Education Sessions 2

D/E3

Saturday 130-415

This workshop will focus on the findings of the Youth Retention Study. This is a group of 4-H staff from California, Idaho, Wyoming, New Jersey, and Louisiana, focusing on how first-year 4-H members and families describe their experience in the program. This session will review the findings from 3 years of data, and will discuss the implications for our program in retaining youth after their first year in 4-H.

Kendra Lewis

D/E10

Saturday 130-415

The purpose of this workshop is to give adults the tools to build healthy Youth/Adult PARTNERSHIPS (Y-AP). We will focus on getting rid of flotsam and jetsam that exists between youth and adults and work toward forming real partnerships. This workshop will focus on the importance of healthy Y-APs. Youth are encouraged to attend.

Teresa Middleton

E1

Saturday 300-415

If you knew there was one thing you could do at your 4-H event that would lead to the overall success would you do it? Participants will learn how sleep impacts every area of a youth’s experiences at an overnight event, and how to have a successful event and everyone still gets enough sleep. Participants will: Increase understanding of the importance of sleep at youth events and develop skills in creating a schedule that encompasses both program content and adheres to sleep recommendations for youth.

Jenna Colburn

E4

Saturday 300-415

This session will use scenarios and ask participants to act out the scenarios using a conflict approach vs. an incident approach to conflict. We will use the ELM to guide the whole workshop. B. Conflict is a big part of 4-H and our daily lives. This session will challenge participants to rethink how they approach conflict resolution, and apply it to their 4-H experience.

Charles Go

E5

Saturday 300-415

During this session, there will be multiple hands-on activities to learn to understand your own emotions, use tools to help keep your emotions under control, learn to read others' emotions and understand how you are reacting, as well as learning how to adapt and react to your own emotions. Being able to control your emotions will not only expand your leadership skills and experiences. but it will also ensure wise decision making will be put into effect. These tools will be able to bring out true emotions of members and ensure their emotions will not be overheated or shy.

TJ Suit

E6

Saturday 300-415

Those attending will be involved in a hands-on table setting activity and discussion. Participants will be able to put together a themed tablescape and menu. Guidelines for 4-H project areas change over time. 4-H contests, such as the Tablesetting Contest, must be updated to reflect the changes. Participants will learn creative ways to use a themed tablescape to create a menu that represents the new food plate and see how this contest can be adapted to meet specific program or fair requirements.

Marian Stratton

E7

Saturday 300-415

In this workshop, a lesson from “Bio-security in 4-H Animal Science,” will be highlighted as well as other state recommended animal science curriculum. This session will bring current animal science training to participants and provide examples of how to include youth on both sides- as leaders and as learners - through a practice and discussion time. Participants will jump right into an activity, then discuss what happened – using the five senses- and finally analyze what’s important, why does it matter, and what’s next. The session emphasizes the importance of working with youth to practice and guide the lessons.

DeAnn Tenhunfeld

E8

Saturday 300-415

Explore the basic elements of design, how to apply design principles, and create 2 art works (DO). We will practice guided critiquing, a self-evaluation process and sharing (REFLECT) and learn how the two art curricula fit together along with the Elements and Principles of Design Card (APPLY) resulting in a rich art project and experience. Participants will have a clear understanding of how to offer a 4-H art project to youth and how to support the critiquing process to build skills.

Judith McShane

E9

Saturday 300-415

Provides participants an opportunity to try programs and participate in an offline activity. Current CS Pathway leaders will share their successes and mistakes. The sheer breadth and depth of resources for CS activities can be overwhelming, especially for those unfamiliar with the field. Participants will learn about a set of proven activities, the resources found in the 4-H CS Playbook and curricula used in 4-H programs, including computer-based options and unplugged activities that require no electronics to do. See D7 for Part A.

Fiona Reyes

E11

Saturday 300-415

Come to this discussion driven workshop and get a chance to experience what it can be like to have a disability in a fun and non-threatening environment. We will facilitate small groups of experiential activities and talk about how to increase the inclusive nature of our activities and experience in 4-H. Allows for lots of opportunity for participants to share their experiences along with asking questions.

Andrea Leao

E12

Saturday 300-415

Come learn how to hit reset on your busy life. Learn ways to remember, prioritize, and accomplish tasks and responsibilities by: Pinpointing priorities in a bullet journal; seeing your goals on a vision board; decluttering the unnecessary; learning relaxation Techniques This workshop is a wave of change targeting busy over scheduled individuals by providing skill sets to help rest life.

Paige Wray

E13

Saturday 300-415

4-H Western Region Volunteer Specialists

E14

Saturday 300-415

Creating your home away from home in the woods doesn’t take an engineering degree but it does take some practice. We’ll show you one tried and true method of shelter building with the chance for hands-on learning. We’ll also go over the four parts of the survival order: shelter, water, fire, food, and what you need to know to survive a night in the woods or a natural disaster situation. Having these skills can help kids and adults feel more empowered and calm in any situation. Corresponds to Earth Seasoned Lesson Plan: Autumn #4