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General Information - Notebooks: The purpose is to showcase leadership skills being gained by holding an officer position in the club. Members serving as an officer may enter an officer notebook. Notebook will be from current 4-H year. Entry is a notebook (8 1/2” x 11") with information presented in a neat format. Officer notebooks will be judged on neatness, organization and content.
Leadership, Division 200 Classes
X200-001 - Club Secretary Notebook
X200-002 - Club Treasurer Notebook
X200-003 - Club News Reporter Notebook
X200-004 - Club Historian Notebook
LEADERSHIP UNIT 1, 2 AND 3
4-H’ers will develop exhibits that show what they have learned. The exhibit may include but is not limited to: Posters 14” x 22”; Notebooks 8 1/2” x 11”; PowerPoint with copy of slides; Scrapbook, any size; or any other means that would best show skills learned in the project to accomplish exhibit. Leadership manuals include My Leadership Workbook for grades 3-5, My Leadership Journal for grades 6-8; and My Leadership Portfolio for grades 9-12.
Leadership, Division 200 Classes
X200-005 - My Treasure Chest — Develop an exhibit that shows your skills as a leader and/or skills that you would like to achieve to become a better leader. Exhibit could be a poster or collage of skills.
X200-006 - Leader Essay- Write a 1-2-page essay that identifies a local, regional, state or national leader; discuss their strengths and weaknesses as a leader and leadership characteristics.
X200-007 - Plan a vacation — Follow guidelines from My Leadership Workbook, pages 26-27, on Step Out and Step Inward Activities to help you develop a vacation timeline to depict what needs to be completed to have a successful vacation. Exhibit could be a poster, notebook or calendar with steps listed and dated.
X200-008 - Goal setting — Write three goals that you want to achieve. When writing your goals consider what actions you must take to reach these goals, how you are going to do it and when you are going to do it. Make sure your three goals include all three parts. Clearly defined goals make it easier to determine how to achieve the desired results. (Examples: “I want people to like me” is unclear. “I want to make three new 4-H friends this year” is clear.)
X200-009 - Interview a Leader — Interview a leader or a person close to you. What is very important to them? Explain an activity or event they enjoy. Why is it important? Who is important to them, and why? What leadership characteristics do they possess? What are their strengths and weaknesses as a leader? What would they like to improve? How will what you have learned through this interview change your future plans or way of thinking about leaders? What can you apply to your own life and how? Exhibit should include the questions asked and the responses. Examples could be as a recording or in a written format.
X200-011 - Decisions, Decisions, Decisions - Explore an issue and develop recommendations on how you should respond to the issue. Example could include homelessness, school violence, community improvement or any other topic facing youth today.
X200-012 - Youth Leadership Experience - Share what you have learned while participating in a youth leadership role through photos and narrative. May cover a single event or ongoing experience.
X200-013 - Educational Display or Poster about Leadership.