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Resources forClub Leaders
Club Leader Training & Resources
A Toolkit for Volunteer Leaders is a resource used to prepare non-formal educators and volunteers for working in educational programs outside the traditional school system.
Useful Guides for a Successful 4-H Year
- What Have You Been Up To?
- 4-H Career Portfolio Part 1
- 4-H Career Portfolio Part 2
- 4-H Career Portfolio Part 3
- Select and Plan the Right 4-H Project
- Pick Your Project
- Success Markers for Traditional 4-H Clubs
- Selecting 4-H Club Officers and Committee Members
- Parent Interest Survey 1
- Parent Interest Survey 2
- Community Service Projects
- Ideas for Community Service
- Service Learning
Useful Club Leader Resources
- 4-H Partnerships
- 4-H Pledge
- 4-H Projects
- Leader Roles - Jr Leader
- Learning About 4-H
- 4-H Age, Membership & Participation Criteria
- Volunteer Leader Roles - Organizational Leader
- Volunteer Leader Roles - Project Leader
- 4-H Volunteers, Welcome to 4-H!
- Develop a 4-H Volunteer Leader Team
- The 4-H Essential Elements
- Targeting Life Skills
- Get Parents Involved in 4-H
- Strategies to Engage Every Parent
- Making 4-H the Priority for Busy Kids and Parents
- Keeping Yourself Energized
- Planning Effective Meetings Part 1
- Planning Effective Meetings Part 2
- How Kids Develop - Ages 5-8
- How Kids Develop - Ages 9-11
- How Kids Develop - Ages 12-14
- How Kids Develop - Ages 15-18
- How Kids Develop - Ages & Stages
- Service Learning
- Troubleshooting 4-H Club Problems
- 4-H Club Meeting Kit
- Volunteer Burnout
- Delegate for Success
Officer Resources
4-H Club Officers
- 4-H Club Officers and Duties
- President's Guide to Conducting Meetings
- Do You Know Parliamentary Procedure? Quiz
- Parlimentary Procedures Part 1
- Parlimentary Procedures Part 2
- Parlimentary Procedures Part 3
- Parlimentary Procedures Part 4
- Parliamentary Procedures Activities
- Rate Yourself as an Officer
- Eight Tips for Youth working with Adults 7/14/2009
- Ten Rules for Enthusiastic Officer Team 7/14/2009
Officer Resources
Meeting Resources
The 4-H Club Meeting
- Points to Look for in a Good 4-H Meeting
- 4-H Club Meeting Agenda
- Outline for Minutes of the 4-H Meeting
- Contact Tree for 4-H Members
- 4-H Club Calendar
- Roll Call Ideas
Club Officer Installation Ceremonies
Teaching Resources
- National 4-H Stem Lab Activities
- National 4-H Curricula
- Nebraska 4-H Curricula
- 4-H Mobile & Web Apps
Ag Literacy
- Horse Talk - Lesson Plan
- Horse Talk Jeopardy
- Horse Talk Presentation - Part 1
- Horse Talk Presentation - Part 2
Animal Science
- Club Activity Rations - 2009
Communication and Expressive Arts
Family and Consumer Science
- Cut-Up Collage - 2008
- Edible Color Wheel - 2008
Healthy Lifestyles
- Be A Food Detective - 2008
- The Grain Group - 2009
- Eat from the Color Wheel - 2009
- Farm Hazards Check - 2009
- Food Pyramid Jeopardy
- Sippin' on Sweets - 2009
- There is a Cow on My Pizza - 2008
- Tops & Bottoms - 2009
- Think Your Drink - 2008
- Tornado Safety - 2008
- Walkability - 2008
- What's in your Cereal - 2009
Science, Engineering, and Technology
- Insect Challenge - 2008
- It's Just Rocket Science: Calculating Rocket Launch Height - 2009
- When Bugs Fly - 2008
4-H Environmental Education and Plant Science
- Nature Kits
- Tree Factory
- Tops & Bottoms - 2009
- Birds and Worms - 2009
- Peppermint Beetle
- The Fallen Log
- Camp Safari Summary
- Picture Camp Safari
- Camp Clue Safari I
- Alphabet Soup Safari
- Camp Clue Safari II
- Experiential Learning Process - 2009
- Nebraska 4-H Club of Excellence - 2009
- Safe Learning Environment - 2009
- Club Activity Three Sisters Garden - 2009
Leadership and Citizenship
- Setting the Table & Manners - 2009
- Career Etiquette ESI The Cast of ME - 2009
- Individuality & Diversity - 2009
- Jigsaw Puzzle Meeting
- Listening I throught you said... - 2009
- Making Introductions - 2009
- Office Training Skit
- Pillars of Character - 2009
- Respect - Peer Bingo - 2009
- Self-Esteem About Me - 2009
- Self-Esteem - 2009
- Teaching Parliamentary Procedure: Let's Make Trail Mix - 2008
- Team Building in 4-H Committees
- What Every Member Needs to Know
- Leadership SOS Lesson 1
- Leadership SOS Lesson 2
- Leadership SOS Lesson 3
- Leadership SOS Lesson 4
Recognition
Working with Youth
Additional Resources
- Starting a New Club
- Club Standards
- Club IRS Tax Exemption Info
- Club Recognition
- Enrollment Instructions
- Projects & Resources
- Statewide Events & Opportunities
- Volunteer Resources
General 4-H Resources
CLUB RECOGNITION
Nebraska 4-H and the Nebraska 4-H Foundation offer awards and recognition programs to celebrate outstanding 4-H Clubs across the state. The opportunities listed below are group awards and are intended to recognize the entire club. Additional awards and recognition opportunities are available for individual club and independent members.
Club of Excellence Club of the Month Governer's Ag Excellence Award Nebraska 4-H Gives Back
CURRICULA & GEAR
Nebraska developed curricula are available for purchase through the UNL Marketplace. Additionally, UNL Marketplace also has a variety of Nebraska 4-H promotional merchandise.
National 4-H curricula are available for purchase through Shop 4-H. Additionally, Shop 4-H has a large variety of 4-H themed materials, such as apparel, promotional merchandise, and pins and recognition items.
EDUCATIONAL MOBILE & WEB APPLICATIONS
AgCiting Science Adventure
The AgCiting Science web-based app is available for use in school enrichment programs, afterschool programs, and beyond. Through the AgCiting Adventure, students use basic agriculture production practices to complete the growth and harvest of the components of their breakfast. While gaining agricultural literacy knowledge participants utilize math, motor, and problem-solving skills to follow a recipe.
Career Explorer
Career Explorer will help you connect the dots between the choices you make every day and the opportunities you could have in the future. At each stage of the game you will be able to enter the workforce, get additional education, or explore training programs. At the conclusion of the game you will have the opportunity to email the results to yourself with tips on how to make that career a reality in your life.
Health Rocks! Carnival
Health Rocks!® is curricula for a healthy living program targeted at young people ages 8 to 14. Health Rocks! helps youth develop life skills in the area of critical thinking, decision-making, communication, managing feelings, stress management and goal setting; in turn building resiliency skills, and promoting the resistance of risky behaviors.