Field Team Meetings
Youth Fest 2015
Commitment to Iowa Youth
• Build upon the greatness of the Iowa 4-H
Youth Development program
• Ensure our future – reach more diverse
youth audience through all delivery
modes
Three Stages to Alignment
Stage 1: 4-H Management Team (complete)
Stage 2: How we deploy the Youth Program
Specialists in order to give better and more equitable
support to the 4-H system across the state.
Stage 3: County Youth Coordinators.
Goals are: Alignment, Professionalization and
Retention
(*This is being done in partnership with IACEC)
Stage 1: Management Team/Work Domains
Luann Johansen
• Youth Program Specialists
• Support County Programs
• Maintain quality and
consistency
across the state
Vacant (John-Paul until hire)
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People
Product
Curriculum
Program Development
Materials
Trainings
• Software
Applications
• Etc.
Jay Staker
• Volunteer
Resource
Development
Development
• Partnership
Development
• Fundraising/Grant Writing
• Communications/Branding
Keli Tallman
Data & Enrollment
Evaluation
Budget
Equity and
Disproportionality
• Civil Rights
• Dept. Ed Data
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Stage 2: Charge from 4-H Program
Leader to Develop Field Teams
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The plan should help:
– Increase professional development and peer support opportunities in
the field
– Be more responsive to our state’s demographics
– Provide a base level of service to every county
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Organizational Culture: Be adaptable, smart and innovative in order to
make the informed adjustments needed to achieve on-going success.
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Field Supervisors will provide leadership for plan in each field
We are not going to get things perfect the first time, but we will adapt
based on evidence and change to make the model better. – John-Paul
Focus for 4-H in 2015-2016
1. Maintain Our Roots
· Move forward the mission of our Land-Grant University (Tradition)
· Contribute to the field of Positive Youth Development (Innovation)
· Provide research-based leadership and education products and programs
(Innovation)
2. Address Iowa’s Changing Demographics
· Stop and reverse the loss (since 2004 Iowa 4-H reports a loss of over
32,000 youth from its programs) – Alignment
· Increase the diversity of our 4-H workforce, volunteers, partners and
participants
· Strengthen professional development for 4-H Staff in areas of inclusion, antibias, access and cultural competence
3. Adapt to our New Realities
· Become “the experts” on ALL Iowa youth
· Develop new research based and culturally responsive programming for Iowa
youth
· Improve connections and collaboration between ISU Departments and local
communities (Responsiveness)
Considerations for Model
• Align with changing youth demographics across state
• Strategic and innovative youth outreach to reach new,
underserved youth audiences across the state
• Coordinated program development in program priority
areas
• Organizational alignment and history
• Supervision and support
• Organizational stability
Field Teams
Field Team West
(6)
Field Team North
(6)
Field Team South
(6)
Cheryl Connet-Perez (Field Supervisor), David Seilstad, Brenda Welch, Jane Hayes-Johnk,
Earl McAlexander, TBD
Wade Weber (Field Supervisor), Lisa Berkland, Gail Castillo, Kendra Crooks, TBD, TBD
Karen Pattison (Field Supervisor) Kati Peiffer, Brenda Spurgeon, Marisue Hartung,
Janet Martin, TBD, TBD
Campus Liaison
Mike Anderson
Mitch Hoyer
Tillie Good
Field Teams
Field Team Central
(5)
Field Team US Hwy 30
(4)
Field Team East
(5)
Cayla Taylor (Field Supervisor), Jeff Macomber, TBD, TBD, TBD
Annette Brown (Field Supervisor), Ann Torbert, TBD, TBD
Field Supervisor (TBD) LuAnn Johansen (Interim)
Katie Peterson, Amber Matthiesen (Jackson), Jacki Luckstead, Daleta Thurness, TBD
Campus Liaisons
Cayla Taylor
Brenda Allen
Phil Heckman
Field Teams
Goal – to provide leadership for growing and diversifying
4-H Youth Development programs to all Iowa youth
1 YPS = 14,000-20,000 youth
• Each county will have a YPS point of contact
• YPS will provide base level support to a set of counties
• Field Teams will decide how to achieve the 4-H strategic plan
and serve their youth population
• A campus 4-H staff liaison will help facilitate communication
and coordination between field teams and campus
• Program priority teams will strengthen priority programming
Reaching Iowa’s Youth
Determine how to achieve the following in each
field team:
• Reach youth identified in achievement gaps
(low-income, ELL, disability, race)
• Reach non-traditional 4-H youth
• Reach youth in both urban and rural areas
Next Steps
How to best serve the youth population in each field
County point of contacts
Base level of support:
• Volunteer development and training
• Identify & support local needs
• Evaluation and reporting
• New youth staff orientation
• Risk management
• County or multi-county youth staff team meetings
• Communication with county Extension councils
GROW 4-H!