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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 04 - Issue 17 IN THIS ISSUE 4-H’ers Graduate From Prudential Youth
Leadership UPCOMING EVENTS May 1
May 1
May 5-7
May 4-5
May 6-7
May 13-16
May 14-15
May 18
May 18
May 20
May 20
May 25-26
May 26-28
June 1
June 2
June 5-11
June 7-11
June 15-18
June 17
June 17-19
June 22-26
June 29-July 2
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ Online version of Ideas: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas04/ Ideas index: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas04/04-index.htm 4-H’ERS GRADUATE FROM PRUDENTIAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE On April 25, 33 teems from across Tennessee graduated from the Prudential Youth Leadership Institute (PYLI) - an innovative program that provides young people with the leadership and community service skills to play active roles in improving the quality of life in their local communities. This session of PYLI was a joint effort by the University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service, the Prudential Insurance Company of America and The Points of Light Foundation. Participants received the caliber of leadership training that is typically available only to corporate executives and government leaders. Those graduating included:
The 4-H’ers participated in specially designed curriculum developed by the Center for Creative Leadership of Greensboro, NC, one of the world’s foremost authorities on leadership training. The 30 hours of classroom instruction focused on community analysis, goal setting, team building, project planning, decision making and leadership dynamics. The training was sponsored by USDA and National 4-H Council through a rural development grant. The purpose of the grant is to promote youth-adult partnerships and community problem solving efforts. Patrick Hamilton TENNESSEE 4-H LIFE SKILLS EVALUATION SYSTEM WEB ADDRESS We have gotten several calls asking for the URL for the Tennessee 4-H Life Skills Evaluation System Web site. You may access the site at http://4h.tennessee.edu/lifeskills/eval/ using your standard Extension user name and password. Jill Martz TSU OFFERS KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION MINI-SOCIETY TRAINING Tennessee State University is pleased to announce that a certified trainer from the Kauffman Foundation will be in Nashville to conduct a Mini-Society training May 26-28, 2004. Mini-Society is an experience-based instructional system targeted primarily for teaching entrepreneurship, economics, and citizenship concepts to students ages 8 to 12. In the Mini-Society, students develop a self-organizing economic society with the consultative guidance of the teacher (agent), driven by the need to resolve a situation involving the fundamental economic issues of scarcity and allocation of resources. The children begin to identify opportunities in their environment and initiate entrepreneurship ventures to provide goods and services to their fellow citizen. Join us May 26-28 in Nashville for this awesome training. Spaces are limited and will fill up quickly so RSVP via email today to jsamuel1@.tnstate.edu. The last day to RSVP is Thursday May 6 by 2:00 p.m. CDT or when all slots have been filled whichever comes first. For more information give me a call at 615-963-7885 or visit www.minisociety.org. Javiette Samuel THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.
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