Georgia 4-H Partnering to Serve DoDEA

SchoolsCasey D. Mull

Extension Military SpecialistUniversity of Georgia

Our School History

• G.C. Adams, Newton County Superintendent of Schools

Partnering with Schools

• $1.0 million in School Board funds support 4-H

• 78% of 4-H Club Meetings occur during instructional school time

Co-Curricular 4-H Club Meetings

• Aligned to Georgia Performance Standards

• Reach most5th Graders

Co-Curricular 4-H Club Meetings

• State Supported Curricula– Agriscience– English/Language

Arts– Healthy Living

Liberty County, Georgia

• Home to Fort Stewart

• 65,000 Residents

• 11,100 Military Youth

• 4,200 of 4-H Age

DoDEA School District

• 3 Elementary Schools (K-6) feed the local Liberty County Public Schools

• 0 High Schools• 0 Middle Schools

• District Superintendent based at Fort Stewart

Kasey Bozeman

• Liberty County 4-H Agent

Building DoDEA Relationships

• SLO

• Curriculum Coordinator for Science

• Superintendent Support

DoDEA School Standards

• DoDEA standards =//=Georgia Standards

• 4-H Curricula aligned to DoDEA Educational Standards.

DoDEA School Standards

• DoDEA standards =//=Georgia Standards

• 4-H Curricula aligned to DoDEA Educational Standards.

Barriers and Challenges

• 4-H Enrollment Information

Barriers and Challenges

• Club Meeting Schedules

Successes

• Transition

Successes

• Recruitment

Replication

• Mentoring to 4-H Agent at Fort Benning

• Curricula aligned to DoDEA Educational Standards serving 6,863 fifth graders globally

Enrollment Report for DoDEA. Retrieved January 25, 2013 from www.dodea.edu/datacenter/enrollment_display.cfm

Why Work Through the Barriers?

2012 State Land Judging Champions – Donnie, Simone, Addison (High Individual), Jordan

KASEY BOZEMANLiberty County 4-H Agent

kaseyb@uga.edu

CASEY MULLExtension Military Specialist

mullcd2@uga.edu