. Youth will have fun with this matching game while learning about nutrition.

Helpful hints on how to give a Method Demonstration.

What is expected of me as a leader? To be successful in any job, people must know what is expected of them. Based upon those expectations, people then need the information and training to enable them to complete the job successfully. This resource guide will explain your role; give suggestions for accomplishing the job, conducting election of officers, working with officers, how to get parents involved and what they can do.

“What positive outcomes in youth, adults, and communities result from the presence of critical elements in a 4-H experience?” A group of evaluators reviewed the basic and applied research on characteristics of effective programs for youth development. From this process, eight essential elements were identified focusing on belonging, mastery, generosity and independence.

This system gives volunteers an online resource for tracking hours and mileage and reporting their impact.

A series of lessons designed to provide teaching activities that are fun as well as educational

This handbook has been developed to help organizational leaders carry out their responsibilities.

The Lousiana State Schools of Character Awards incentives.

The LSU AgCenter 4-H Program is the official sponsor for the Louisiana Promising Practices Awards

Reporting tools for club leaders, authorization letter and fact sheet.

Use the attached record sheets to record trainings, workshops and additional continuing education service hours.

The Louisiana 4-H Master Volunteer Achievement in Continuing Education (ACE) program is designed to assist volunteers in the development of specialized skills as 4-H volunteers by participating in quality training experiences, processing learning experiences, conducting service activities/projects, and developing a Master Volunteer ACE portfolio.

This handbook is designed for use by the 4-H Club member who is responsible for planning and conducting special activities and events for the club meeting. It may also be useful for 4-H leaders who work with 4-H'ers. This handbook does not contain complete programs. Its main purpose is to provide the club member with a variety of ideas for the meeting.

Join Louisiana delegation at the 2011 Southern Region 4-H Volunteer Forum (SRVF). Download the delegate packet and fill out the registrations forms.

Youth and adult volunteers play a critical role to support expanding the outreach capabilities in all LCES programming areas, including 4-H, Agriculture and Natural Resources and Family and Consumer Sciences. To help facilitate a better understanding of working with LCES volunteers, a Volunteer Policy (LCES PS-23) has been developed with input from agents, specialists and our human resource management office to provide guidance as well as direction in working with and managing volunteers.

It can be a challenge for 4-H leaders to plan exciting, involving meetings. Active club programs help create interest and provide inspiration and stimulation for members to learn through new experiences. There are many ways to incorporate active, fun learning into the 4-H Club experience. This publication provides a 4-H Club planning worksheet as a helpful resource for your club.

The 4-H Awesome After School Kits offer flexibility in programming for 4-H agents and volunteers by providing the curriculum, lesson plans and a shopping guide to build four kits that center on a particular 4-H project category, allowing students to explore project areas and 4-H activities related to that topic.

Dennis Marcantel from Monsanto brought greetings from the company’s headquarters to more than 50 4-H adult volunteers and staff attending the 2011 Louisiana 4-H Volunteer Forum. The event, i4-H: There’s An App for That! was held March 11-13, 2011, at the Marriott ConferenceCenter in Baton Rouge, La.

10 Minute Education Series: 4-H Name and Emblem is a self-directed course designed for 4-H and Extension Youth Development Staff. Participants will where the guidelines for 4-H Name and Emblem come from, what the guidelines are, and how local offices can use these guidelines. Ten minute topics include:

Greetings, I am Chuck Stelly, a 4-H volunteer. I recently attended a conference in Lexington, Kentucky of the State 4-H Teen Council held at the Lake Cumberland 4-H Center in Jabez, KY. This camp is located in remote south central Kentucky, where a reservoir was created on the Cumberland River. It was a beautiful place for the Teen Council to meet for some reflection and planning of upcoming events for the 2011-2012 4-H season.

The 4-H/Army Child and Youth Services Teen Babysitter Curriculum "I have what it takes to be your Teen Babysitter" is comprised of a Facilitator Guide, A Student Guide with supplementing CD Rom, a set of Student Worksheets and an Information Card designed for qualified 4-H and military Child & Youth program staff to train teens, aged 13-18 in Babysitting Skills.

The overall objective of this workshop is to give participants an overall understanding of videography by learning the skills and techniques necessary to create great movies.

Great resources available online!!! One of the benefits of the 4-H Military Partnerships is the joint development of high-quality curriculum materials in a wide variety of program areas. These are valuable resources for youth programs and professional development for 4-H and military staff.

Lesson plans for Character Education on the 5th grade level.

Lesson plans for Character Education on the 7th grade level.

Lesson plans for Character Education on the 6th grade level.

Lesson plans for Character Education on the 4th grade level.

Lesson plans for Character Education on the 8th grade level.

A brief description of the character development program.

I'm Alone and Okay is a set of lesson plans designed to teach K-5th graders decision-making skills necessary when staying home alone.

So you've volunteered, been appointed or have been chosen as the new 4-H leader! Congratulations! You're starting an interesting, challenging and rewarding experience. Here is how to get started and manage these responsibilities.

L4-HVLA Annual Conference was held at the Marriott Hotel in Baton Rouge on March 11-13, 2011. The conference was packed with great educational programs including ethical decision making, robotics, ice breaker activities, victory gardens, military programming and much more.

You can make your monthly meeting an inspiration to your members by incorporating exciting activities to help 4-H'ers gain a sense of belonging. This article provides information and resource links for club leaders on planning club meetings, making meetings exciting, planning a 4-H program, giving demonstrations and leader guides.

Television, movies, video games all increasingly vie for our children's time. But they rarely allow children the luxury of burning some of their pent-up energy. Parents can make a big difference in the amount of physical activity children experience.

The mission of the Southern Region 4-H Volunteer Forum is to increase the capacity of volunteers and salaried staff to contribute to the achievement of the mission of 4-H Youth Development and the Cooperative Extension system. The primary purpose of the SRVF is to educate and prepare participants to share the information that they learned and practice the skills that they have developed, through participating in the forum, at home in their own 4-H programs and activities.

Louisiana 4-H recommends schools and youth organizations across Louisiana teach the same character trait each month and integrate decision making into lessons and daily activities.

Parents can help their children experience school success by fostering social and emotional maturity, language skills, creative thinking skills, good health, problem-solving abilities and a general knowledge of the world.

Educators sometimes feel unprepared when new students arrive as a result of disaster they experience, and current students sometimes have difficulty feeling empathy for the new transfer students. This lesson plan can be used with groups of youth in junior high and high school who need guidance in dealing with a change in their social environment, i.e., their school, following a disaster or even after positive changes in their life situation.

Louisiana 4-H Volunteer Leaders Association

Florida 4-H has made available a graphic gallery for Extension faculty, staff and volunteers to download. They have a nice assortment of graphics that you may find helpful.

The Office of Motor Vehicles has released the new 4-H license plate. Purchase your plate today and support the 4-H Youth Development Program.

As you and your child join the 4-H program, you’ll want to make the most of the experience. The success of your 4-H club and the kind of experience your child depends greatly upon your parental involvement. 4-H has so much to offer your child through educational programs, contests and special events. Through active participation in 4-H, your child will develop skills that will last a lifetime.

This lesson will help educators teach the basic of checking accounts.

List of curricula available to educators through their local extension office.

The Character Education Partnership along with Cyber Smart are providing tools and materials for educators to begin teaching about cyberbullying to youth.

When disaster strikes, people everywhere want to help those individuals in need. To ensure that this compassion and generosity are put to good use, it’s important to know what stages victims go through disaster recovery.

List of 4-H Volunteer Roles and Opportunities

4-H School Enrichment Programs available through the Louisiana 4-H Youth Development department.

Why is parental involvement important? The Louisiana 4-H Executive Board formed a committee to encourage parent involvement. They believe it is extremely important for the success of the program. Here are what some of the 4-H members have to say about this issue:

Volunteer Leader Job Descriptions

The vision of Volunteer Leaders Association

“You got some bones to get some kicks.” “Backup your grill, you got the dragon.” “Boo, let’s go flossin.” Do these phrases seem like a foreign language? If you answered yes to this question, get the lowdown on teen lingo.

This guide discusses the common physical, mental, social and emotional characteristics for high school youth. Keep in mind that no two children develop according to the same schedule and the transitions are gradual. By accepting youth at their current developmental stage and offering challenging growth opportunities to help them make the transition into the next stage.

Whenever a disaster strikes, volunteers are often the first to respond. Because the needs vary with each disaster, volunteers must be flexible in responding to a disaster. This document helps prepare volunteers to work with disaster victims as well as meet the needs that arise as a result of the disaster.

Successful 4-H meetings do not happen by chance. Great meeting require careful planning, club officers who know and use good meeting procedures, and respectful and responsible club members who are attentive, who are prepared to be involved, to express their ideas and give feedback to the club officers and committee chairs. By following a well-planned agenda that officers have discussed in advance, a lot of meeting business can be accomplished in a short time.

In planning meetings a definite purpose should be kept in mind. Meetings are successful when they are planned for a specific reason or reasons. The time and thought given to advance preparation will pay dividends in the form of better club programs and increased participation by members.

Service-learning is a teaching strategy sweeping the nation that links community service to formal and informal education.

A new educational resource from the Department of Defense Education Activity’s (DoDEA) Educational Partnership is available now in print and on a CD through Military OneSource at www.militaryonesource.com. The guide, which provides information on important policies, procedures and best practices that are critical to supporting the needs of military families' education, is also available online at www.militaryk12partners.dodea.edu.

4-H Afterschool is a collaborative effort of the Cooperative Extension System – state land-grant universities, state and county governments and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, United States Department of Agriculture – and National 4-H Council.

4-H Afterschool, through partnerships and collaborations, provides extraordinary learning opportunities to school-age youth in urban, suburban and rural communities.

(Distributed 10/26/07) Halloween is a favorite holiday for many children, but candy is not necessarily the kids’ favorite treat, according to LSU AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Beth Reames. Research reveals that youngsters enjoy nonfood treats, too.