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Great workshops! Awesome activities! Challenging speakers!
--Tiffany Boswell
Fast Track to your Future… It's sounding like a fabulous 2007 4-H Teen Conference!
The teens in your county will not want to miss this fun opportunity to meet other 4-H teens from across Washington while gathering information and learning skills for developing their future.
Registration is OPEN! Visit the State 4-H Teen Conference website at http://4h.wsu.edu/conferences/teenconf/index.htm to find the pieces you need to promote, inform and register your county youth.
Contact Jan Klein at 509-358-7937 or email me at jlklein@wsu.edu with questions.
NAE4-HA Pre-Conference on Research and Evaluation
--Joseph L. Donaldson
The NAE4-HA Research and Evaluation Committee is pleased to announce a special pre-conference to the 2007 NAE4-HA Annual Conference, October 21-25, Atlanta. Participants will develop and advance their skills in using program evaluation for program improvement and impact reporting. This pre-conference has two concurrent tracks. The first track is targeted to evaluation beginners and it will introduce NAE4-HA members to program evaluation in 4-H Youth Development Programs. The second track will be for NAE4-HA members who have an intermediate level of knowledge and skills in program evaluation and wish to advance their knowledge and build the capacity of their organization. This pre-conference will focus on practical, applied solutions to program evaluation problems.
Track One - $75
Evaluation at the Local Level: Where to Start, What to Do!
Sunday, October 21, 2007
8 am - 5 pm
Limited to 50 participants
This all day workshop will develop and advance the participants' skills in select basics of evaluation related to the "doing" and the "write-up," referenced to the logic model. The participants will explore fundamentals including defining purpose, appropriate methodology (ies), data gathering, and straightforward analysis/presentation of data related to evaluation goals and responses to different stakeholder groups. The workshop will emphasize a hands-on, cooperative learning approach. We will explore evaluation from a diversity of delivery modes considering evaluation for traditional and nontraditional programs. Participants will use existing "authentic" data (e.g., ES-237 information and data collected by county level Extension faculty) for practice and as models for various evaluation tasks. Each participant will receive a package of materials, articles, and samples.
Track Two - $85
Building Greater Evaluation Capacity
Sunday, October 21, 2007
8 am - 5 pm
Limited to 50 participants
This track is designed for individuals who have an intermediate knowledge of evaluation. While this track is open to all Extension 4-H professionals, state-level staff will find this track especially valuable for building evaluation capacity in their state. Sessions will include:
- "Beyond Logic Models- Skills for Developing Program Evaluation Plans"
- "Matching Methods to Evaluation Questions"
- "How to Move from Numbers to Narrative"
- "Creating Impact Reports"
Click here http://georgia4h.org/nae4ha2007/ to register online for the 2007 NAE4-HA Annual Conference. Questions about this pre-conference may be directed to Mr. Joseph Donaldson at jldonaldson@tennessee.edu or Dr. Joy Jordan at jcj@ufl.edu.
Chuck Graves Retirement
--Pat BoyEs
Chuck Graves has indicated that he will retire effective June 1, 2007. Chuck has provided leadership for Volunteer Development, 4-H Name and Emblem and has worked diligently to communicate clear information about applicable policies and regulations, particularly those tied to 4-H's tax exempt status. We wish Chuck well as he wraps up his 37-year federal career and looks to other opportunities for the future.
Dr. Barbara Stone (bstone@csrees.usda.gov) will assume leadership for the Volunteer Development responsibilities previously under Chuck's leadership, and any questions related to 4-H Name and Emblem or other policies and regulations should be forwarded to Maria Arnold (marnold@csrees.usda.gov).
All of us at National 4-H Headquarters, CSREES would like to thank Chuck for his dedicated service to CSREES and 4-H. Please join us in wishing Chuck (cgraves@csrees.usda.gov) a happy retirement.
Just a Reminder!
When you have new Extension staff that will be working in some capacity with 4-H, please let Nancy in the State 4-H Office know. They will be added to mailing lists, added to the 4-H Talk list serve, sent a 4-H Welcome Packet, and be assigned a state 4-H staff person as a point of contact, as appropriate. 4-H News is sent via the 4-H Talk list serve each week. Archived copies of previous weeks “Tuesday 4-H News” are available on the 4-H web site: http://4h.wsu.edu/. Please send submissions by Friday of each week to Tiffany Boswell, State 4-H Office, tiffany_boswell@wsu.edu. Detailed event information and registrations forms can be found on the 4-H web site.