4-H Volunteers

Volunteer Training

Volunteer training is essential so that volunteers not only understand the expectations of their role but have the skills, competencies, and information necessary to be successful.

4-H offers a variety of training opportunities at the county, multi-county, state, and regional levels. In addition, the 12 North Central states take turns hosting the North Central Region Volunteer Forum each year in the fall.

VALUED Volunteer Training Series

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A new advanced training series is now available statewide for more experienced 4-H volunteers to experience. The series includes the topics of

  • Behavior Management
  • Risk Management
  • Involving Families in 4-H
  • Making Meetings Fun
  • Parliamentary Procedure
  • Public Presentations
  • Working with Officers and Committees
  • Ages and Stages of Youth Development

If you are interested in participating in the VALUED Volunteer Training Series contact your local Extension office or Sheri Seibold at sseibold@illinois.edu in early fall. More experienced or tenured volunteers are encouraged to participate in this series.

Other Training Topics

A variety of training topics are available through the local Extension office. Some of these include:

  • Goal Centered Learning
  • I Move…Making Meetings Fun and Effective
  • Working with Youth Leaders

Training Packets

4-H Community Service

This website will assist 4-H volunteers in planning, implementing, and evaluating community service projects for their 4-H Clubs. This can be found at urbanext.illinois.edu/commservice/

4-H Program Planning

This on-line resource provides the 4-H program planning tools for 4-H clubs to develop their own yearly 4-H program plan. This can be found at urbanext.illinios.edu/4hplanning/

Working with Committees

This website contains fact sheets, role descriptions, worksheets, and additional resources to assist volunteers and 4-H members in developing effective committees within their clubs. Go to urbanext.illinois.edu/committees/

North Central Region Volunteer Forum

The North Central Region Volunteer Forum each year in the fall. The forum offers workshops, speakers, entertainment, networking, and idea sharing among volunteers. The forum rotates among the 12 states in the North Central Region. Contact your local Extension office for dates, location and registration information. The forum is open to all 4-H volunteers.

http://4h.unl.edu/volunteers/forum.htm

Resources

4-H Leadership Development Inventories are available for volunteers to assess their own training needs. These should be shared with Extension staff to help determine training needs in your local area.

4-H Volunteers