Thinking of leading a livestock project? Hoping to provide support to your livestock-loving 4-H'ers? Have some livestock experience to share? 

This session will cover all the basics.

 Thinking of leading a 4-H project? Maybe you need some fresh ideas for your current project. Are you a   4-H parent that hopes to understand how projects work? 

This session will help 4-H project leaders to develop a plan with meaningful content and help parents support their 4-H'ers participation.  

Fair season is a fun & exciting time of year. To make it run smoothly and have a great time, planning is crucial. Come learn about the ins and outs of fair participation as a project leader or a parent of a 4-H participant. 

Session 1 - Youth that Thrive: Learn about the 4-H Thriving Model of Positive Youth Development with activities to explore and help youth develop their Spark. 

Session 2 - I&E Learning: We will explore the foundational practices of inquiry and experiential learning through a hands-on activity as well as a presentation of the theory. 

In the "How to lead a CS Project" session, we will discuss how to recruit youth to create a team, how to structure trainings, how to choose and create curriculum, and how to reach youth with CS. 

The Santa Clara County Computer Science Team has been organizing STEM events and workshops since 2017, and we hope to encourage others to bring STEM activities to their clubs and counties as well! 

Laura Tiscareno has been a 4-H parent and adult volunteer for the past 10 years. She believes that the 4-H youth development program is an amazing way for all youth to become better public speakers. She's always wowed by the 4-H presentations she sees as a parent, mentor, evaluator, and County Presentation Day coordinator. 

Come learn how 4-H parents, volunteers, and youth can help support public speaking.

Public speaking continues to be a cornerstone of the University of California 4-H Youth Development Program (UC 4-H). UC 4-H alumni will often mention that they learned how to speak more effectively through their participation in the UC 4-H presentation program.  

Youth-adult partnerships are shown to be one of the most effective ways to engage both youth and adults in meaningful activities which contribute to positive youth development.  

This session will guide adults to identify where your own Youth Adult Partnership relationship is, and how to improve it.

Planning a 4-H event?  

Join Brenda to develop your toolbox for how to plan a successful 4-H event in 10 easy steps.  

You will leave this session with a 

4-H Event Handbook. 

Sally Neas is the 4-H Youth Development Advisor for San Mateo and San Francisco counties. She has a Ph.D. in Geography and a masters in community development from U.C. Davis. Her graduate work focused on engaging marginalized youth with climate action. This includes developing and piloting a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) curriculum on climate change that used digital storytelling to help youth make sense of climate change. 

Come learn about how you can do this as a project in your county. 

Join us to talk about outreach! 

Come learn what has worked, what hasn't, and everything in between! We will be sharing some simple hands-on outreach activities in this meeting to show how fun and easy outreach can be! Everyone will leave with a handout of some creative outreach methods.