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New and Returning 4-H Enrollment

Open August 15 - December 1

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4-H Volunteer Webinar Series 2023 - Short

2023 Online

Workshop Series for 4-H Project Leaders

This series is designed to help adult 4-H volunteer educators learn how to plan and facilitate 4-H learning experiences (projects) with young people in community 4-H club projects, after-school club programs, day camps, special interest (SPIN) clubs, teenagers-as-teachers (teens-as-teachers) programs, and other educational experiences. In the four-part series, 4-H volunteer educators learn about their roles, responsibilities, lesson planning, making learning engaging, working with youth, and effective hands-on learning. Sessions cover content from The UC 4-H Volunteer Educators' Guide: For Volunteers Facilitating 4-H Educational Experiences (published in 2023).

Session 1: Best practices in youth development: Focusing on youth sparks, sense of belonging, and positive relationships with adults. (The 4-H Thriving Model of Positive Youth Development)
Session 2: Learning in 4-H: Facilitating hands-on experiential education and planning your project.
Session 3: Working With All Ages (from 5 to 18) and Abilities (The Ages and Stages of Youth Development)
Session 4: Creating effective youth-adult partnerships & Working with youth leaders (Junior and Teen Leaders)

Participation: Complete the full four-part series to earn a certificate and 4-H volunteer name badge. They will be mailed to your UC cooperative extension county 4-H office in January 2024. Note: In order to receive these incentives, participants must have active (approved) 4-H volunteer status, through the 4-H volunteer appointment process, by December 31, 2023.

Virtual Workshops Facilitated Statewide by Volunteer Workgroup

4-H volunteer registration at https://bit.ly/4hpl (no fee & no deadline)

The full series consists of 4, 2-hour sessions. Each session is offered twice: Tuesdays in September (5, 12, 19, 26) | 6:30-8:30pm OR Wednesdays in October (4, 11, 18, 25) | 6:30-8:30pm

Session 1: Best practices in youth development: Focusing on youth sparks, sense of belonging, and positive relationships with adults. (The 4-H Thriving Model of Positive Youth Development)Offered September 5 & October 4.
Session 2: Learning in 4-H: Facilitating hands-on experiential education and planning your project. Offered September 12 & October 11
Session 3: Working With All Ages (from 5 to 18) and Abilities (The Ages and Stages of Youth Development)Offered September 19 & October 18
Session 4: Creating effective youth-adult partnerships & Working with youth leaders (Junior and Teen Leaders)Offered September 26 & October 25

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Parents & Volunteers!

You asked for more training - we heard you!

View the sessions on the website,

lunch is served, and childcare is provided.

networking encouraged

(Registration Required)

Please join us on

Saturday, September 30th

2^nd Annual LEAP Conference

and learn about the "Secret Sauce for Success"

with our keynote speaker, Rita Bosworth