Kentucky 4-H Achievement Program From Honors to Achievement Stephanie Blevins, Ph.D. Kentucky 4-H Achievement Program * Leadership * Citizenship * Participation * Communication/Marketing * Community service  

Kentucky Current Program HONORS 3 levels Non-competitive Achievement HONORS 3 levels Non-competitive Segregated goals 3 Applications Inconsistent outcomes Lack of internal and external value

Kentucky Background Achievement One and a half year planning Input sought Surveys completed by Agents State Teen Council 28 other state Honors type programs Specialists 4-H Foundation Outside parties Increase 4-H participation Allow 4-H’ers to chose 4-H career Simplicity with 1 application Cumulative efforts valued Equitable evaluation Increase internal and external value Utilize Emerald 4-H’ers as ambassadors

Non-Competitive Levels Kentucky Non-Competitive Levels Achievement *Minimum: 7th Grade * __50___ Points *Receive Certificate at Teen Summit   Clover Level 2 *Minimum: 6th Grade * __25__ Points *Receive Certificate at Teen Summit   Clover Level 1 4-H Achievement Program

Non-competitive Levels (with options) *Minimum: 10th Grade * __200_ Points *Can apply for Gold Achievement Award   Level 5 *Minimum: 9th Grade * __150__ Points *Can apply for Silver Achievement Award   Level 4 *Minimum: 8th Grade * __100__ Points *Receive Certificate at Teen Summit *Can apply for Bronze Achievement Award   Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Non-competitive Levels (with options) 4-H Achievement Program

Competitive Level EMERALD GOLD SILVER BRONZE In addition to Achievement Application: *Emerald Application *Resume *Personal Profile *Personal PowerPoint Level 5 *Top 10 Gold Winners - current year + past Gold *10+ apps= 4 selected/awarded $1000 to National Conference and $1000 College Scholarship Level 4 EMERALD Level 3 Level 2 *Minimum: 10th Grade * __200_ Points *Can apply for Gold Achievement Award   Level 1 GOLD 4-H Achievement Program *Minimum: 9th Grade * __150__ Points *Can apply for Silver Achievement Award   SILVER *Minimum: 8th Grade * __100__ Points *Can apply for Bronze Achievement Award   BRONZE Competitive Level

*Can apply for Bronze Achievement Award 8th grade + 4-H’er who has earned the Level 3 Each District can submit 15 4-H’ers to compete for the Teen Conference scholarship 105 applicants -105 selected Award: $50 scholarship to Teen Conference EMERALD GOLD SILVER BRONZE *Minimum: 8th Grade * __100__ Points *Can apply for Bronze Achievement Award   BRONZE Level

*Can apply for Silver Achievement Award   SILVER 9th grade - 4-H’er who has earned the Level 4 Award Each District can submit 15 4-H’ers 105 applicants - 60 selected Award: $125 scholarship to Teen Conference EMERALD GOLD SILVER *Minimum: 9th Grade * __150__ Points *Can apply for Silver Achievement Award   BRONZE SILVER Level Silver awards will be selected by a panel of judges based on the 4-H Silver Application, points, and Personal Profile

*Can apply for Gold Achievement Award 10th grade + 4-H’er who has earned the Level 5 Award Each District can submit 10 4-H’ers 70 applicants 30 selected Award: $150 scholarship to Teen Conference / $750 scholarship to Congress EMERALD GOLD *Minimum: 10th Grade * __200_ Points *Can apply for Gold Achievement Award   SILVER *Note: If any of the 30 Gold Achievement winners do not wish or are not able to attend Congress, their spot will be offered at random to one of the Gold Alternate 4-H’ers who received the next ranking after the interviews. *All 30 Gold Achievement Awards will be provided with a luncheon at Teen Conference. The parents of the 30 Gold Achievement winners will be invited to purchase a ticket to the luncheon. BRONZE GOLD Level Silver awards will be selected by a panel of judges based on the 4-H Silver Application, Points, Personal Profile, and Interview

GOLD continued: INTERVIEWS Kentucky GOLD continued: INTERVIEWS Achievement Only Gold applicants will compete in an interview process. 4-H’ers will begin with a ranking of 1, 2, or 3 as assigned by pre-assessment of the application/personal profile (indicating strong to weak: 1-5). Based on these evaluations, the interview rooms would be assigned with an even mixture of applicants. 5 Rooms 14 4-H’ers /room Judges will rank each 4-H’er (1, 2, 3, 4, ….) (Top 10 is comprised of top 2 from each room. These 10 4-H’ers are eligible to submit for the Emerald Award) Gold Interview Schedule for each Room 8:00 1 9:09 5 10:17 9 11:25 13 12:00 Lunch 8:18 2 9:26 6 10:34 10 11:42 14 8:35 3 9:43 7 10:51 11   12:30 Judges Review Top 10 8:52 4 10:00 8 11:08 12 70 applicants - 30 receive Gold Award 15 Judges 5 Room Hosts

EMERALD Level EMERALD GOLD SILVER BRONZE EMERALD Selected from Top 10 Gold Award Winners from current year and any past Gold Achievement Award Winners. 10+ applicants- 4 selected Award: $1000 scholarship to National Conference / $1000 College Scholarship Emerald will stand as a separate level. 4-H’ers who were top 10 from the current year and previous Gold winners are eligible to apply for Emerald. The top four are selected from this group. Emerald applications, resume, County Honors Application, and power-point are due May 15 (prescreened by committee and top 15 selected to participate in interview and presentation at Teen Conference to compete for Emerald Award). To apply for Emerald Award: Complete Co. Honors Application, Emerald Application, Updated Resume, and Personal Power Point at Teen Conference. Last day of Teen Conference, the top 4 Emerald winners are announced with Power Point shown to Teen Conference attendees. EMERALD *Minimum: 8th grade + earned Level 3 *Each District submits 15 apps *105 apps= 105 selected/awarded $50 to Teen Conf.   GOLD SILVER BRONZE EMERALD Level

Kentucky EMERALD continued: Emerald will stand as a separate level. Achievement Emerald will stand as a separate level. 4-H’ers who were top 10 from the current year and previous Gold winners are eligible to apply for Emerald. The top four are selected from this group. Emerald applications, resume, County Honors Application, and power- point are due May 15 (prescreened by committee and top 15 selected to participate in interview and presentation at Teen Conference to compete for Emerald Award). To apply for Emerald Award: Complete Co. Honors Application, Emerald Application, Updated Resume, and Personal Power Point at Teen Conference. Last day of Teen Conference, the top 4 Emerald winners are announced with Power Point shown to Teen Conference attendees. June 2012 : Emerald Interviews, first Emerald Awards presented – Silver & Gold recognized as Honors Winners as in the past – Top 30 Gold & Emerald receive financial rewards to be determined.

Kentucky Guidelines: Achievement *4-H’ers can continue to submit and reapply for Emerald until received or aged out of the 4-H program. A 4-H’er may only attend Congress and National Conference one time. Current 4-H’ers participating in the “Honors Program” or those currently working on their Honors application will be grandfathered in to the “Achievement Program” and will retain their title awarded. Counties will have the option to recognize “Honorable Mention, Participation, etc.” to 4-H’ers who do not received the Achievement Awards at the state. Applications due to the State Office : December 15th Gold Interviews, all Gold winners invited to participate – Top 30 selected for Congress – Top 10 Gold selected to apply for Emerald

Timeline: 4-H Year : 9/1/11 to 8/31/12 DATE 4-H Year : 9/1/11 to 8/31/12 Summary First year of new Achievement Program complete with new application & full funding for Bronze, Silver, and Gold Aug. 31, 2011 Program year ends Sept. 1, 2011  4-H Program year begins – based on new app October, 2011 New Achievement Application available. Dec 15, 2011 Honors Summary Forms due in State Office March 2012 Gold Interviews, all Gold winners invited to participate – Top 30 selected for Congress – Top 10 Gold selected to apply for Emerald May 15, 2012 Emerald Applications Due June 2012 Emerald Interviews, first Emerald Awards presented – Silver & Gold recognized as Honors Winners as in the past – Top 30 Gold & Emerald receive financial rewards to be determined. August 2012  4-H Program year ends Nov. 2012 30 Top Gold Winners attend National 4-H Congress Dec 15, 2012  Achievement Applications due in State Office March 2013  Deadline for counties to submit their Bronze and Silver achievement winners. Gold Interviews – top 10 gold selected for Emerald April 2013 4 Emerald Winners attend Nat. 4-H Conference May 15, 2013 Deadline for Emerald applications June 2013 Emerald Interviews & first achievement awards presented based on new application w/full financial support Nov. 2013 30 Gold to National 4-H Congress April 2014 4 – Emerald to National 4-H Conference

Rubric County Multi-County/District State National 1 2 3 4 Clover Level 3: 100 points Can apply for Bronze: Plus Personal Profile Minimum points required to achieve Level 3: 100 points Clover Level 4: 150 points Can apply for Silver: Plus Personal Profile Minimum points required to achieve Level 4: 150 points Clover Level 5: 200 points Can apply for Gold: Plus Personal Profile and Resume Minimum points required to achieve Level 5: 200 points Emerald Award: Top 10 Gold of current year – or – previous year Gold winner Gold requirements and Power Point Presentation Clover Level 1: 25 points Minimum points required to achieve Level 1: 25 points   Clover Level 2: 50 points Minimum points required to achieve Level 2: 50 points