Record Book Workshop

MaryJo Moncheski, AmeriCorps VISTA

November 2013

Workshop Objectives

Discuss the purpose and importance of a

4-H Record Book

Help participants understand what

content “counts” in the record book

Provide tools for record book success

and completion

Resources

For the Record- Member’s Guide to

Completing 4-H Records

Maricopa County 4-H Record Book

Workshop Handout

Record Book: What is that?

A written summary of 4-H activities and

projects

Shows progression of educational experiences

Documents skill development, learning

experiences, and accomplishments in member’s

project area

Why?

Measures growth through the years

Lists how you’ve helped others (“hands to larger service”)

Showcases the knowledge you’ve learned

Develops a variety of skills:◦ Financial management

◦ Organizational

◦ Communication

◦ Goal setting

◦ Decision-making

◦ Reflective

When Do We Complete Them?

Begin October 1st

Complete by September 30th

New members start at the time of

enrollment

Where Can I Get a Record Book?

Members receive their Member Record when they first enroll in 4-H.

Member Records must have the following criteria:

◦ Must have a primary project listed

◦ Must have previous and current years listed

◦ Should list projects thought to be "completed"

◦ More completed projects=greater chance of trip, scholarship, and award selection

The Project Record is given to each member at the yearly enrollment. Members need a Project Recordevery year for every project in which they are enrolled.

How are Record Books Judged?

Check the Yavapai County 4-H website

for updated information on the criteria

used for judging:

https://extension.arizona.edu/4h/yavapai/r

ecord-book-101

Where do I Begin?

4-H Leadership- What Counts?• Any activity where you led,

planned, or implemented

something (IE: fundraiser,

educational trip, community

service event, civic activity,

workshop)

• Camp Counselor at a 4-H

Camp

• Attended JOLT or on JOLT

Staff

• Club Officer

• Committee Office or

Member

• Actively attended Leaders’

Council Meetings

Community Service

Examples of Non-

Meaningful vs. Meaningful

Community Service

• Babysitting for free vs.

Tutoring youth after-school

• Helping at a food drive vs.

Organizing a food drive

• Mopping floors at a rec.

center vs. Beautifying a

community park

Community service should

impact you just as much as it

impacts the community. It

should also be fun!

Visit University of Nebraska-

Lincoln's 366 Community

Service Ideas for more fun

ways to volunteer.

Good Examples of 4-H Community Service

• Park cleanup

• Using photography skills to help animal shelters

market adoptable pets

• Volunteering at senior-assisted living home,

veterans hospital, youth mentoring program (Big

Brothers Big Sisters or Boys and Girls Club), adult

center, etc.

• Planning and implementing a county-wide food

drive

• Organizing a blanket drive for ill-stricken youth or

military youth

• Adopt-a-Soldier/Adopt-a-Platoon

• Organizing a blood-drive

How Can I Chose a Good

Community Service Activity?

• Who will I help by participating in this activity?

• Why should I participate in this activity?

• How will my participation in this activity

benefit my community/people?

• http://www.volunteermatch.org/

• http://www.utextension.utk.edu/4h/sos/project

ideas/index.htm

How Do I Know I Learned

Something?

• What did I know about my community before participating in this activity?

• What do I know about my community after completing in this activity?

• What did my community look like before I participated in this activity?

• What does my community look like after I completed this activity?

4-H Contests, Activities, and Events

Recognition

Participation Other Than 4-H• School Teams, Clubs, Activities- Student Council, Theater,

Football, Band, Orchestra, Choir, Newspaper, Yearbook, etc.

• Community Clubs- Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, FFA, Saddle

Clubs, etc.

• Church youth groups

• Other camps you’ve been a counselor or camper

Photographs