Recipient Organization
UNIV OF IDAHO
875 PERIMETER DRIVE
MOSCOW,ID 83844-9803
Performing Department
Idaho State 4-H Programs
Non Technical Summary
This project will support a conference in Boise, Idaho, on October 19-22, 2020. The proposed conference will be a collaborative venture to engage 1994 Land-Grant Universities (LGU), Pacific Island LGUs, and 1862 Federally Recognized Tribal Extension Programs (FRTEP) in shared professional development through the 2020 National Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Agents (NAE4-HYDA) Conference. Incorporating this audience into the conference will advance the program priority by building strong youth development programs which inturn builds strong communities.Conference funds will be used in a multi-pronged approach to engage LGU and FRTEP 4-H Educators and provide a facilitated discussion with these unique 4-H program partners. This facilitated discussion will explore and enhance 4-H Youth Development programs targeting First Nations and Indigenous youth participants.The ultimate goal is to increase the number of First Nations youth involved in 4-H programs, which have been shown to significantly increase social and economic mobility of participants. In addition, conference activities will provide a baseline for future research addressing the variables and elements of 4-H that lead to success for this audience.Professional colleagues from both LGU and FRTEP programs will learn positive, collaborative program development through engagement with the NAE4-HYDA. This will increase long-term participation in the association and build stronger ties to professional and program development. Conference funds will support a contracted facilitator for the best practices discussion, along with participant scholarships to maximize participation among LGU and FRTEP 4-H partners.
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Goals / Objectives
Engaging diverse youth development professionals in quality positive youth development professional development is crucial to providing high-quality, successful programming that impacts youth, their families, and the communities in which they reside. The proposed conference will use a multi-pronged approach to engage 4-H professionals from 1994 Land-Grant Universities (LGU), 1862 Federally Recognized Tribal Extension Programs (FRTEP), and Pacific Island LGUs in the premier Extension-based, national conference and provide the opportunity for a facilitated discussion with these unique 4-H Youth Development program partners to discover and enhance 4-H Youth Development programs targeting indigenous youth participants. The desired outcome for the facilitated discussion is the development of best practices for youth development programming targeting indigenous youth. Engaging these 4-H professionals will provide quality professional development needed to inspire and engage indigenous youth in high-quality youth development and educational programming.Historically, there have been no 1994 LGU participants and minimal Pacific Island LGU participants at the National Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals (NAE4-HYDP) annual conference, the only comprehensive professional development conference for the 4-H professional.Goals and supporting objectivesThe overarching goal of this project is to increase the quality and quantity of Extension programming targeting indigenous youth. Objectives include:1. Extension educators will engage in professional development that will assist them in delivering high-quality positive youth development programming2. Extension professionals that serve audiences targeted by the 1994 LGU, Pacific Island LGU, and FRTEP programs will gain skills in developing programs to meet the positive youth development need of those audiences.?
Project Methods
This proposal is for a collaborative venture to engage 4-H Youth Development professionals from 1994 LGUs, FRTEP programs, and Pacific Island LGUs in shared professional development during the 2020 National Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals (NAE4-HYDP) conference, which will be held in Boise, Idaho, on October 19-22, 2020.The conference grant funds will provide scholarships for participants and a contracted facilitator for the best practices discussion. The amount of funding requested is the full $50,000 to allow significant attendance scholarships, which are needed, specifically for the 1994 LGU and Pacific Island LGU partners.Individuals from the targeted 1994 and Pacific Island LGUs and FRTEP programs, will be invited to apply for scholarships through a process hosted by the University of Idaho. Applications will be filled on a first-come basis with the requirement that the individual represents the target universities or programs and works with 4-H Youth Development programs. Requested funds would support the participation of 45 individuals, which has the potential to allow representatives from all 33 1994 LGUs to participate along with several individuals representing FRTEP programs.Five thousand dollars will be reserved to sponsor a program facilitator who will hold a discussion with scholarship recipients to build a shared understanding and a cataloged list of best practices for working with native youth. This best practice inventory will provide a starting point for a coordinated effort between the participating LGUs and FRTEP programs, the NAE4-HYDP, and USDA-NIFA in working with indigenous youth on positive youth development. These best practices as inventoried will serve as a baseline for program development and may lend to further study as to the applicability of such methods.The catalog of best practices will be shared widely with 1994 LGUs, FRTEP partners, the entire LGU system, as well as USDA-NIFA, to assist all of these institutions in building high-quality, First Nations youth development programs through 4-H.Conference evaluations will gauge program participants' perception of the usefulness and engagement of the program. Additionally, a specific assessment for the scholarship representatives will gauge their willingness to continue to engage with the association, whether they will adapt programs based on conference offerings, and their perceptions of professional development gained.