CCE Clinton 4-H Portfolio

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CCE Clinton 4-H PortfolioI want to apply for a
4-H award trip scholarship
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What will we accomplish?

• Why a 4-H Portfolio?
• How to complete the application for scholarships
  for trips.
• How to make your accomplishments stand out on
  paper.

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Why should I apply?

• 3 Award Trips
• Members from Clinton County attend these trips by
  invitation only
• Award Trips include Washington DC, New York City,
  and Capital Days

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Why should I apply?

• Scholarships for 3 regional trips
• Agribusiness Career Conference
• STARR
• Career Explorations

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Who is eligible?

• Any Clinton County 4-H member can apply for trip
  scholarships who are 13 years old and up. (by
  January 1 of the current 4-H year)

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What is a Portfolio?

• A portfolio is a visual representation of your
  abilities, skills, capabilities, knowledge,
  qualitiesit represents your potential.
• It is a physical collection of artifacts that
  provides evidence of your potential by
  demonstrating what you accomplished in the past

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Why a Portfolio?

• The purpose of a 4-H Portfolio is to help you
• review and reflect on your previous 4-H
  experiences
• recognize the skills and accomplishments youve
  acquired
• learn to market yourself as a result of these
  experiences

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Why a Portfolio?

• As you Learn By Doing during your 4-H
  activities, you gain knowledge and skills in
  your areas of interest
• Many of these skills are transferable
• Transferable skills can be used to help you reach
  other goals such as applying to college, getting
  a job, or winning a scholarship
• Identifying and documenting your skills with take
  time and thought, but the effort will be worth it

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Why a Portfolio?

• Employers and college admissions staff use
  portfolios to judge your academic ability,
  maturity, and motivation
• Portfolios help you prepare for careers or
  college by helping you
• Prepare for interviews
• Showcase your skills
• Demonstrate the results of your work
• Assess your progress

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Adult Participation

• The Award Trip Application and Portfolio must be
  completed by the 4-H member
• This includes filling out forms, writing the 4-H
  Story, etc
• Adults can help by guiding, explaining, helping
  to compile information, and proofreading

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Special Accommodations

• We will make accommodations for those members who
  cannot complete the Portfolio and Application in
  the usual format
• A note detailing the accommodation must be
  included with the application
• Any person, regardless of race, color, religion,
  gender, national origin, ancestry, marital
  status, familial status, sexual orientation, or
  disability may enroll as a 4-H member.

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Portfolio Resources

• What you will need to get started
• Past 4-H Project Books, Project Reports, Building
  My 4-H Portfolio, and any other materials used to
  report your 4-H experiences.
• 4-H Portfolio and Award Trip Scholarship
  Application

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Formatting Your Portfolio

• Portfolios may be handwritten or typed
• All sections should be completed on 8.5x11
  paper.
• Materials may be compiled in a binder, folder, or
  other organized fashion as long as it is neat and
  easy to read
• Tabs and divider pages may help separate sections
  and make it easier to read
• You can be creative in the presentation of your
  portfolioit should be reflective of you and your
  experience in 4-H

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Requirements

• 1. Award Trip Application (neatly handwritten or
  12 point font)
• 2. 4-H Portfolio (neatly handwritten or 12 point
  font)
• 3. 4-H Story (1 pages, neatly handwritten or 12
  point font double spaced)

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Requirements Documentation

• Your portfolio should document your experience as
  well as explain it. Examples of documentation
  include
• Certificates of achievement
• Drawings, newspaper clippings, etc
• Samples of agendas youve written, flyers youve
  made, etc
• Photographs (captioned)
• Other
• This documentation should be part of every
  section.

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Application

• Select the top three trips you would like to be
  considered for on the Application
• Take the time to fill out all sections!

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Lets Complete the 4-H Portfolio!
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4-H Projects

• List the projects you worked on during the
  current 4-H year
• You will explain your project activities in more
  detail in the Project Record section of the
  Portfolio

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Public Presentations

• List the title and topic of any presentations you
  gave for 4-H
• List where presented

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Community Service

• Remember, this category is to document what you
  do for others within your communityindividually
  or as a group.
• HELPING to do for others is the keyleadership
  for these events is good, also helping as a
  member is good, too!

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4-H Leadership Experiences

• Leadership means taking the lead in giving
  direction, planning, and organizing
• Effective leadership depends on help from others,
  but helping is a supportive role, not leadership
• Identify the things you have done in 4-H where
  you planned, organized, and gave direction,
  either with others or individually
• Use action words to describe your
  responsibilities ex conducted (rather than
  attended)

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4-H Leadership Experiences

• List club offices held during the current year
  and responsibilities of the role
• List any committee membership and explain your
  role
• Explain any other leadership role you had related
  to 4-H projects or activities

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4-H Public Relations

• How did you help tell the 4-H story?
• In this section, tell about how you were an
  ambassador for 4-H.

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Exhibits

• List any items you exhibited and awards received
  if applicable
• List where they were exhibited

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Other 4-H Participation

• List any other 4-H events or activities you
  participated in that arent listed elsewhere
• Examples fundraising, club party, etc

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4-H Story

• 1 page 4-H Story that summarizes and highlights
  how you have benefited from your 4-H experience.
• Could answer questions like
• How have you benefited from 4-H?
• How will you share your experiences in 4-H?
• What impact will you be able to make as a result
  of your 4-H experience?

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4-H Story

• Should also tell how 4-H participation helped you
  develop your head, heart, hands, and health

For example Health What skills have you learned
in 4-H? How will they benefit you in the
future? Heart Select an experience in which you
were a part of a group and explain your
contributions to that effort.
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The 4-H Project Record

• The Project Record consists of 3 parts
• Project Plan
• Diary
• Results
• The Project Plan includes your goals and
  preparation
• The Diary is a record of the steps you took
  during the project
• The Results asks you to reflection on your
  project experience

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The 4-H Project Record

• Defining a 4-H Project
• A project is a planned series of learning
  activities/experiences that engage youth in the
  use of their heads and hands in ways that result
  in enhanced competencies, open hearts and better
  health.
• Projects include at least 6 hours of learning
  experiences
• Projects are overarching educational experiences,
  as opposed to activities or events which may be a
  single day or a few hours as part of a project
• For example, Horse Camp is part of the Horse
  Project
• Or, building a birdhouse is part of a Natural
  Resources Project

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Submission Process

• Make sure your Application and Portfolio are
  complete and signed
• Always keep a copy for yourself!
• All materials are due in the Extension Office by
  June 1st by 430 pm.

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Now What?

• Applications and Portfolios will be evaluated by
  the end of June
• Award recipients will be announced during
  Achievement Day

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QUESTIONS???

• Contact the Extension Office with any questions
• 561-7450 or ask37_at_cornell.edu