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As a Club Leader, you support the growth and continuation of your 4-H club through:
Oversight of club activities to ensure that all of the members of your club have access to a variety of learning experiences.
Being a key contact for your club to receive and share updates and information about opportunities for your members and families.
Serving as the mentor and advisor to support your Club Officers to gain leadership skills as they fulfill their duties.
Please see the detailed descriptions below for the qualifications and essential duties of a Club Leader. Thanks to the passion of our Club Leaders to help youth thrive, California 4-H'ers are gaining memorable experiences and growing skills they can use for life!
Resources for Club Leaders
Resources for Club Leaders
Community Club Leader Handbook
Youth with Special Needs Leaders Handbook
Primary Member Adult Volunteer Guide (doc)
Project and Activity Evaluation Checklist (doc)
Link to 4-H Financial Management System
The Enrollment page has tutorial videos and helpsheets for accessing the ZSuite enrollment system. This access is for volunteers with managerial access in ZSuite, including Primary Community Leader, Assistant Community Leader, Co-Community Leader, and Enrollment Coordinator.
Please see our other tabs for Safety and Project Resources
Club Leaders provide adult support for Club Officers with the following:
Club Leaders provide adult support for Club Officers with the following:
Qualifications
Qualifications
Current 4-H adult volunteer at least 21 years old.
Experience as a 4-H Adult Volunteer in good standing with the county.
Key Duties (4-H Vision and Values)
Key Duties (4-H Vision and Values)
A passion to help youth achieve key positive youth development outcomes, including:
Academic motivation and success
Social competence
High personal standards
Connection with others
Personal responsibility
Contribution to others through leadership and civic engagement.
Create an environment where:
Safe, meaningful, impactful educational opportunities exist, and
Positive youth development principles are utilized to help members grow into productive adults.
Time Required
Time Required
This position, depending on the unique aspects of the club (size, new vs. established, etc.), can be a time-consuming role, particularly during the start and end of the program year, and in preparation for fair. It is for this reason that co-leadership and active engagement of club adults is strongly recommended.
Minimum of 6, 1-hour club meetings per year are recommended adding time for preparation and cleanup.
Planning with the youth and adult leadership team for approximately 1-3 hours per month.
Managing membership for a minimum of 3 hours per month.
- Essential Knowledge, Skills,
and Abilities
Knowledge of the University of California 4-H Youth Development Program, its mission, core values and policies.
Able to guide a team of youth who lead other youth ages 5-19, while providing opportunities to progressively partner with teens and adults to implement the 4-H Program.
Understands and practices developmental relationship building and belonging skills with youth.
Understands and practices exemplary youth-adult partnership strategies and techniques.
Able to complete a minimum of three full program years as an adult volunteer in the California 4-H program.
Essential Functions of the
Club Leader
Essential Functions of the
Club Leader
Takes responsibility for enforcing 4-H policy, including ensuring that all adult volunteers have completed the full enrollment and screening process.
Ensures the physical and emotional safety of members, families, and volunteers at meeting and events. Includes ensuring that all adults serving as 4-H Adult Volunteers have been approved for service.
Ensures youth members are fully enrolled before participating in club and project activities. Ensure project leaders have current rosters of youth enrollment throughout the year.
Works with your adult community to identify and implement a set of projects that offer a variety of educational experiences to youth members.
Ensures that project leaders receive training and support during the program year.
Mentors and coaches youth in club leadership positions to ensure they can fulfill their responsibilities in accordance with the club’s bylaws and/or operating procedures.
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