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Important Dates
August 12 State 4-H Shooting Sports Certifica-tion August 15 Enrollment Module Rollover August 20 State Market Goat Show August 25 State 4-H Dairy Judging
Summer Draws to a Close
This has been a busy summer for the Tennessee 4-H program.
Thousands of young 4-H members have spent a week at 4-H
camp, junior high members have attended Academic Confer-
ence, Electric Camp was a huge success, and senior high mem-
bers have just concluded the Tennessee 4-H Roundup. In addi-
tion, numerous judging teams competed at national events and
thousands of 4-H members have participated in county fairs. It
is appropriate to stop for a moment and thank all of our agents,
volunteers, parents and youth for all of their hard work during
the hectic summer months. Without your commitment to 4-H,
none of this would have been possible.
As 4-H members return to school, the fall activities will begin.
School clubs and special inter-
est project groups will form
and begin to learn about 4-H.
The 4-H cycle begins again!
Best wishes for the 2016-2017
school year and another great
year for Tennessee 4-H.
Richard Clark
August 2016 Volume 16, Issue
Index
Summer Draws to a Close 1
State Staff Spotlight
Richards 2
Kroger Rewards 3
Roundup Photo 3
State Horse Show & Expo 3
Photo Search Winners 4
State 4-H Council 5
Scholarships Awarded 6
4-H High Council Officers 7
Dairy Judging 7
Roundup Awards 8-9
Hale Master 4-H Families 10
Volunteer Leader Winner 11
Vol State Ceremony 11
Shooting Sports Update 12
National Shooting Sports 13-14
Electric Camp 15
2016 Volunteer U Conf. 16
Curriculum Corner 17-18
Funnel Cake 5K! 19
Dr. Jennifer Richards, Assistant Professor Dr. Richards completed her Bachelor of Science in Education with a concentration in Secondary Social Studies from Miami University in 1997. She spent five years teaching middle school in K12 schools systems in North Carolina and Tennessee before she was recruited to the UT Col-lege of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) for the purpose of developing and establishing a STEM education research program focused on curriculum development in food safety. She completed a PhD in Education with a concentration in Curriculum, Research and Evaluation in 2007at the University of Tennessee. It is this background in education that fuels her passion for curriculum development that promotes active learning strategies. She wants students in both formal and informal settings to experience curricula, not just passively con-sume it. Jennifer served as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Science and Tech-nology from 2011 to 2015. In this capacity, she taught three undergraduate courses, served as an undergraduate academic advisor, and mentored graduate students through Master's, PhD, and Post-Doc programs. Her research program was centered around STEM education outreach initiatives include the development and expansion of the Hands On: Real World Lessons for Middle School Classrooms program, a comprehensive educational program designed to teach middle school students key food safety concepts by leveraging state mandated content stand-ards. Over the last 9 years, Hands On has served over 48,000 students in 12 states and was re-cently approved by the National 4-H Council. In September of 2015 Jennifer joined the state 4-H staff as the curriculum specialist. In this role, she provides leadership to the development of a state level curricular framework, the revi-sion of existing curricula, and the creation of new curricular resources. Jennifer has been married to her husband, Harry, for 20 years and they have 2 children: Harry, age 10 and Maggie Jane, age 4.
Jennifer can be reached at [email protected] or at 865-974-2128.
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Dr. Jennifer Richards
State Staff
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Kroger Community Rewards Re-Enrollment
If your county took advantage of the Kroger Community Rewards Program, it is time
to re-enroll!
County 4-H programs DO NOT need to re-enroll; however, individuals with
Kroger Plus Cards must complete the process between August 1 and August
31, 2016 through the Kroger.com website in order to continue participating in
the Community Rewards Program.
Re-enrollment is required by Kroger; this re-enrollment period gives us the oppor-
tunity to spread the word to new supporters while keeping current supporters in-
formed of everything happening within the program.
More information about this program can be found on the
Kroger Web site at https://www.kroger.com/topic/nashville-
community-rewards.
Ryan Hensley Tennessee 4-H Foundation
DOWNLOAD ROUNDUP GROUP PHOTO FROM WEB SITE A high quality jpeg image of the 2016 Tennessee 4-H Roundup delegation is now available from the Tennessee 4-H Web site at 4h.tennessee.edu/Pages/roundup.aspx. If you would like to have a print, any photo developer should be able to make one from this file. The image is cropped to 10 X 30 inches.
Results From State Horse Show and Expo Posted Online
Horse - https://ag.tennessee.edu/AnimalScience/4-H/Pages/Horse.aspx Beef - https://ag.tennessee.edu/AnimalScience/4-H/Archives/2016BeefExpoResults.pdf Sheep - https://ag.tennessee.edu/AnimalScience/4-H/Archives/2016SheepExpoResults.pdf Claudia Meeks Baney 4-H Animal Science Specialist
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STATE 4-H PHOTO SEARCH WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Thanks to all those who encouraged their 4-H members to submit photos for the Photo Search Contest. The following members have state-winning entries. Emily Buckner, Jackson County- (2 entries) Easton Eller, Robertson County Lenore Thorne, Wilson County Bethany Gibson, Cumberland County Caleb Beasley, Roane County – (3 entries) Katelyn Swearengin, Wayne County Hannah Hollander, Wayne County The 10 winning photographs were on exhibit at State 4-H Roundup at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, during the Project Achievement Awards Banquet on Tuesday night, July 26th. They may also be viewed on the Tennessee 4-H Web site at https://4h.tennessee.edu/Pages/phtosrch.aspx Carmen G. Burgos Extension Specialist 4-H, ALEC
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2016-17 STATE 4-H COUNCIL MEMBERS SELECTED AT ROUNDUP
Elections are always an exciting part of State 4-H Roundup. The 2016-17 State 4-H Council members were elected in Knoxville this week. New council mem-bers will represent their peers in an advisory role as members of the State 4-H Council for the coming year. Thanks to all agents who have encouraged these 4-H’ers and helped them de-velop the leadership skills to serve in this role. New council members include: State Council President – Ethan Harvill, Fentress County
State Council Vice President – Jacob Butler, Henderson County
Western Region Senior Representative – Hunter Haislip, Crockett County
Central Region Senior Representative – Ashley Haylett, Williamson County
Central Region Senior Representative – Haley Brazel, Sumner County
Eastern Region Senior Representative – Mary Beth Nehls, Knox County
Eastern Region Senior Representative – Preston Waggoner, Loudon County
Western Region Junior Representative – Heath Quick, Shelby County
Western Region Junior Representative – C.J. Bryson, Gibson County
Central Region Junior Representative – Timothy Martin, Bedford County
Central Region Junior Representative – Hannah Fritts, Giles County
Central Region Junior Representative – Kendall Martin, Lincoln County
Eastern Region Junior Representative – Aaron Lay, Monroe County
Eastern Region Junior Representative – Gabbi Martin, Hamblen County
Representative-at-Large – Shaylyn Melhorn, Morgan County
Representative-at-Large – Danny Lawson, Blount County
Justin Crowe Extension Specialist 4-H, ALEC
African American ($300) Amanda Fuller, Madison County Dominique Barlow, Overton County
Alpha Gamma Rho ($1,000) John Calvin Bryant, Lawrence County
Alan Peace Memorial ($1,000) Jaimee Headden, Morgan County
Arthur Wells Memorial ($500) Cameron Hart, Fayette County
Charline Powell ($1,000) John Calvin Bryant, Lawrence County
Earl Knepp Agricultural ($800) Martin Dickey, Union County
Farm Credit ($1,000) Christian Schweer, Williamson County Rachel Baker, Benton County
FarmHouse ($500) John Robert Snoddy, Lincoln County
Gilbert Rhodes Agricultural ($500) Nathan Long, Loudon County
G.L. Herrington Agricultural ($1,000) Cheyenne Johnson, Loudon County John Calvin Bryant, Lawrence County
Harold Robbins Agricultural ($300) Abigayle Pollock, Lincoln County Hamilton-Brown ($500) Austin Barry, Warren County
James Robinson ($1,000) Hunter Poore, Anderson County
Mary Basinger/Elliot ($1,500) Jaimee Headden, Morgan County
Mary Stanfill – FCS ($200) Storie Hardin, Maury County
Mary Stanfill Memorial ($1,000) Amanda Fuller, Madison County
Richard Shadden Memorial ($250) Ellie Campbell, Carter County
Steve McNeil Memorial ($500) Holdon Guy, Wilson County
TEAFCS Scholarship ($500) Alexandria Harp, Hawkins County
TFGA Mary Cooper ($500) LeAnna Tanner, Wilson County Allison Parker, Sumner County
Tennessee Farm Bureau Health Plans ($1,250) Rachel Bowman, Cheatham County Kristina Coker, Trousdale County Taylor Daniels, Henry County Sarah Hanner, Robertson County Hannah Hattendorf, Montgomery County Jaimee Headden, Morgan County Troy & Susie Johnson ($500) Landon McAfee, McNairy County
W.B. & Imogene Kyker ($250) Hannah Nave, Rutherford County
Justin Crowe Extension Specialist
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4-H COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
College scholarships were awarded at State 4-H Roundup, July 28, during the
Thursday morning assembly program. Scholarship recipients included:
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4-H ALL STAR HIGH COUNCIL OFFICERS ELECTED
The 2016-2017 State 4-H All Star High Council officers were elected and tapped in during Tennessee 4-H Roundup and All Star Conference. As part of the 4-H All Star campfire, held at Dollywood, the three high council officers were announced with the delegation.
These new officers are: Chief – Luci Allen, Macon County Deputy Chief – Lucas Garrison, Sumner County Scribe - D.J. Amos, Hamblen County
These officers, which are part of State 4-H Council, will help plan statewide All Star activities and will preside over the 4-H All Star High Council and state All Star con-ference.
Justin Crowe
Extension Specialist 4-H, ALEC
Register Your Teams for State Dairy Judging Contest The State 4-H Dairy Judging Contest will be held on August 25, 2016, at the Wil-son County Fair Grounds. This contest is for senior high teams only. All youth must be in 9th-12th grade as of January 1, 2015. Pre-registration is required and is avail-able through SUPER at http://super.tennessee.edu/Event/Home.aspx?ID=10298 The schedule is as follows: 8:30 a.m. Registration 9:00 a.m. Contest begins 11:30 a.m. Lunch 12:00 p.m. Contestants work on reasons 12:30 p.m. Oral reasons begin 2:30 p.m. Awards ceremony.
There is not a registration fee and lunch will be provided for all contestants. Please register in SUPER by August 22 to insure that we have enough materials and food.
Carmen G. Burgos Extension Specialist
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TENNESSEE 4-H ROUNDUP AWARDS PROGRAM RESULTS
Beef Heath Quick, Shelby County - Level I Emily Ivey, Loudon County - Level II Clothing and Textiles Marian Anderson, Coffee County - Level I Ashley Lewis, Henderson County - Level I Leah Gibson, Hancock County - Level II Communication/Public Speaking Ben Clanton, Obion County - Level I Mary Katherine Dewane, Shelby County - Level II Companion Animal Hannah Steger, Putnam County -Level I
Jacob Wade, Bedford County - Level I D.J. Amos, Hamblen County - Level II Lucy Lakin, Hamblen County - Level II Computers and Technology Kade Allen, Macon County - Level I Alexandria Banta, Robertson County - Level II Consumer Education/Economics Chloe Weaver, Knox County - Level I Tyler McGowan, Trousdale County - Level I Andrew Franklin, Wilson County - Level II Miriam Koeshall, Loudon County - Level II Dairy Kendal Penick, Weakley County - Level I Brie Ann Davenport, Knox County - Level II
Engineering/Safety Science John Rison, Claiborne County - Level I Gage Plotner, Hamilton County - Level I Alexis Scarton, Robertson County - Level II Dawson Weisner, Wilson County - Level II Entomology Samantha Bussell, Macon County - Level I Keaton Penick, Weakley County - Level II Food Science Grace Harville, Smith County - Level I Amanda Huggins, Unicoi County - Level I Christian Schweer, Williamson County - Level II Sade' Strayhorn, Madison County - Level II Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Olivia Browning, Sevier County - Level I Ian Terrell, Williamson County - Level I Landon McAfee, McNairy County - Level II Michael Parks, Roane County - Level II Goat Lenore Thorne, Wilson County - Level I Ian Steptoe, Sullivan County - Level II Horse Zach McCarver, Madison County - Level I Ashley Haylett, Williamson County - Level II
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Several 4-H’ers were recognized at the Tennessee 4-H Roundup awards banquet,
Tuesday night, July 26. Each Level I winner received the 4-H Horizon Award and is
eligible for a $500 scholarship if they major in agriculture or family and consumer
science at UTM or UTK. Each Level II winner received a silver bowl, the Lee Medal-
lion and a trip to National 4-H Congress.
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TENNESSEE 4-H ROUNDUP AWARDS PROGRAM RESULTS
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Horticulture/Garden
Grant Hitchcock, Warren County - Level I
Ladonna Tanner, Wilson County - Level I
Hannah Davis, Madison County - Level II
Line and Design
Hannah Freeland, Knox County - Level I
Elizabeth House, Cannon County - Level I
Taylor Vail, Williamson County - Level II
Candace Thompson, Madison County - Level II
Nutrition, Health and Fitness
Megan Thornton, Sumner County - Level I
Lindsey Hedrick, Sevier County - Level I
Michaela Hodge, Trousdale County - Level II
C.J. Rhodes, Robertson County - Level II
Performing Arts/Recreation
Timothy Martin, Bedford County - Level I
Chad Miller, Hamilton County - Level II
Personal Development
Kassidy Beasley, Sumner County - Level I
Savannah Dodson, White County - Level II
Photography
Savannah Ross, Hamilton County - Level I
Christy Newsom, Sevier County - Level II
Plant Science
Hannah Robbins, Roane County - Level I
Dakota Nelson, Morgan County - Level II
Poultry
Emily Welte, Putnam County - Level I
Amber Wright, Hamblen County - Level II
Sheep
Garrett Franklin, Clay County - Level I
Justin McCollum, Williamson County - Level II
Swine
Abigail Bartholomew, Henderson County - Level I
Cora Key, Clay County - Level II
Veterinary Science
Kendal Martin, Lincoln County - Level I
Haley Brazel, Sumner County - Level II
Two additional winners were named at the
Thursday morning assembly on July 28.
Agricultural Leadership
Hannah Nave, Rutherford County - Level II
Family and Consumer Sciences Leadership
Haleigh Smith, Madison County - Level II
Lori Gallimore Extension Specialist
4-H/ALEC
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Hale Master 4-H Families Recognized
This year three outstanding families received the prestigious Hale Master Award. The awards
were presented Tuesday night at State 4-H Roundup during the Project Achievement Awards Ban-
quet in Knoxville. The recipients of the award are:
The Moore Family Standing from left to right, Roger, Bryce, Wesley, and Carson.
Seated, from left to right are Rose and Amber Moore from
McNairy County.
The Walker Family
Standing from left to right; Christi Blankenship, Jody Blankenship and
Stephanie Dyer. Seated from left to right; Mary Blankenship, Steve and
Beverly Walker and Anna Blankenship.
The Blick Family Standing from left to right Nolan, Jean and Corey Blick
The W.M. and Ruth Hale Tennessee Master 4-H Family recognition honors 4-H families who have
shown consistent leadership ability and exceptional participation in all phases of 4-H work. The
Hales established an endowment in 1983 to provide funds for the 4-H Hale Master Family recog-
nition.
Carmen Burgos, Extension Specialist
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State Winner Named in 4-H Volunteer Leader Recognition Program
The state winner in the adult volunteer leader recognition program for 2016 is Ka-ren Franklin from Rutherford County. The award includes a trip to National 4-H Congress in Atlanta and the Charlene Hamilton Powell memorial plaque spon-sored by Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kant. Congratulations to both Karen and the Ruth-
erford County UT Extension staff!
Karen Franklin from Rutherford County and Ben Powell, Professor Emeritus and former 4-H State Program Leader.
Carmen G. Burgos Extension Specialist 4-H, ALEC
VOL STATE CEREMONY AT ROUNDUP
Thursday night July 28, 68 Tennessee 4-H’ers were inducted as Vol State
members during State 4-H Roundup. This impressive candlelight ceremo-
ny honors outstanding members with the highest level of recognition a
Tennessee 4-H’er may receive, the Vol State Award.
Vol State recipients must be active All Star members and in the 11th or
12th grade and are nominated by their 4-H agents. We usually list all in-
ductees on the website with pictures. However, we are having some diffi-
culties with the particular page. I anticipate posting the listing of the 2016
Vol State inductees for next week’s Ideas edition.
Carmen G. Burgos Extension Specialist
4-H, ALEC
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Summer 4-H Shooting Sports Update
There was much going on recently in the realm of Tennessee 4-H Shooting Sports this Summer. Keep reading and find out what went on! National 4-H Shooting Sports Champion-
ships Please read the separate article in Ideas re-garding Tennessee 4-H’s participation in the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships in Grand Island, Nebraska, June 26–July 1,
2016. For more information, see https://4h.tennessee.edu/Pages/2016-Tennnessee-4-H-Delegation-to-the-National-4-H-Shooting-Sports-Championships.aspx. Daisy Nationals BB Gun Championship
Tennessee 4-H was well represented in Rog-ers, AR at the 2016 Daisy National BB Gun Championships, July 2-4, 2016. Those qualifying and participating from the Ten-nessee 4-H State BB Shoot were teams from Bedford, Dickson, and Robertson counties. Congratulations to these Counties for their participation in this National
event. Please visit http://www.dnbbgcm.com/ for results and more information. Target Smart Camp The 2016 Tennessee 4-H Target Smart Camp was held at Ridley 4-H Center, July 5-8, with 51 campers and 5 Teen Camp Assistants in attendance. Campers ex-
plored their chosen shooting discipline through fun, hands-on learning experiences. Disciplines offered were Archery, Hunting, and Shotgun. Maury County boasted the largest delegation with 14 campers. Special thanks go to the Civilian Marks-manship Program and the Maury County Gun Club for their support.
Daniel Sarver Extension Specialist
4-H/ALEC
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Tennessee 4-H Has Impressive Showing at the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships
13 Tennessee 4-H members competed in the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships as a member of the Tennessee State 4-H Team. The national competition was held on June 26 – July 1, 2016 in Grand Island, NE. Darby Payne, Extension Agent from Giles County, led the Tennessee 4-H delegation. Other coaches are Dannie Bradford, Extension Agent, Marion County; Darla Bon-ner, Volunteer, Lincoln County; and Kenny Crenshaw, Volunteer, Shelby County. Tennessee 4-H youth competed in the disciplines of Air Rifle, Compound Archery, Recurve Ar-chery, and Shotgun. Over 680 youth from 36 states participated in this National 4-H event. As a result of their hard work and dedication, these 13 youth earned Tennessee a rank of 18th out of the 36 states present at Nationals. This is the highest ranking to date of any Tennessee 4-H group at Nationals. Notable team and individual placings are: Air Rifle (Team) – 5th Shotgun (Team) – 9th Harper Jo Biggs (Individual Air Rifle) – 10th David Crenshaw (Individual Air Rifle) – 11th All of the results can be found here: http://4h.unl.edu/4hssnationalchamp/image-results
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Tennessee 4-H Has Impressive Showing at the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships
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The members and adult coaches of the team are:
Daniel Sarver Extension Specialist 4-H/ALEC
First Last County Discipline Role
Kenny Crenshaw Shelby Air Rifle Coach
Harper Biggs Williamson Air Rifle Competitor
Ellis Bixler Shelby Air Rifle Competitor
David Crenshaw Shelby Air Rifle Competitor
Elisabeth Keeler Williamson Air Rifle Competitor
Dannie Bradford Marion Compound Archery Coach
Brad Clark Putnam Compound Archery Competitor
Brandon Matthews Trousdale Compound Archery Competitor
Seth Rankin Marion Compound Archery Competitor
Matthew Stevenson Franklin Compound Archery Competitor
Darla Bonner Lincoln Recurve Archery Coach
Dawsen Arms Putnam Recurve Archery Competitor
Caroline Bonner Lincoln Recurve Archery Competitor
Darby Payne Giles Shotgun Coach and Coordinator
Zach Grace Clay Shotgun Competitor
Hunter Phillips Tipton Shotgun Competitor
Jay Thompson Dyer Shotgun Competitor
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ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL 4-H ELECTRIC CAMP
The 25th annual Tennessee 4-H Electric Camp was held on the campus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, June 28-July 1, with 257 campers in
attendance. Campers explored the world of energy, electricity and the basic sciences through fun-filled, hands-on learning experiences. In addition to the campers, 12 senior 4-H members attended as camp assis-tants. The Western Region boasted the largest delegation with 138 mem-bers attending. The Central Region had 87 members; and the Eastern Re-
gion had 32. Stewart County had the largest county delegation with 60 campers. 4-H Electric Camp is made possible through a unique partnership estab-lished between UT Extension; the Tennessee Electric Cooperative Associa-tion and its statewide member cooperatives; the Tennessee Municipal Elec-
tric Power Association and its municipal power system members from across the state; TVA; the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conserva-tion; and other industry donors.
Daniel Sarver
Extension Specialist
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2016 4-H Volunteer U Multi-State Conference
If you want to learn fun, creative and innovative techniques for fostering posi-tive youth development this is a great conference for volunteers and agents to attend! This is multi-state conference which provides great networking op-portunities and sharing of ideas and educational materials. The conference will take place November 11 – 13, 2016 and will be held at the C.A. Vines Ar-kansas 4-H Center. Sessions will include 4-H Club Management and Volun-teer Best Practices, Positive Youth Development, 4-H Science (STEM) pro-grams, Healthy Living programs, Citizenship/Leadership programs, fun shops and more! Conference coordinators are now accepting workshop proposals so if you would like to present and share what you are doing with youth, please send a proposal. Please send an e-mail to [email protected] and request the RFP form if you are interest in presenting and I will send you an interactive RFP form. Full-time registration is $175-195 depending on lodging choice; part-time reg-istration will be $65-75. The price is based on lodging, the number of people per room, and meals. If no roommate is indicated in the registration, one will be assigned to you. Registration is now open and close October 21, 2016. You can register on line at: https://www.regonline.com/2016volunteerumultistate4hconference The conference starts at 2:00 p.m. on Friday November 11 and runs through Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Workshop descriptions will be sent out as soon as they are available. For additional information regarding the 2016 4-H volunteer U Multi-State Conference go to: https://4h.tennessee.edu/Pages/trainingopportunities.aspx Carmen G. Burgos Extension Specialist 4-H, ALEC
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Curriculum Corner: An update on current curriculum tasks
Please help me welcome James Swart as a Gradu-ate Extension As-
sistant. James will be working with me for the next two years on 4-H Cur-riculum as he completes a Master’s of Science degree in Biosystems Engineer-
ing. As we move through major curricu-lum tasks over the next two years, you may be receiving emails from James. A first draft of curriculum outcomes and benchmarks have been completed for
the state curriculum framework. This week the Curriculum Outcomes workgroup met to start the review pro-cess for this draft. Workgroup members include: Tonya Bain
Joseph Donaldson Amy Fellhoelter Lynne Middleton Nancy Rucker Jessica Sarten Neal Smith
James Swart Jessica Waters Amy Willis If you are interested in the work this group is doing, please ask them to share our progress with you! A working draft of a new template has
been created for all reviewed 4-H lesson plans and curricular materials. This draft
is a work in progress. A few brave souls have offered to serve as guinea pigs in trying the template out and are providing us with feedback on how to make it both
functional and user friendly. We will be ready to roll this template out state-wide soon! We are working to move all of the les-
son plans on the 4-H Lesson Plan SharePoint site into the new template. As part of this pro-cess, we will be
sending the lessons (in the template) back to the original authors to review and update. Many of you that have lessons on the SharePoint site have either already received an
email with the lesson plan in the new template or will receive one within the coming weeks. We know that change can be scary and are happy to talk you through any questions you have or come out and sit down with you as you work
through this process. Following this, those lesson plans that have not been previously issued an Ex-tension publication number will be sent to a review committee made up of 4-H agents and content specialists who will
review your lesson and return their com-ments to us. Continued...
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Curriculum Corner: An update on current curriculum tasks...Continued
Following this, those lesson plans that have
not been previously issued an Extension
publication number will be sent to a review
committee made up of 4-H agents and con-
tent specialists who will review your lesson
and return their comments to us.
We will then compile those comments and
send them back to the original author for
final edits and revisions. From there, we will
do a final review of lesson and it will then be
submitted to the marketing department for
an Extension publication number.
To review existing and new curricular mate-
rials, we will need reviewers! We need your
help for this! Below is a link for a survey
that will ask you to identify the project areas
in which you feel you have expertise. Please
complete the survey if you are willing to re-
view lesson plans. It shouldn’t take more
than 5 minutes to complete: https://
utk.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/
SV_3F90mf2qZkzHu9T
We have begun working with Extension Spe-
cialists to develop outcomes for all 26 pro-
ject areas. As we move through this pro-
cess, we will be looking for folks who are
willing to review the proposed outcomes for
each area as well. Be on the lookout for up-
dates on this process over the next few
months.
Curriculum Tip:
As we move into the 2016-2017 school year,
I strongly encourage you to prepare lesson
plans for your in-club meetings and share
these lesson plans with your teachers be-
fore you arrive and to identify the state
content standards that align to your lesson
for the grade and subject you will be teach-
ing. Doing so will:
Allow the teacher to communicate with his/
her administrators how the instructional
time in their classroom is being used
Understand the alignment of the content
you are teaching with what they teach
Pre-teach concepts and skills that students
will need to be successful with the activi-
ties you present
Follow up on the concepts and skills that
you teach
James and I are available to help you identi-
fy state content standards that align with
your grade level and subject areas. We are
also always happy to answer questions or
address concerns that you have with your in
-school clubs.
Dr. Jennifer Richards
Assistant Professor
4-H/ALEC
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4-H FUNNEL CAKE 5K
The Tennessee 4-H Funnel Cake 5K, will be held at the Tennessee State Fair in Nashville on Saturday, September 17, 2016. It will support Tennessee 4-H and many of its leadership and citizenship programs. This 5K event is open to youth and adults! Join us for a race, support 4-H, AND get a complimentary funnel cake after
the race! Tennessee 4-H provides opportunities for more than 180,000 youth. It serves youth ages 9 - 19 in every county across our great state. Youth can be involved in any of the 26 project areas, some of which are clothing/textiles, livestock, nutrition, and pho-tography!
If you are an avid race goer, please register by visiting https://tiny.utk.edu/4H5k16. If 5K’s are not your thing, please consider passing along this information to any family/
friends who might be interested or use the attached logo to do a social media shout out! Please tag Tennessee 4-H in your post!
Hope to see you on September 17, 2016! Justin Crowe Extension Specialist 4-H, ALEC