UGA Extension Training
UGA Extension and Georgia 4-H offer statewide training opportunities for military staff. Professional development includes science, healthy living, staff/best practices, risk management, volunteer management, civic engagement, and more. If the staff plan would like to attend and/or you would like to bring a 4-H professional to your installation to conduct training contact your local 4-H representative. An example of former trainings are shared below for reference.
A benefit of the 4-H Military Partnerships is the joint development of high quality curriculum materials in a wide variety of program areas. The curricula are valuable resources for youth programs and professional development for 4-H and military staff. All curriculum pieces are available for download and may be reproduced for military and extension use.
This resource is meant to support new staff with developing a 4-H Club and carrying out a basic 4-H Club on base. For additional resources and support review the 4-H 101 Army Resources.
Club Meeting Guide: https://outlookuga-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/laurwalt_uga_edu/ER1HEW93TFhIjGDz8jyDn8MB8-eoWdD9A9efyHjH8yZJ_Q?e=p4Om4R
The resources on this page were used at the Army 4-H 101 Training in Columbia, Maryland in March 2010. If you have questions about these resources, please contact Marlene VerBrugge at glass@ksu.edu or 785-532-1484.
In 2022 Georgia 4-H hosted an in-person 3-day for Moody AFB School Age Program. Instead of letting those plans sit in our computers, we are sharing them with our partners in hopes it supports staff with carrying out a 3-day interactive camp. The environmental science target age group is the elementary age with a larger focus on 4th and below. Topics include Things that Move, Water, and soil. Lessons, handouts, schedules, supply lists, and flyers are included in the file download. If you have issues accessing reach out to milcamps@uga.edu.
Download Environmental Science Camp in A Box:
https://outlookuga-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/laurwalt_uga_edu/Ev0BuLfG52dPjisuxm61nwcBlj-XDDW_AWSTohlqYjfy8g?e=4kPElK
The Express Guides provide an overview of a 4-H project; while, the Training Topics give staff hands-on experience as they explore a specific activity. These sessions have been designed to follow the Experiential Learning Model where staff experience an activity, process what happened, and plan how they will use the curriculum with children and youth in the program.
The Preparing To Be a Professional video series was developed by 4-H agents from the University of Georgia Extension to help teens learn basic professional skills. Each short video provides helpful tips and guidelines and offers a downloadable resource for further reference. View the videos and download the accompanying tip sheets from Military OneSource. Educators can also request a 4-H staff member to teach the lesson for a group if face-to-face instruction is preferred. Military Child and Youth Center can request access to the curriculum by emailing Laura Goss at laurwalt@uga.edu.
The Summer Health Squad is 6 six-lesson resource to educate participants about food security and overall health and wellness. Lessons can be used in a camp setting or as a 6-week club.
Access the PPTs, lessons, and handouts via the OneDrive link. Please note that there are duplicates of some files to support access for those who need PDFs for downloading files. If you have questions or need assistance contact milcamps@uga.edu.
The 4-H/Army Child, Youth and School Services Adult Babysitter Training Curriculum “I have what it takes to be a Caring, competent, and Responsible Babysitter” is comprised of a Facilitator Guide, a Set of Participant Handouts and an Information Card designed for qualified 4-H and military Child and Youth program staff to train adults to babysit. The curriculum is divided into 9 chapters. Adults learn about the ages and stages of child growth and development, safety, food and nutrition, how to handle emergencies, implementing appropriate activities with children and the business of babysitting. Successful completion of the course includes 8 hours of First Aid and CPR, 2 hours of Child Abuse Awareness training and a local background check.
Both 4-H and Army Child, Youth and School Services are members of the CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition. The CHARACTER COUNTS! framework is built upon the Six Pillars of Character: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship. Integrating the CHARACTER COUNTS! framework helps enrich 4-H programming. Through adult role modeling and deliberate discussions on how projects relate to character, 4-H’ers consciously learn to be caring, responsible citizens, skills that will serve them well throughout their lives.
Character Connections help your 4-H participants make the “Character Connections” to their 4-H projects. Within the curriculum supplement, you will find information about teaching young people in informal settings, how young people best learn, and the Experiential Model for Education, or the 4-H motto, “Learning by Doing”. Finally, you will find individual “Character Connections” activities that have been written specifically for your 4-Hers. These all include information about how each of the Six Pillars of Character relate to each 4-H project area, activity ideas that relate to the activities in the project literature, and discussion questions to help your 4-H’ers think about the activities and make the “Character Connection.”
These materials were developed in support of increasing youth participation in Army, Child, Youth & School Services (CYSS) Middle School and Teen programs. Each guide has at least six CORE activity plans developed around a specific topic or theme – to create a Technology Program. Each activity plan follows the 4-H Experiential Learning Model.
The Deployment Cycle Youth Outreach Activity guides provide easy to use activity plans for volunteers and Military Child & Youth professional staff working with youth kindergarten through 12th grade from all Service Branches; keyed to grade appropriate life skill development and developed for 2 hour and 4 hour settings. Curriculum includes 60 fun, quality experiential learning experiences linked to four phases of the deployment cycle (pre-deployment, during mobilization, 30 & 60 days after reunion).
There is a toolkit which provides the durable equipment needed to conduct all of these activities. The Toolkits may be available through UGA Extension Military Outreach.
The curriculum also includes a Training Guide to equip volunteers for implementing youth activities. This curriculum supports the Joint Family Assistance Program.
For more information on the Yellow Ribbon curriculum, contact us at oper4h@uga.edu or 706-542-4444.
This newly revised curriculum (formerly Moving Ahead) is a comprehensive staff development training that provides an overview of the competencies needed for those choosing to work with young people in out-of-school settings. These include understanding critical needs and competencies, methods of non-formal education, addressing risk and building protective factors, dealing with differences, conflict resolution, programming for developmental needs, understanding negative and self-destructive behaviors, and forgoing youth and adult partnerships.
The Ready, Set, Go! (RSG!) Training Manual was developed for distribution to state, regional and local teams and key military, school & community stakeholders via coordinated regional and local training efforts to increase understanding of the unique issues facing military youth dealing with the deployment and reintegration of a parent or loved one.
These manuals cover a variety of issues surrounding the effects of deployments on children and are an excellent tool in developing support networks for these young people. The manual is broken into chapters and provide pertinent information such as an introduction to the military and it’s customs and culture, the five steps of the deployment process, dealing with the media, fostering resilience in young people and building a community capacity to support military kids.
Anticipated outcomes of this manual and accompanying training include:
“Up for the Challenge” is a fitness, nutrition and health curriculum for school-aged, middle school and teen youth. It was written for military afterschool programs but is easily adaptable to any afterschool or 4-H club setting. The 290-page curriculum is divided into five chapters with each chapter containing multiple lessons in physical activity, nutrition and healthy decision making. Lessons range in scope and length from 30-60 minute nutrition and/or physical activities to a multi-week wellness event. Each lesson provides expected youth outcomes, instructor essential information, preparation instructions, supplies, lesson time, handouts and opportunities for reflection.
This Babysitting Curriculum Guide is designed to help middle school and teenaged youth learn what it takes to be a responsible, caring , trustworthy, competent, capable, and safe babysitter.
As you work through the lessons with youth in your group, you will find that they learn the basic information on how to be a competent, responsible, and caring babysitter. They will also develop “life skills” such as caring, managing resources, decision-making and communication. (See “Promoting Life Skills” in the Appendix page 123). Each activity notes at least one life skill and uses the experiential learning model (See “The Experiential Learning Model” in the Appendix page 125) or “hands-on learning to reinforce it.” Based on the discussions your teens have, you may find they are learning other skills. That is great! The more skills they use and practice, the better. Your goal as Child & Youth Services’ staff is to provide opportunities for the young people in your program to learn, grow, and move successfully into adulthood. By encouraging them to “do,” “share,” “process,” “generalize,” and “apply” the life skills learned in each lesson, you are doing just that!
The 4-H/Army Child and Youth Services Teen Babysitter Curriculum is comprised of a Facilitator Guide designed for qualified 4-H and military Child & Youth program staff to train teens, aged 13-18 in Babysitting Skills. The curriculum is divided into 8 Chapters. Teens learn about the ages and stages of child growth and development, safety, food and nutrition, how to handle emergencies, appropriate activities to implement with children, and the business of babysitting. The available version is the most recent version of the curriculum – revised 2020.
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University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
Phone:706-542-4444
Fax: 706-542-4373
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Hoke Smith Annex
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
Phone:706-542-4444
Fax: 706-542-4373
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