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2013
National 4-H Conference
Chaperone Webinar

4-H Citizenship program

Connecting, learning, engaging, leading
and impacting

4-H Citizenship Program
Definition
4-H Citizenship is the knowledge,
skills, attitudes and motivation that
give youth the capacity to move
beyond one’s individual self-interest
and to be committed to the well-
being of some larger group.
Referenced from the guiding document created at the National 4-H
Citizenship Mission Mandate Program Summit in Baton Rouge, LA in
September 2010.

4-H Citizenship – Key Focus Areas
Related to National 4-H Conference
Civic engagement
◦ Voice
◦ Advocacy
◦ Activism
◦ Deliberative, informed decision making
Personal development
◦ Leadership
◦ Mutual respect and understanding
◦ Character Development
◦ Critical thinking and problem solving

National 4-H Conference

P��nacle experience in 4-H Citizenship
◦ Connect, learn, engage, lead and impact
their communities, their nation and their
world

LogicModel available on the N4HC
website

Purpose

Provide an opportunity for 4-H
members to increase knowledge,
resources, and skills that will empower
them to make an impact on their
community in a meaningful and
genuine way.

Objectives
 Learn – Provide youth a broad- based learning
experience in which they will acquire practical
knowledge and skills to reinforce the attitudes and
motivation that will give them a heightened sense of
responsibility and capacity to connect as active
members of their communities, nation and world.

 Practice – Engage youth in hands-on educational
activities in which they explore, practice and master
existing and newly developed skills/knowledge in civic
engagement, civic education and personal
development.

 Apply – Facilitate direct opportunities for youth to
apply what was learned in real world experiences in
which they develop leadership skills using their
voices, work, ideas and/or behavior to make a
difference in their community, country and world.

Competency/ Skill Building Workshops

Youth/Adult Workshops
 Creative Expressions: Advocacy Theater – participants
will learn how to use dramatic techniques to advocate for
what they believe in.

 Quality Matters: Advocating for Afterschool Programs
- role playing and interactive discussion, ensuring a rich
sharing of personal experiences by participants who are
building support for 4-H and other quality afterschool
learning opportunities.

 Managing Chaos: Community Disaster Planning &
Response Advocacy – paticipants will learn to be more
affective local advocates for disaster planning and response
in their own communities.

 Billions of Dollars at Stake: Farm Bill Advocacy - This
session will offer participants an opportunity to engage in
dialogue about how Farm Bills are developed, how
organizations achieve legislative goals and engage in role-
playing to learn and practice effective advocacy skills.

Youth/Adult Workshops
 Aliens in America: Citizenship Advocacy – This workshop
will walk participants through the steps of planning their own
campaign and conclude with an interactive exercise on how to
effectively message participant’s efforts.

 Stories of Military Life: Youth Voices in Advocacy - This
workshop will utilize a combination of processes that help
participants find their voice and learn to express themselves
through journalistic writing, song writing and photojournalism
using the latest, greatest technology tools around.

 Global Youth Initiative: Advocating for Economic
Opportunities – This workshop will teach how participants
can become an advocate for these core commitments, in your
community and across the globe.

 Youth Councils: Advocating for Government Change -
This workshop will walk participants through the steps of
planning their own campaign and conclude with an interactive
exercise on how to effectively message participant’s efforts.

Optional Adult Workshops
Day on the Hill: Tips for Approaching your Legislators
(Sunday, 3:00 pm)
 This workshop will give you tips on how to prepare your delegates
for that visit; what to wear; what to say; and how to make it a
positive experience for your youth and 4-H. (taught by an
experienced 4-H Educator and a legislative aid from Capitol Hill)
A Trip to the Mall!
(Monday, 11:30 am)
 This informational discussion will help you answer questions you
may have about getting around D.C., what to see, scheduling your
time, and how to make the most of this educational opportunity.
Federal Partners & Taking it Home
(Monday, 1:45 pm)
 National 4-H Headquarters will explain their goals and objectives
with the federal partners participating in National 4-H Conference.
 Discussion about taking the National 4-H Conference experience
home and putting the things learned into action.

Required Adult Workshops
Orientation Part I
(Saturday, 8:15 pm)
 Meet the roundtable facilitators working with your youth during the week.

Orientation Part II
(Sunday, 9:45 am)
 Come to receive information about the coming week and have all your questions
answered. We will be looking to the veteran chaperones to give advice and answer
questions along with National 4-H Conference staff.

Strategy Session for Briefing Critique
(Sunday, 6:30 pm)
 Monday you will have the opportunity to observe some of the presentation dress
rehearsals of your state delegates as they prepare to communicate with federal
decision-makers. This session will prepare everyone for that opportunity.

Roundtables

The goal of the roundtable discussion
is to give youth an opportunity to
think critically about current issues
affecting youth and the role 4-H can
play in addressing those issues.

Issues will provide basis for briefings

Topics
 Bullying Prevention
 Distracted/Impaired Driving Prevention
 Feeding the Growing World
 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
Education
 Military Youth and Families
 Promoting the Importance of the Agriculture
Industry
 4-H’s Role in Global Climate Change Mitigation
 Nutrition and Healthy Living – Let’s Move

Briefing Presentations

Provide opportunity for youth to:
◦ identify implications around issues,
◦ understand how research findings and
professional knowledge can influence the
policy process,
◦ develop and deliver a presentation,
◦ communicate with decision-makers in
simple and compelling formats.

Preparing your delegates
READ conference handbook
Youth will receive background
information about their topic: encourage
them to read and get opinions of their
peers.
Facebook: facebook.com/natl4hconf
Twitter: Twitter.com/natl4hconf
Instagram: instagram.com/natl4hconf

Chaperone Role during
Roundtables

Talk to youth about what’s going on in
their roundtables
Watch a round table dress rehearsal
Give feedback
Presentations and written documents
will be available after the conference
for you to download

Chaperone Role during
Briefings

Adults will sign up to attend briefings
with youth during Sunday morning
Orientation

Observer

Preparing for Travel

Logisticsof getting from the airport to
the 4-H Center
Page 4 & 5 of the Conference Handbook

Safety : Travel with your medical forms

Online training

Preparing for Day on the Town and
Legislative Visits
 Check with your director to know what
they’d like you convey. Day on the Hill: Tips
for Approaching your Legislators will also
help with this.

 Bring a change of shoes

 Site Seeing
◦ Day on the Town Walking Tour Guide
 Delegation Adult Advisor Tab at
http://www.4-h.org/4-h-conference/
◦ National Air and Space Museum 7:30 p.m.
◦ National Museum of American History 7:30 p.m.

O��Ծ��Բ� Ceremony

Speakers
◦ Opening each day of the conference

Evening social activities
◦ Entertainment

 Visits to Capitol Hill
◦ Adjunct hands-on experience for youth to exercise “youth
voice”
◦ Important for states to prepare youth with any specific
messages to carry to the Hill
◦ Opportunity for states to create a learning experience

 Conference Day on the Town
◦ Time during the day for delegations to get out and enjoy
Washington, DC

 Closing dinner
◦ Please remember conference dress standards (Clover
Cruise)

P�� Exchange

State Photos

Night Tour

Saturday, April 6, 2013 Event
Dress Code: ALL DAY – Casual
4:00 – 7:00pm Registration/Room Check-In
5:30 – 7:00pm Dinner
7:30 – 8:15pm Opening Ceremony
8:15 – 9:15pm Delegate Activity – Delegates
8:15 – 9:15pm Chaperone Orientation I –
Chaperones and Roundtable
Facilitators
9:15 – 10:00pm State Pin Exchange
11:00pm Lights Out

Sunday, April 7, 2013 Event
Dress Code: 8:00am – 7:30 pm - Business Casual
7:45pm – 11:00 pm - Casual
7:00am – 8:00am Breakfast
8:00am – 9:30am Opening Session
9:45am - 11:30am Roundtable I – Delegates
9:45am – 11:30am Chaperone Orientation II - Chaperones
11:45am – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm - 2:30pm Workshop A
2:45pm – 5:00pm Roundtable II – Delegates
3:00pm – 4:30pm Chaperone Workshop - Chaperones
5:15pm – 6:30 pm Dinner
6:30pm – 7:30pm Roundtable III – Delegates
6:30pm – 7:30pm Strategy Session for Briefing Critique –
Chaperones
7:45pm – 9:30pm Cultural Entertainment
9:30pm – 10:00pm Unstructured Social Time
11:00pm Lights Out

Monday, April 8, 2013 Event
Dress Code: 8:00am –9:00 pm - Business Casual;
9:15pm – 11:00 pm - Casual
8:00am – 9:30am General Session
9:45am – 11:15am Workshop B
11:30am – 12:45pm Roundtable IV – Delegates
11:30am – 12:45pm Chaperone Workshop
12:45pm –1:45pm Lunch
1:45pm – 3:30pm Roundtable V
1:45pm – 3:00pm Chaperone Workshop - Chaperones
3:30pm – 5:00pm State Photos / State Time
5:00pm – 6:00 pm Briefing Critique Sessions
6:00pm – 7:00pm Dinner
7:00pm – 9:00pm Roundtable VI
9:15pm – 10:30pm Delegate Adventure
11:00pm Lights Out

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 Event
Dress Code: ALL DAY – Business
8:30am - 10:15am Roundtable VII
10:30am – 11:00am State Time
11:00am – 11:45am Lunch
12:00pm – 1:15pm Travel to Briefings

1:30pm – 2:30pm Briefings at Federal Partners Various Federal Agencies, DC
3:30pm – 4:15pm Youth Panel - USDA Officials Invited USDA, South Building,
Jefferson Aud., DC

4:15pm – 4:45pm Debriefings with Roundtables - Delegates USDA, South Building,
Cafeteria, DC
4:15pm – 4:45pm Conference Evaluation – Chaperones
4:45pm – 5:15pm Debriefings with States
5:30pm – 6:15pm Dinner - USDA Officials Invited

6:30pm - 9:30pm Monument Tours Load Buses outside USDA,
South Building
9:30pm - 10:30pm Return to Center
10:30pm – 10:45pm State Delegation Check In
11:00pm Lights Out

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 Event
Dress Code: 8:15am –9:00 pm - Business;
9:30pm – 11:00 pm - Casual
8:15am- 9:30am Buses to Capitol Hill
10:00am – 5:00pm Capitol Hill Visits
National Mall, DC
State Time on the National Mall
10:30am EARLIEST time to set a Legislative
Appointment
5:30 pm Arrive at Clover Cruise
600 Water St SW, Washington, DC
6:00pm – 9:00pm Clover Cruise
9:00pm Travel to 4-H Center
9:30pm – 10:30pm Farewell Social Activity
11:00pm Lights Out

Thursday, April 11, 2013 Event
Dress Code: ALL DAY – Casual

12:00pm Room Check-Out
All Day Return Home
All Day(optional) States make arrangements at
own expense and logistics for
additional time in D.C.

Contact:
Phone: 202-720-6962
Email: natl4hconf@nifa.usda.gov

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