Objective 3:
Youth involved in short-term educational programs will show increased life skill
knowledge and subject matter skill.
Target audience
Participants for this objective will come from the general 4-H audience involved
in short-term programming across the state. In general, the audience will be
between 5 and 18 years of age and will be engaged in volunteer led activities.
Teaching points
The subject matter of this objective involves processing of experiential activities
according to the model put forth by Pfeiffer and Jones ( 1983). In this model
the youth are asked to:
· Experience an activity
· Share what they have learned
· Process what is important
· Generalize to how this has occurred in their life
· Apply to different situations or to greater understanding
Program delivery strategies
Phase one and Phase two in-service training, volunteer leaders conferences,
program assistant conferences and state council activities are all possible
venues for training in the experiential learning model.
Evaluation strategies
A. Measures of Progress
1. Number of workshops in each curriculum area
NUMBER In
Citizenship and Civic Education _____
Communication and Expressive Arts _____
Family and Consumer Sciences _____
Environment and Earth Education _____
Healthy Life Styles _____
Personal Development & Leadership _____
Plants and Animals _____
Science and Technology _____
2. Number of workshops with each life skill as the primary life skill
NUMBER In
Decision making _____
Problem Solving _____
Healthy Lifestyles _____
Communications _____
3. Number of workshops having these time frames
NUMBER In
One 6-hour session _____
Two 3-hour sessions _____
Three 2-hour sessions _____
Four 1.5-hour sessions ______
Six 1-hour sessions _____
More than 6 hours of instruction _____
4. Number of workshops having the following time intervals
NUMBER Having
All in one day _____
Consecutive days _____
Every other day _____
Weekly _____
Every other week _____
Monthly _____
5. Total number participating in special interest programming
NUMBER Youth _____
NUMBER Adult _____
NUMBER Male _____
NUMBER Female _____
NUMBER White _____
NUMBER American Indian or Alaskan Native _____
NUMBER Black or African American _____
NUMBER Asian _____
NUMBER Native Hawaiian or Pacific Island_____
NUMBER Hispanic/Latino _____
NUMBER Multi-racial _____
6. Cost of workshops
NUMBER At
Free ______
$1 - $2.99 _____
$3 - $4.99 _____
$5 - $10 _____
Greater than $10 _____
7. Number of volunteers trained with experiential methodologies before interacting
with youth in special interest programming
NUMBER Trained _____
B. Impact Indicators
1. Number of youth indicating positive knowledge/attitude changes as a result
of
workshops as reported by parents and leaders
NUMBER Increasing _____
2. Number of youth indicating positive life skill changes as a result of workshops
as reported by parents and leaders
NUMBER Increasing _____
3. Number of volunteers demonstrating the experiential learning process in special
interest programming
NUMBER Demonstrating________
