Position Description
When interacting with youth and adults, please keep in mind the Essential Elements of Positive Youth Development (Belonging, Mastery, Independence, and Generosity), and create opportunities for others to experience them.
Engaging with youth:
- Assists members and other leaders to enroll in 4H Online and select projects, and to
meet all required deadlines. - Helps members understand and practice parliamentary procedure and good social skills
within the group. - Builds youth leadership within the club (helps organize the election of officers, partners
older members with younger ones, etc.). - Assists members plan, carry out, and evaluate their yearly 4-H program.
- Teaches demonstration/public presentation skills.
- Ensures that all members feel that they are an important part of the club.
- Provides guidelines and examples for completing the 4-H Record Book.
- Consults, and uses as appropriate, 4-H curriculum to teach leadership skills or other
relevant topics. - Supports 4-H’ers in successfully completing their year according to the San Juan County
4-H Leaders Council Policy.
Engaging with Club Officers:
- Helps club officers with responsibilities, agenda items, and ways to include all members
so that they feel that they belong. - Assists Treasurer with Annual Financial Summary Report due at end of the 4-H year
- Helps Junior and Teen Leaders understand their roles.
Engaging with Parents/Guardians
- Helps parents understand the purpose of 4-H and the opportunities available.
- Involves parents in decisions about choosing projects, activities, completion of projects,
purchasing supplies, and estimating reasonable amounts of time and money. - Encourages parents to help their children do things that relate to 4-H projects and
activities. - Encourages parents to attend 4-H meetings and to get involved with the club.
Engaging with Project and Activity Leaders:
- Recruits parents/guardians/community members to serve as project and activity
leaders. - Helps leaders understand the project or activity leader’s role and teen leadership roles.
- Provides leaders with names and addresses of project/activity members in their groups.
- Helps leaders locate sources of information for subject matter and leadership
techniques. - Meets periodically with project/activity leaders.
Engaging with the County 4-H Program
- Keeps club informed of county programs and policy decisions.
- Has regular contact with the WSU Extension staff and key leaders.
- Encourages leaders to attend appropriate leader training programs.
- Encourages the club to take part in county programs, events, and activities.
- Encourages club to have a representative at Leaders Council meetings.
- Prepares club to participate in county 4-H fundraising activities
- Participates in Leaders Council and county project committees (livestock, horse, home
economics, dog, rabbit/poultry/cavy, etc.) if one exists.
Engaging with the Community
- Informs the community about 4-H and what the local club is doing (or engages club
reporter to do so). - Helps the club take part in community activities.
- Asks for help from the community when needed; recognizes and expresses appreciation
to people who have helped make the club a success.
Engaging with WSU Extension
- Keeps informed of current developments within the 4-H program and project area(s).
- Fulfills all volunteer requirements (for example: current enrollment, background check,
reporting volunteer hours, completing required training) as defined by the WSU
Extension Office and WA State 4-H. - Coordinates with local WSU Extension Office to complete three hours of continued
education that relates to volunteer work each 4-H year. - If club has a bank account, fulfills annual financial reporting requirements as defined by
WSU Extension and WA State 4-H.
4-H Deadlines can be found on the Dates and Deadlines Page