Learning Objectives:

1. Provide basic information about the evaluation of individual member award applications in the 4-H.

The Main Lesson:

Read these materials

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• Volunteers are essential to the success of the North Carolina 4-H program, and they can serve in many different roles. One of the most intimidating parts of the work of 4-H Extension agents is the management of volunteers who assist in program design and delivery. This task, it is estimated, consumes as much as 30 percent of the scheduled work time for 4-H youth development professionals.

• During this lesson, you will learn about the different types of positions for 4-H volunteers, including a review of sample job descriptions, and the process and rationale for screening volunteers.
  
• There are six categories of service to consider in examining a volunteer’s contributions to the 4-H program. These are: 

1. Direct programs to youth (club leader, project leader, etc.),
2. ervices to other volunteers (master volunteers who teach others),
   
3. Indirect services to 4-H through technical or support services (donors, sponsors, etc.),
   
4. Advocacy for youth or for 4-H (actively supporting through networks),
   
5. Administrative services (bookkeeping, legal services, etc.), and
   
6. Advisory committees and councils at the county, district and state levels.
   

• View this website and go through each of the documents to contained within to gain an understand of Volunteers in 4-H (Comprehensive link: http://4h.uwex.edu/resources/mgt/volunteer.cfm
• ROLES
  
• http://4h.uwex.edu/volunteers/documents/4HVolunteerLeaderRoles.pdf
• RETENTION
  
• http://www.fourh.umn.edu/ydca/youthnu_handouts/03_handouts//Volunteer_Retention.pdf
• EVALUATION
  
• http://www.casanet.org/program-management/volunteer-manage/voleval.htm
• Explore this 4-H Volunteer site
• http://www.4hvolunteersusa.org/

Assignment

• Today you explored the roles of volunteers and how to retain and evaluate them.  Us the knowledge you gained in these readings to develop a 5 slide powerpoint presentation that you would use in a volunteer orientation.  Be sure to clarify the roles each person could have and make sure you build in the information on how to retain the volunteers.  Take advantage of this assignment and really put some thought into it.  This is the kind of application you will need to do in the real world of 4-H  Submit this via Vista.

• There is no PowerPoint Presentation this week.