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Youth Development (Valencia County)
Plan Goals
Youth will gain knowledge, skills, and experience in the subject matter areas of home economics (foods, nutrition, clothing, consumerism, child development, and sewing/clothing) and personal growth and development (citizenship, leadership, and public spea
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Home Economics Education
The Valencia County Home Economist worked with Novice, Junior, and Senior 4-Hers to help develop skills relating to home economics and decision making. Valencia County youth were invited to weakly practices to prepare them to compete at the county, district, and state levels. The Consumer Decision Making contest is one of the biggest contests at the county level. Consumer Decision Making teaches youth how to observe, compare, and make decisions based on facts collected. It also provides experience in organizing thoughts and defending decisions with oral reasons. Valencia County had approximately twenty-three youth compete in Consumer Decision Making.
The Home Ec Skill-A-Thon contest is the fastest growing contest in Valencia County. In 2008 we had sixteen members participate. The Home Ec Skill-A-Thon covers material from all sections of home economics—cooking, baking, money management, consumer decision making, food and nutrition, and housing and interior design. By practicing and competing in the Home Ec Skill-A-Thon contest, youth have the opportunity to increase knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors in relation to home economic skills that can be used in all areas of their lives. These skills can be used by young children and then refined as adults.
In the past three years the Favorite Foods contest has been one of the avenues used to teach and inform youth and adults about the changes to the Food Guide Pyramid. Youth and adults are trained on ways to use “Mypyramid” to help met the nutritional needs for each individual in the family. Participating in Favorite Foods will also help youth to gain experience in planning, preparing, and serving a favorite food as part of a meal or snack. This year seventeen members participated in Favorite Foods.
The Valencia County Home Economist worked with Novice, Junior, and Senior 4-Hers to help develop skills relating to home economics and decision making. Valencia County youth were invited to weakly practices to prepare them to compete at the county, district, and state levels. The Consumer Decision Making contest is one of the biggest contests at the county level. Consumer Decision Making teaches youth how to observe, compare, and make decisions based on facts collected. It also provides experience in organizing thoughts and defending decisions with oral reasons. Valencia County had approximately twenty-three youth compete in Consumer Decision Making.
The Home Ec Skill-A-Thon contest is the fastest growing contest in Valencia County. In 2008 we had sixteen members participate. The Home Ec Skill-A-Thon covers material from all sections of home economics—cooking, baking, money management, consumer decision making, food and nutrition, and housing and interior design. By practicing and competing in the Home Ec Skill-A-Thon contest, youth have the opportunity to increase knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors in relation to home economic skills that can be used in all areas of their lives. These skills can be used by young children and then refined as adults.
In the past three years the Favorite Foods contest has been one of the avenues used to teach and inform youth and adults about the changes to the Food Guide Pyramid. Youth and adults are trained on ways to use “Mypyramid” to help met the nutritional needs for each individual in the family. Participating in Favorite Foods will also help youth to gain experience in planning, preparing, and serving a favorite food as part of a meal or snack. This year seventeen members participated in Favorite Foods.
Novice Fun Fest
The Valencia County 4-H program hosted the annual Novice Fun Fest in February with approximately fifty 4-H members attending. The Valencia County 4-H program has approximately one-hundred and twenty novice 4-H members enrolled. The Fun Fest was designed to give novice members the opportunity to develop a broader knowledge base of what the Valencia County 4-H program has to offer. Each club is asked to display a club booth and provide hands-on activities for youth to experience different projects. Novice Fun Fest also provided older 4-H members with leadership and citizenship opportunities. Older members are asked to help the novice members with their hands-on projects.
The Valencia County 4-H program hosted the annual Novice Fun Fest in February with approximately fifty 4-H members attending. The Valencia County 4-H program has approximately one-hundred and twenty novice 4-H members enrolled. The Fun Fest was designed to give novice members the opportunity to develop a broader knowledge base of what the Valencia County 4-H program has to offer. Each club is asked to display a club booth and provide hands-on activities for youth to experience different projects. Novice Fun Fest also provided older 4-H members with leadership and citizenship opportunities. Older members are asked to help the novice members with their hands-on projects.
Farm Fall Festival
In the fall of 2007 the Valencia County Cooperative Extension Service along with the NMSU-Valencia County Agricultural Science Center competed the second annual Farm Fall Festival. The Festival was designed to educate youth and adults in Valencia County on various agriculture products, home economics issues, and inform families on the Valencia County 4-H program. Over four-hundred members from the community participated in the Festival by visiting the educational booths and by listening to presentations provided by CES employees and volunteers.
In the fall of 2007 the Valencia County Cooperative Extension Service along with the NMSU-Valencia County Agricultural Science Center competed the second annual Farm Fall Festival. The Festival was designed to educate youth and adults in Valencia County on various agriculture products, home economics issues, and inform families on the Valencia County 4-H program. Over four-hundred members from the community participated in the Festival by visiting the educational booths and by listening to presentations provided by CES employees and volunteers.
Career Development
The Valencia County Home Economist in cooperation with Valencia High School completed two career development courses. The home economist met with students once a week for ten consecutive weeks during the student’s work-study period. Each semester the home economist worked with approximately eleven youth. A few of the topics covered over the ten week course include getting to know yourself, researching careers, finding and applying for a job, interviewing, workplace ethics, developing a positive attitude, interpersonal relationships at work, and professional communication skills.
Course Objectives:
• Help youth identify personal interests that could lead to a career choice.
• Help youth learn more about themselves so they will be able to match their personality traits with a career in which those traits will help them to be successful.
• Help students to learn various methods they can use to research careers.
• Help students to begin the process of finding sources of job leads.
• Help students investigate the job services offered by a public employment agency.
• Role play interviews as a means of preparing youth for a job interview.
• Demonstrate how cooperativeness, initiative, responsibility, and self-management can help the students to be more successful.
• Help students to evaluate their attitudes toward other people and situations to see if their attitude needs to be improved.
The Valencia County Home Economist in cooperation with Valencia High School completed two career development courses. The home economist met with students once a week for ten consecutive weeks during the student’s work-study period. Each semester the home economist worked with approximately eleven youth. A few of the topics covered over the ten week course include getting to know yourself, researching careers, finding and applying for a job, interviewing, workplace ethics, developing a positive attitude, interpersonal relationships at work, and professional communication skills.
Course Objectives:
• Help youth identify personal interests that could lead to a career choice.
• Help youth learn more about themselves so they will be able to match their personality traits with a career in which those traits will help them to be successful.
• Help students to learn various methods they can use to research careers.
• Help students to begin the process of finding sources of job leads.
• Help students investigate the job services offered by a public employment agency.
• Role play interviews as a means of preparing youth for a job interview.
• Demonstrate how cooperativeness, initiative, responsibility, and self-management can help the students to be more successful.
• Help students to evaluate their attitudes toward other people and situations to see if their attitude needs to be improved.
Agents received quality training in a variety of subjects, and provided positive feedback regarding overall trainings. The 2007 Spring Tri State Conference took the place of the regular Fall 2006 In-Service Training. Accessibility and timeliness of training has increased through Centra Trainings and New Agent Orientations. Achievement Levels serve to recognize professionals that excel at professional improvement and have been a positive incentive for agents related to attending professional development trainings and serving as resources in teaching