Publishing with Oregon 4-H

1. Publishing with Oregon 4-H Helen Pease, Program Coordinator, Publications Manager October 12,2012

2. Prior to developing/revising any materials, contact the State identified coordinator who is affiliated with the particular area that you want to publish in. Determine whether or not other resources on the subject matter already exist, by doing a search using the National 4-H directory and looking at other state 4-H program resource lists. Decide which route to proceed. Explore Existing Resources Yes No

3. Prior to developing/revising any materials, contact the State identified coordinator who is affiliated with the particular area that you want to publish in. Determine whether or not other resources on the subject matter already exist, by doing a search using the National 4-H directory and looking at other state 4-H program resource lists. Decide which route to proceed. Current quality materials already exist Purchase/link to resource, and consider for adoption as a state supported resource Yes No

4. Prior to developing/revising any materials, contact the State identified coordinator who is affiliated with the particular area that you want to publish in. Determine whether or not other resources on the subject matter already exist, by doing a search using the National 4-H directory and looking at other state 4-H program resource lists. Decide which route to proceed. Current, Quality Materials do not exist No Was it approved by curriculum committee? Complete the Intent to Publish form and submit it to Helen Pease helen.pease@oregonstate.edu, for review by the State curriculum committee

5. Prior to developing/revising any materials, contact the State identified coordinator who is affiliated with the particular area that you want to publish in. Determine whether or not other resources on the subject matter already exist, by doing a search using the National 4-H directory and looking at other state 4-H program resource lists. Decide which route to proceed. Yes Curriculum committee approval process Consider revising proposal or abandon idea! No Was it approved by curriculum committee? Yes

6. Determine vehicle for publishing EESC (Extension and Experiment Station Coomunications) State 4-H office or Complete EESC proposal form and work with EESC editors Publish on EESC and link to Oregon 4-H website

7. Publishing with State office Work with Publications manager on layout, branding, etc and with state content person on content Utilize National 4-H curriculum development tools, if appropriate Have draft publication peer reviewed . Revise if necessary Publish on State 4-H website!

8. Additional Curriculum Development resources • National 4-H Curriculum development website: http://www.4-h.org/resource-library/curriculum/development/

9. National 4-H Curriculum Development Toolkit www.4-h.org/resource-library/professional-development-learning/science-training-guides-resources/training-guides/curriculum-development-toolkit/

11. In Summary: • Work with Sate content person to develop a plan • Complete an Intent to Produce form and submit to Helen Pease • Utilize National 4-H Curriculum Development Resources, when applicable • Check under “For Staff” page on 4-H website to review Publishing with Oregon 4-H process