Brief History of Cooperative Extension & Master Volunteer Program

1. Brief History of Cooperative Extension & Master Volunteer Program NAME, TITLE & AFFIliation

2. Objectives • Land-grant Colleges and Universities • Cooperative Extension System • Master Volunteer Program • Discussion and What’s Next Image Credit: Pixabay. (2016). Available from https://pixabay.com/photo-1295319/ Last Accessed 02 July 2018. Images and Videos on Pixabay are released under Creative Commons CC0.

3. Land-Grant Colleges and Universities Image Credits: United States Department of Agriculture – National Institute of Food and Agriculture. (2014). Available from https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/resource/lgu_map_6_25_2014_0.pdf Last Accessed 18 May 2018. Texas A&M System entity graphic standards used with permission for non-commercial, educational purposes.

4. Dissemination of Innovation “What a man hears, he may doubt.What he sees, he may possibly doubt.What he does himself, he cannot doubt.” Dr. Seaman A. Knapp Image Credit: Iowa State University. (n.d.). Available from http://www.public.iastate.edu/~isu150/history/images/Knapp.jpg Last Accessed 18 May 2018.

5. Land-Grant Universities & Extension • The Smith-Lever Act (1914) created Extension as an organizational entity of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Land-Grant University System W.C. Stallings with the Smith County Boy’s Corn Club, one of the forerunners of modern 4-H clubs. (c. 1909) William Crider Stallings Image Credits: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. (n.d.). Available from https://today.agrilife.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Nov1306b-lr1.jpg and https://today.agrilife.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Nov1306a-lr2.jpg Last Accessed 18 May 2018. Texas A&M System entity graphic standards used with permission for non-commercial, educational purposes.

6. Beginnings of Home Demonstration • Progress on the farm needed progress in the home • First woman Agent appointed in Aiken, South Carolina • Early efforts focused on the daughters to teach their mothers Marie Cromer Seigler Women’s Demonstration Club, c. 1940 Image Credits: Clemson Cooperative Extension. (n.d.). Available from https://www.clemson.edu/extension/lever-hof/inductees/marie_cromer_seigler.jpeg Last Accessed 18 May 2018. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. (n.d.). Available from http://today.agrilife.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/HomeDemoClubNewSalemPic1940-ruskcounty.jpg Last Accessed 18 May 2018.

7. Extension Human Sciences Girls Canning Club, c. 1916 Jim Hogg County Walk Across Texas Kick-off, 2016 Image Credits: Denton County Office of History and Culture. (2017). Available from https://dentoncountyhistoryandculture.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/1916-canning-e1500395797880.png Last Accessed 18 May 2018. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. (2016). Available from http://counties.agrilife.org/jimhogg/files/2011/04/2016-cool-pictures-110.jpg Last Accessed 18 May 2018.

8. Volunteers are KEY in Extension Education • True yesterday, today and tomorrow! • Extend services to clientele • Effective spokespersons to community • Effective spokespersons to stakeholders • Bring organizational perspective to program • Concentrate time and effort on specific subject matter/program/job

9. Master Volunteer Program Well Connected Communities

10. Program Overview & Responsibilities • Representative of the Cooperative Extension Service • Use lesson plans and materials available from Cooperative Extension • Work with and through County Extension Agent on program preparation to ensure material is reliable • 40 hours of training • Face-to-face • Online • Self-study • Return 40 hours of volunteer service in the first year • Participate in 20-hours of service and 10-hours of training annually • Expectations may vary by county

11. Volunteer Training – The BIG Picture • Foundational Training Elements • State-Determined Training Elements • Additional Learning/Self-Study Elements • Group Activity Planning

12. Foundational Training Elements • Understanding and Using Data for Needs Assessment/Decision-making • Youth Adult Partnerships • Diversity/Cultural Competency • Finding Reliable Information on the Internet • Social Determinants of Health • Public Speaking • How to Do a Demonstration • Adult Behavior Change • Chronic Disease • Marketing/Branding History of Extension and Program Overview Health Behavior Theory What is a Culture of Health Principles of Adult Learning Principles of Youth Learning (Essential Elements)

13. State-Determined Training Elements • ADD CONTENT • ADD CONTENT Physical Activity Recommendations MyPlate Reading Nutrition Facts Label SNAP-Ed ADD CONTENT

14. Personal & Professional Responsibility • …I will represent Extension and will be called upon to provide educational programs and disseminate educational materials. I also understand that in this capacity I cannot use my status as a volunteer to promote any personal opinions, business, or services or the opinions or services of other companies or agencies. I must present the research-based information on which Extension’s educational programs and services are based. I do not have a conflict of interest…

15. Personal & Professional Responsibility • Answering Questions • Think ahead about what questions may be asked • Work with Agent on possible questions and answers. • If in doubt, don’t answer. Get contact information, and consult with Agent • “I don’t know but I can find out” • Follow-up with an answer • Professionalism • Dress and conduct must reflect Agency’s philosophy • Educational opportunities and associated education must be appropriate • Impartial • Research-based • Equal opportunity

16. What Will I Do as a Volunteer • Implement evidenced-based programming • Work with County Extension Agent to design your own volunteer service plan • Suggestions by volunteers are welcomed and encouraged but must be approved by County Extension Agent before implementing • Opportunities may vary, depending on your location, time & interests • Direct education • Community resource • Program support • Examples • Physical activity coordination • Food demonstration • Health fair • Group education for a congregate meal site

17. Let’s Talk… • What brought you here today? Past experience with the Extension service? Past experience with Master Volunteers? What is your motivation for starting the training program? • How did learning more about Cooperative Extension and the Master Volunteer program make you feel about starting the training? • Tell me something you learned about the Master Wellness Volunteer program from completing the overview module. • Tell me something that surprised you about the history of the Cooperative Extension System. • Cooperative Extension brings together a number of departments such as 4-H and Youth, Family-Consumer Science, Agriculture, etc.  How can these be brought together to inform a health-related project?

18. Let’s Talk… • Tell me how you think education and information provided through Cooperative Extension is different from other sources? • When you think about your community/town/county, where is the Extension Service most visible? • When you think about your community/town/county, where are there opportunities for the Extension Service? • When you think about yourself, what do you hope to be able to accomplish after completion of this training?

19. Well Connected Communities is a nationwide effort to cultivate wellness led by America’s Cooperative Extension System, in partnership with National 4-H Council, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.