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This overview highlights the significance of extracurricular activities and available opportunities in agriculture for young people. It emphasizes the development of leadership and life skills through activities such as judging contests, livestock camps, scholarships, and skillathons. The text emphasizes the importance of commitment, support from adults, and the potential for interest stimulation. It also explores how extracurricular activities can be integrated with service learning, fostering respect, and introducing young people to agricultural careers. The text concludes by highlighting the role of adults in preparing youth for adulthood and careers, including career selection assistance.

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  1. Quality Counts -GOLD Opportunities

  2. Overview • Importance of extracurricular activities to young people • Opportunities available for young people in agriculture • Defining success • Preparing young people for adulthood and careers

  3. Importance of Extracurricular Activities • Other opportunities besides showing livestockmust be presented to young people. • Extracurricular activities help young people gain leadership and life skills. • Opportunities include: • Judging contests • Livestock camps • Scholarships • Skillathons • Career preparation

  4. Importance of Extracurricular Activities • Young people should know that extracurricular activities require commitment. • Adults must support and encourageyoung people in their activities. • Many young people are unsurewhether they have what it takesto be leaders. • Introducing young people to opportunities in agriculture can stimulate their interest. • In many extracurricular activities young people can form close-knit groups.

  5. Extracurricular Activities and Service Learning • Leadership skills gained from extracurricular activities can be used in service learning projects. • Service learning integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities • Service learning activities helpyoung people engage in selfreflection and self-discovery,and acquire values, skillsand knowledge.

  6. Service Learningand Livestock Projects Example: A showmanship clinic conducted by senior members for younger kids • Seniors plan the event and work one-on-one with younger kids. • Seniors gain communicationand leadership skills.

  7. Respect ThroughService Learning • Participants learn to respect the leaders of organizations. • Learning respect is an example of positive character education. • Respect focuses on honoring the worth and dignity of others, as well as themselves. • Young people learn to deal respectfully with others, even those who seem not to deserve respect.

  8. Opportunities for Young Peoplein Agriculture • There are many opportunities, such as 4-H and FFA events that occur year-round. • Some opportunities allow young people to travel across Texas and the U.S. • Opportunities can be competitive or strictly informational. • These events acquaint young people with agricultural careers.

  9. Opportunities for Youth • Beef • Beef Quiz Bowl • Beef Educational Presentation / Method Demonstration • Sheep and Meat Goat • Texas 4-H Goat Camp • Howard College Goat and Lamb Camps • Aggieland Lamb and Goat Camp • Goat Judging Contest and and Goat Bowl • Goat Kid Giveaway Program • Texas Sheep and Goat Youth Leadership Workshop • Sheep Skillathon • Sheep and/or Goat Educational Presentation/ Method Demonstration • Sheep and Goat Showmanship Clinics

  10. Opportunities • Swine • Texas Pork Producers Association Pork Leadership Tour • Texas Junior Livestock Association Pig Camp • Swine Skillathon • Swine Educational Presentation/Method Demonstration • Judging • 4-H Livestock Judging • FFA Career Development Livestock Judging • Texas A&M University Livestock Judging Camp • Mohair Judging Contest • FFA Career Development Wool Judging Contest • Wool Judging Contest • For other 4-H and FFA activities see: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/projects/index.html or http://www.texasffa.org/

  11. Defining Success • Success – the achievement of something desired, planned or attempted • Failure – not achieving what you desire, plan or attempt • Success is not about winning or losing.

  12. Characteristics of Successful People • Confident • Hard workers • Failure increases their motivation to work harder • Challenge themselves • Take credit for success and take responsibility for failure

  13. Characteristics of Unsuccessful People • Doubt themselves and are anxious • Don’t work very hard • Give up when things don’tgo well • Just go through the motionswithout much effort • Believe someone elsecontrols whether theysucceed or fail

  14. Preparing Youth for Adulthood and Careers • Adults are responsible for helping young people explore career options. • Adults can help young peopledetermine if college is right for them. • Adults can help with collegeapplications and with loanand scholarship applications.

  15. Preparing Youth for Adulthood and Careers • Adults can help young people connect with those who can answer questions about college and careers. • County Extension agents, ag. science teachers and 4-H specialists can help. • If given the resources, young people can see the opportunities available in agriculture.

  16. Career Selection Process • Career selection starts about age 10. • Adults must help in the career selection process. • Young people who participate in agricultural activities will know about agricultural career options.

  17. Overview • Adults should guide and encourage young people as they explore different career and college paths. • Whatever path a young person takes, it is the adults’ responsibility to guide and support. • Adults should emphasize the importance of striving for success in whatever they do. • Getting young people involved in extracurricular activities associated with agriculture increases the likelihood that they will pursue agricultural careers.

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