Vision: All Iowa children and youth will have access to extraordinary learning experiences and caring adults in out-of-school time.

Mission: Iowa 4-H Afterschool is a partner and leader in providing positive youth development through out-of-school programming.

4-H Afterschool Outreach Priorities

Curriculum Development

• Create 4-H project lesson plans to be user-friendly for Extension staff to market to out-of-school time/after-school personnel.
• Highlight specific out-of-school time/after-school programming ideas.
• Provide no-school day camp programming ideas/lesson.
  Place developed support materials on the Iowa 4-H Afterschool website.

Staff Development Training

• Create staff development training modules for Extension staff to use with out-of-school time/after-school personnel.
• Place developed support materials on the Iowa 4-H Afterschool website.
• Quality Out-of-School Time Standards
• Create materials for Extension staff to use with out-of-school time/after-school personnel.
• Place developed support materials on the Iowa 4-H Afterschool website

Iowa 4-H Afterschool is defined as programs and partnerships that are...

• offered during the times children and youth are not in school and their parents are in need of safe, healthy, caring, and enriching environments for their children and youth.
• They include before- and after-school hours, teacher workdays, school holidays, summer months, and in some cases, weekends.
• designed for children and youth from kindergarten to twelfth grades
• designed to engage children and youth in experiential learning in partnership with adults
• designed on principles of youth development to address the interests of children and youth and their physicl, cognitive, social and emotional needs
• FUN!

The goals of Iowa 4-H Afterschool are to increase the...

• Skills and knowledge of children and youth in the areas of leadership, communication, and citizenship;
• quality and availability of out-of-school programs;
• number of young people, volunteers, and community partners involved in out-of-school programs;
• use of 4-H and Extension curricula in out-of-school programs;
• knowledge and skills of out-of-school program staff; and
  awareness of 4-H as a major contributor and leader in the out-of-school field.

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