Youth Leadership
Description
Youth Leadership is a statewide 4-H project. It features curriculum
that will guide you through the project. For a copy contact your
County 4-H Office or order online at: Extension
Publications.
Youth Leadership 1
This beginning project is aimed at grades 3-5. During this activity-driven project, assess your leadership skills, explore what’s important to you, put yourself in someone else’s shoes, understand self-responsibility, practice effective communication skills, organize your personal belongings, make an action plan to complete a project, set goals, make an invention, resolve conflicts, and plan a group event.
BU7905, My Leadership Workbook for Grades 3-5
Youth Leadership 2
This intermediate project is aimed at grades 6-8. During this-activity driven project, assess your leadership skills, learn what motivates you, explore how leaders are different and alike, build trust in yourself and others, explore self-responsibility, give a speech, develop a multimedia presentation, set and achieve team goals, identify talents in people around you, practice teamwork and group etiquette at a meeting, handle conflicts in a group, and make group decisions.
BU7906, My Leadership Journal for Grades 6-8
Youth Leadership 3
This advanced project is aimed at grades 9-12. During this activity-driven project, assess your leadership skills, build trust in a group, explore how people are different and alike, assess your own strengths and weaknesses, build relationships and partnerships, participate in an interview, write vision and mission statements, role play conflict scenarios, explore an issue and develop recommendations, contribute to a group project, plan and organize meetings, and identify various leadership styles.
BU7907, My Leadership Portfolio for Grades 9-12
Youth Leadership Leader
BU7903, Leadership Mentor Guide for Grades K-5
BU7904, Leadership Mentor Guide for Grades 6-12
4-H71A, So You’re the Club President
4-H71B, So You’re the Club Vice President
4-H71C, So You’re the Club Secretary
4-H71D, So You’re the Club Treasurer
4-H71F, So You’re the Club Reporter
4-H71G, So You’re the Club Recreation Leader
4H500, I’m a 4-H Project Leader. Now What Do I Do?
Events
Want to learn more about Leadership? Try the links below.
Citizenship Washington Focus
CWF is a 4-H leadership program for high school youth, ages
15-19, from across the country. Every summer thousands of young
people stay at the National 4-H Conference Center, near Washington,
D.C., to participate in this week-long program. Contact your county
Extension office for more information and visit the national
site.
Co-op Y.E.S. (Youth Education
Summit)
For youth in grades 10-12 to learn the purpose, operation and
scope of cooperative business and economy in a fun and educational
environment. Participants also explore career possibilities and
meet youth leaders from across Wisconsin and Minnesota.
National 4-H Conference
National 4-H Conference in Washington D.C. each spring is a
working conference in which youth and adults help develop recommendations
to help guide 4-H Youth Development Programs nationally and in their
communities. It brings together youth, volunteer leaders, state,
and county Extension staff from across the U.S. and Canada. Contact
your county 4-H office for more information and visit the national
site.
National 4-H Congress
Delegates participate in self development seminars, tours, and
a service project, while exchanging ideas with youth from across
the country.
Wisconsin 4-H and Youth
Conference
If you’re in grades 8-10, check out the next Wisconsin
4-H and Youth Conference, scheduled each June at the UW-Madison
campus. The conference offers educational seminars in most areas
of 4-H. Contact your county Extension office for details. Guiding
the conference are members of the State
4-H Youth Leader Council.
Youth Leadership Project Training
Many counties hold local training for members and leaders in
their favorite project areas, including youth leadership. Watch
your county 4-H Family newsletter or contact your county Extension
office for details.
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County Fair
The county fair . . . what a great time it is! Every summer, families
flock to county fairs to see the latest 4-H project exhibits. Exhibiting
is a fun and educational way for youth to showcase their project
work to judges and to the public.
Judging materials are supported by Bill Shaw in memory of his wife, Shirley.
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Related Links
There’s so much more to learn in the 4-H Leadership Projects.
Just follow these links!
Building
Partnerships for Youth
This site provides valuable resources to help implement leadership
programs for youth ages 9-13.
4-H Afterschool Program
Learn how you can become involved in the 4-H Afterschool initiative.
4-H Youth in Governance
See examples of how youth and adults are working together to make decisions and take action to strengthen organizations, communities, and our democratic society.
National 4-H Curriculum
Visit this site for updated National 4-H Curriculum information including new titles. Purchase curricula by accessing the online order form.
National Mentoring Partnership
Resources for adult and youth mentors.
National Youth Leadership Council
Learn how to build vital communities through youth service-learning.
This site is one of the best about service-learning. It provides
numerous links to other outstanding service-learning sites.
North Central Region Volunteers
Forum
Offers general, registration, tour, and workshop information
for the annual forum held in November.
Oconto County 4-H Project Resources
This web site provides links for many special projects including
links for fun youth leadership project ideas.
UW-Madison
Steenbock Library Resource Guide: Youth Leadership
Guide to links for many youth leadership-related sites.
Youthleadership.com
Site designed to give you ideas and a forum to discuss current
issues related to youth leadership development.
Youth Leadership Institute
Youth Leadership Institute implements Community-Based Programs
that provide youth with opportunities for developing leadership
skills in the areas of prevention, youth philanthropy, policy and
civic engagement.
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Project Support
For more information on the 4-H Youth Leadership Project, contact
the following:
UW-Extension County 4-H
Offices
This is your link to a list of Wisconsin County Extension Offices.
Select the county of your choice.
UW-Extension State Specialist: Sue Curtis
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Application for Registration as a Registered Judge for Wisconsin Fairs