2020 LEAD Academy is right around the corner! We want to
make sure workshops are about topics that YOU want to hear! We are looking for ideas for
both YOUTH and ADULT workshops. The adult track will be new this
year. Feel free to send in multiple submissions with as many ideas as you
can think of! Both youth and adults may submit ideas. Please share this with
your 4-H families. Attached is a graphic you can use for social media promotion
and share the link to the survey.
Link
to survey: https://tinyurl.com/2020LEADideas
Link
to Texas 4-H Roundup blog where details will be posted as more information
comes along: https://texas4-h.tamu.edu/events/lead/
LEAD
Academy is a Texas 4-H conference being held June 8-11, 2020 in College Station
for 4-H members currently in high school and our 4-H adult volunteers and
parents!
Youth
attendees will have an opportunity to learn about college opportunities and
what it takes to get there, serve their community, and gain valuable life
skills in a true college setting. Our goal of this activity will be to provide
the opportunity for young people to connect, learn, engage, lead and impact
their communities, their country and their world. The event will be designed to
engage youth in hands-on educational activities in which they explore, practice
and master existing and newly developed skills/knowledge in civic engagement,
civic education and personal development. The objective is to provide youth a
broad-based learning experience in which they will acquire practical knowledge
and skills to reinforce the attitudes and motivation that will give them a
heightened sense of responsibility and capacity to connect as active members of
their communities, nation and world. From this experience, we hope the youth
attending will apply what was learned in their real world experiences in which
they develop leadership skills using their voices, work, ideas and/or behavior
to make a difference in their community, country and world.
Adult
attendees will have the chance to connect with other volunteers and
parents. Our goal is to provide useful information for 4-H volunteers and
parents so they may learn how to improve their skills as a 4-H leader in their
community. The event is designed to provide workshops that are practical
and helpful to adults involved with the 4-H program. From this experience,
we hope our 4-H volunteers will be able to apply what they learn to continue to
help our members grow into productive members of society that make a positive
impact in their lives and communities.
For
more information or questions, please contact Jana Barrett at jcbarrett@ag.tamu.edu.
If
you have ideas and want to lead a session on that topic, don’t forget to submit
your workshop proposal by Monday, March 2, 2020
