[CED/CD/EAT] 4-H and Youth Engagement Deadlines Fast Approaching

[Elliott-Engel, Jeremy - (elliottengelj)]

Good Afternoon County Extension Directors and 4-H Youth Development Professionals,

We have two deadlines that are of strategic importance for Arizona Cooperative Extension fast approaching on February 28th. To accomplish this goal it takes both the CED, 4-H youth development professionals, and the commitment of the entire Arizona Cooperative Extension organization.  I appreciate your attention to these important strategic efforts.


  1.  Deduplicated Youth Reporting

As of last week we had only 22 group enrollments across the state submitted for October 1, 2020 - September 30, 2021 in ZSuites. We have asked that 4-H youth development professionals input this group enrollment data for: 4-H youth development programming, FCHS, Agriculture Literacy, and programs like Junior Master Gardener, Project Wet, etc. For guidance: https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1843-2021.pdf

Purpose: To establish a deduplicated number of youth Arizona Cooperative Extension serves annually because our current reporting processes do not allow us to know this answer.


  1.  Strategic Planning Year 1 Work Sheet

      Every county has now had 10 months to establish a year 1 action plan (April 2021), one in-service to prepare, and two deadline extensions*. County-
      based 4-H youth development professionals and CEDs need to share their county plans for Year 1 with me by February 28th.  Thank you to the 1
       county and 1 FRTEP program for their plans!  I have also not had any CED or 4-H Youth development professional report to me about a scheduled
       meeting with their County Extension Advisory Board, please put 4-H strategic plan on your County Extension Advisory Board meeting at your earliest
       convenience and let me know when that is (was).

      Purpose: Every county has different challenges and dynamics and each county has to reflect their communities positive youth development needs. A
       grassroots planning approach is required to make this strategic plan effective and responsive to each county, however, statewide accountability is
       also required by combining program efforts together.  Extension Advisory Boards need to be engaged with the strategic planning process to ensure
      shared vision and scope of work.  I hope that you are excited about communicating your strategy to your Advisory Board, the aim is to foster
       excitement for the opportunities.

      *Counties with new 4-H youth development professionals need to communicate with me the plan to complete their strategic planning Year 1
       worksheet.

Thank you for your time and attention to ensure we are improving our records and strategy in meeting our land-grant university mission of creating #opportunity4all by focusing on program-quality and striving to grow the Arizona 4-H program to 20,000 by 2025.

With appreciation,

Jeremy
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Jeremy Elliott-Engel, Ph.D.
Arizona 4-H State Program Leader & Associate Director, Arizona Cooperative Extension
Associate Extension Specialist, Agricultural Education, Innovation, and Technology
The University of Arizona
Forbes 301D, P.O. Box 210036
1140 E. South Campus Dr.
Tucson, AZ 85721
Ofc: 520-621-3390
Pronouns: he/him/his

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