Iowa 4-H Afterschool Resources

Clip Art: Logo with words (JPG) or Logo only (JPG)

Magnet Template: (Word)
Can be printed with County Office contact info, then applied to business card size magnets (purchased at home & office supply stores).

4-H Afterschool Bookmark : (Word)
Can be printed on cardstock and distributed at after-school programs, schools, youth serving organizations, county fairs, trainings, etc.

Iowa 4-H Afterschool Brochure (4H 0140, PDF)
The brochure can be used as a marketing resource to promote Iowa 4-H Afterschool with community partners and families at county fairs, school open houses, community youth centers, after-school programs, conferences, etc.

Valuable 4-H Afterschool Resources

• Food, Fiber Environmental Science Program
• The After-School Corporation
• Steve Spangler Science: Making Science Fun!
• Mentor
• Team Building Activities
• Evaluation Out-of-School Time Initiatives
• Project WILD Activity Guide
• After-School Program Quality
• WONDERWISE Curriculum
• Team Work and Team Play Activities
• PBS Kids Go! Design Squad

The following document has been created by the Iowa 4-H Afterschool POW Committee. The document contains a listing of useful afterschool assessment tools, program evaluations, funding streams, and research articles that can be used to support quality 4-H Afterschool/out-of-school time programming in the communities you serve.

Afterschool Evaluation Resources, Funding Streams, and Research Articles

2007 National Afterschool Association Conference

The 2007 National Afterschool Association Conference was held March 21-24, 2007 in Phoenix. Youth Development Specialists from the 4-H Afterschool POW Committee who attended the conference have created brief summaries of the sessions they attended. For a listing of handouts from many of the conference presenters, go to http://www.afterschoolconference.org/speakerpapers.htm

Iowa 4-H Afterschool Award

Award recipients should use the documents below to collect and report impact data on progress made toward the five objectives of the Iowa 4-H Afterschool Award Program.

The programmatic report template is to be used when award recipients submit impact data to the Afterschool POW Committee twice during the 2006-07 program year.

The measurement instruments are to be used by award recipients throughout the award program year to collect impact data, kept in a centralized location.

Programmatic Reporting Template and Measurement Instruments

• Programmatic Report Template (to be used for midterm & final reports)
• Financial Report Template (to be used for midterm & final reports)
• Staff & Volunteer Training Log
• 4-H/Extension Curricula and Materials Usage Log
• 4-H Afterschool Club and Clover Kids Group Development Log
• Community Partnership Log
• Citizenship, Leadership, Communication Self-Assessment (gr. 7-12)
• Citizenship, Leadership, Communication Self-Assessment (gr. 4-6)

National 4-H Afterschool Resource Guides

• Increasing the Quantity of After-School Programs
• Starting 4-H Clubs in After-School Programs
• Guiding Growth: Training Staff for Working with Youth in After-School Programs
• Extraordinary Learning Opportunities: A Sampler of 4-H Afterschool Activities
• Teens as Volunteer Leaders