Host a Virtual Retreat for Your Volunteer Leaders

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 6-6
Keyword(s):  
Volunteer Leaders

Exploring Citizenship: Unit 4 My Heritage

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (5) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
John Rutledge ◽  
Joy C. Jordan ◽  
Dale W. Pracht
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Development Program ◽  
The Real ◽  
Volunteer Leaders ◽  
Youth Development Program ◽  
Major Revision ◽  
The World ◽  
Individual Needs

 The 4-H Citizenship Project offers the opportunity to help 4-H members relate all of their 4-H projects and experiences to the world around them. The 4-H Citizenship manuals will serve as a guide for 4-H Citizenship experiences. To be truly meaningful to the real-life needs and interests of your group, the contribution of volunteer leaders is essential. Each person, neighborhood, and community has individual needs that you can help your group identify. This 14-page major revision of Unit IV covers the heritage project. Written by John Rutledge, Joy C. Jordan, and Dale Pracht and published by the UF/IFAS Extension 4-H Youth Development program. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/4h019

scholarly journals Community Peer-Led Exercise Groups: Reasons for Success

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Robertson ◽  
Beatrice Hale ◽  
Debra Waters ◽  
Leigh Hale ◽  
Alexa Andrew
Keyword(s):  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Specific Model ◽  
Falls Prevention ◽  
Peer Leaders ◽  
Group Leaders ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Volunteer Leaders ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Physical Achievement

Purpose: This paper considers reasons for the successful maintenance of community based, falls-prevention programs. While the physical achievement of such programs has been demonstrated through randomized trials, other features influential in ongoing membership have received less attention. This study examined the sustainability of a specific model of a community-based program in a New Zealand city: SAYGO, the strength and balance classes for older adults lead by older volunteer leaders recruited from local communities. Method: A qualitative, descriptive approach was used and first-hand knowledge of the experiences of those involved in the groups gathered. Data collection methods included individual interviews of two group organizers and seven focus groups: six with the members of the exercise groups (57 participants) and one with the peer leaders from these same groups (6 participants). Results: Three major themes emerged from the interviews. Two were related to the outcomes of the groups (ie. physical and social benefits). The third was concerned with the support needs of the groups to ensure their on-going maintenance. The aspect that most invigorated the participants was the social value of the group. Conclusions: A major feature that contributed to the sustainability of the peer led exercise groups was the positive social connectedness created by the modeling of a caring culture by the peer-leaders. This caring culture involves support and inclusion of every member and acting as a resource and confidant for individual issues. Because group leaders are similar in age and physical problems, it is expected that they will empathize with participants, and because of their community and agency links, it is expected that they will be able to act as a resource for information on issues related to the participants, therefore, stand between the formal and informal domains and are perceived to have knowledge and connections in both. This, we suggest, is a major, previously unconsidered feature in the sustainability of these groups.

scholarly journals The challenges of delivering good practice for volunteer youth workers in youth development organisations

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Rod Adam
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Community Support ◽  
State Level ◽  
Limiting Factor ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Volunteer Leaders ◽  
Considerable Benefit

AbstractRecent research has shown that programs provided by youth development organisations are of considerable benefit to those young people who engage with the aims and activities of such programs. These programs (e.g. Scouts, Guides, Boys’ and Girls’ Brigades, Surf Lifesaving) are generally provided and run by adult volunteers. This article seeks to explore the main issues for volunteers with regard to implementing these programs, including the reasons why people volunteer in the first place, what community support and resourcing are available and the difficulties of running a program with too few volunteers. The main limiting factor in the success of these programs is the available volunteers, their individual skill levels, the time they have to give and whether they feel the return for their efforts is worthwhile. Community and parental recognition is also a significant factor in their satisfaction and longevity. Volunteers generally gain satisfaction and motivation through a mix of self-worth gained through community service and being able to pass on the program and ethos of their particular organisation. How long a volunteer serves as a leader is closely connected with their satisfaction level. The author's many years of experience at local and state level provides insight into the recruitment and retention of volunteer leaders and their important role in continuing to provide youth programs at the local level.

Meaning of Educating Science Volunteer Leaders

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masa-aki Taniguchi ◽  
T. Hoshino ◽  
T. Yoshimura ◽  
T. Hashimoto ◽  
T. Uchida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Volunteer Leaders

scholarly journals Small Groups in a Social Learning MOOC (slMOOC): Strategies for Fostering Learning and Knowledge Creation

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Krasny ◽  
Bryce DuBois ◽  
Mechthild Adameit ◽  
Ronnie Atiogbe ◽  
Lukman Baih ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Collaborative Group ◽  
Group Leaders ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Volunteer Leaders ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Face To Face Learning

Social support and face-to-face learning may enhance outcomes for students who face barriers in accessing Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). In this study, we investigated how self-identified volunteer leaders guide and foster interactions among small groups of students who face technical and conceptual barriers in accessing MOOC content. Several months prior to the start of the MOOC (Environmental Education: Trans-disciplinary Approaches to Addressing Wicked Problems), we asked for volunteers among the registered students to lead groups for participants whose primary language was other than English and where limited Internet access, culture, or other barriers curtailed access to and understanding of course materials and pedagogy. Based on a survey and open-ended interviews (n=10), we found that group leaders were instrumental in overcoming barriers related to language, content, cultural ways of learning, access, and time. They also fostered cooperative learning strategies, which helped students acquire course content, and encouraged collaborative group projects leading to their groups adopting some features of online knowledge communities. We propose the term social learning MOOC (slMOOC) to capture a growing trend of incorporating collaborative learning strategies in xMOOCs. 

scholarly journals Expressed Values of 4-H Adult Volunteer Leaders

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Usinger ◽  
Don Breazeale ◽  
Marilyn Smith
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Performance Testing ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Rural Teachers ◽  
Volunteer Leaders ◽  
Adult Volunteer ◽  
Academic Accountability ◽  
Feeling Overwhelmed ◽  
Collaborative Efforts

Historically, the collaborative efforts between rural teachers and 4-H have provided enhanced opportunities for youth that would not have been otherwise possible. As resources continue to diminish in rural communities, this collaboration is valuable to both schools and the 4-H organization. Currently rural schools are concentrating on the increased demand for academic accountability through performance testing and other evaluation instruments. This trend has resulted in less time for the elective outlets that have traditionally been an important part of school. At a time when 4-H could help fill an important gap in rural communities, changes within the organization have left some volunteers feeling overwhelmed. This article offers a theoretical framework for understanding the feelings and values of rural 4-H volunteers during a period of dramatic organizational change.  

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