1. Presented by: Youth Leadership Task Force C OUNTY 4-H C OUNCIL D EVELOPMENT

2. O VERVIEW  County 4-H Council Training is:  Delivered 254 different ways  Limited in the number of resources available  Lacking in parliamentary procedure skills

3. P ROGRAM G OAL  Increase leadership skills of youth to equip them for future leadership opportunities in adulthood  Provide counties with a toolbox of resources to help them effectively train County 4-H Council Teams  Develop a State Leadership Contest for County 4-H Council Teams to demonstrate their skills  Recruit and train adult volunteers as leadership project leaders

4. T ARGET A UDIENCE  County 4-H Council  Established audience that counties should already have in place  Adult Leaders  County 4-H Council Advisor  Leadership Project Club(s)  Train Club Managers using these resources

5. T IMELINE  Spring/Summer 2009: Training for agents on program and contest. Agents add to their TExAS Plans.  August/September 2009: Participating counties begin program.  Fall 2009: Districts or Regions host One Day Leadership Workshop to provide training for County Council Teams on the leadership contest, service learning and parliamentary procedure

6. T IMELINE … C ONTINUED  Spring 2010: Districts or Regions host first Leadership Contest  June 2010: Conduct first State Leadership Contest at Texas 4-H Roundup  January 2011 – First Texas 4-H Team to compete at Western National in Colorado in Parliamentary Procedure Contest

7. R ESOURCES FOR L EADERS 4 L IFE P ROGRAM  Leadership Curriculum: Take The Lead Unit, Yea 4-H! 6-8 Grade  Participant Workbook: Take The Lead (New!)  Parliamentary Procedure Made Easy Curriculum  Dunbar’s Parliamentary Procedure Guide  Dunbar’s Guide for Making Motions  Dunbar’s Parliamentary Procedure Glossary  Current Edition, Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised  Use Your Hands…For Service! – Service Learning Lesson Plan

8.  County Kick Off Training Agenda  District Training Agenda  Sample Timeline for Program Implementation (and model plan?)  Menu of leadership and parliamentary procedure activities to supplement training at monthly Council Meetings (Dr. Chris Townsend’s Student Projects)  Outcome Evaluation  Recognition Certificate R ESOURCES FOR L EADERS 4 L IFE P ROGRAM

9. L EADERS 4 L IFE S KILL -A-T HON  Parliamentary Procedure Demonstration  Question/Answer Session  Quiz Bowl  Service Learning Interpretation Piece

10. P ARLIAMENTARY P ROCEDURE D EMONSTRATION  20 minute presentation  4-6 team members (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, 2 other members)  Must demonstrate these motions: Main Motion, Amend a Motion, Division of the Assembly, Lay on the Table, Take from the Table, Withdraw a Motion  Will be given 3 problems to incorporate in their demonstration

11. P ARLIAMENTARY P ROCEDURE D EMONSTRATION  Teams will be provided: Agenda and Parliamentary Procedure Problems  Teams must provide: Minutes, Treasurer’s Report, Letter of Communication, Committee Report  15 minutes to review problems and plan their presentation  Max of 100 points for Parli-Pro Demonstration

12. P ARLIAMENTARY P ROCEDURE M OTIONS  Put a motion before the assembly  Lay on the Table  Amend a Motion  Division of the Assembly  Take from the Table  Withdraw a Motion  Division of a Question  Refer a Motion to a Committee  Rise to a Point of Order  Appeal the Decision of the Chair  Previous Question  Rescind  Reconsider  Postpone a Motion Definitely  Postpone a Motion Indefinitely  Objection to the Consideration of the Question

13. Q UESTION /A NSWER S ESSION  7 questions per team  Each team member must answer one question  Teams will determine who will answer remaining question(s)  Each team member may answer no more than 2 questions  Maximum of 10 points per question (max of 70 points)

14. Q UIZ B OWL  Standard Quiz Bowl Rules will apply except for one change – Substitutions  Teams may make 2 substitutions during the Quiz Bowl Round  All team members will be allowed in the Quiz Bowl room. Extra team members will be seated with coach behind the designated team  Two teams at a time will face off for one round of 30 questions (8 individual questions, 22 toss up questions, 3 bonus questions attached to toss up questions)  Max of 30 points (not including bonus questions)

15. Q UIZ B OWL S TUDY M ATERIALS  Current Edition, Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised  Take The Lead Curriculum  Current Edition of Texas 4-H Rules & Guidelines  Texas 4-H Officer Handbook  Texas 4-H History Publication  Current Edition of Texas 4-H Clover  Use of the 4-H Name and Emblem Publication  7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey

16. I NTERPRETATION P IECE  One page (front and back) report on a service learning project conducted in the county during the current 4-H year  Need to include: Relevance, Response and Results of the project in the report  May include photos, captions, charts, graphs, etc.  Turned in with registration in advance and judged ahead of time  Max of 100 points

17. R ESOURCE P ACKET  Supplies and Equipment Needs for conducting a contest  Facilities Requirements and Setup for contest  Sample Schedules for contest (2)  Sample documents teams provide for parli-pro demonstration (minutes, treasurer’s report, communication letter, committee report)  Sample Agenda and Parli Pro Problems

18. R ESOURCE P ACKET  Parli-Pro Demonstration Score Sheet  Question/Answer Session Score Sheet  Quiz Bowl Score Sheet  Interpretation Piece Score Sheet  Tabulation Form and Excel Spread Sheet  Timekeeper Form  Judge’s Orientation  Participant Orientation

19. A CTIVITIES  Rope Star (Take The Lead, Lesson 2)  It’s Hip to Be Square (Take The Lead, Lesson 3)  Silent Movies (Take The Lead, Lesson 2)  Quiz Bowl Demonstration  Parli-Pro Vocabulary Jeopardy  If time permits:  Earthquake (Take The Lead, Lesson 4)  Trip Into Outer Space (Take The Lead, Lesson 8)