Heidi DusekYouth & Family CoordinatorOutagamie County JCEP 2011

Whose my intended audience? How to build programs around their

interests? Are learning objectives related to career

skills? Make learning relevant to local workforce? How do I evaluate (STEM Skills, Workforce

readiness, leadership)?

Age/Grade Gender Race/Ethnicity Geography Socio-Economic Status Current Interests

STEM Leadership Workforce readiness

STEM : 4-H SET Checklist (National 4-H SET Task-force 2008) SET abilities

Leadership: Evaluating Outcomes & Impacts: Scan of 55 leadership development Programs (Kellogg Foundation)

Workforce Readiness: Ready by 21, Forum for Youth Investment; Career Clusters

What do you think will happen? (prediction/hypothesis)

How do you think the experiment works? How does this relate to Science, Technology,

Engineering & Math? What type of job could you do work similar to

this experiment?

Participant Journal Parent post session evaluations (last day & 3

months-post session) Participant Post-session evaluation Science Process Skills Inventory (pre/post

assessment)© 2009 Oregon State University (permission granted April 4, 2011)Bourdeau, V. D. & Arnold, M. E. (2009), The Science Process Skills Inventory.

Corvallis, OR: 4-H Youth Development Education, Oregon State University.

Audience: engaged 42 youth (31 families) Participant demographics represented 14 towns; 13 female and 29 male; 37 white & 5 non-white; 3 low income received scholarship

Open houses welcomed 88 adults and 2 media outlets, of which 79 were new to 4-H Youth Development programming

100% of participants reported an increase in problem solving and communication skills as a result of the camp; 87% reported a greater interest in STEM related career (Source: Youth-post session Evaluation)

Parent’s reinforced STEM career interest, with 63% reported their child had a greater interest in STEM career field after the camp (Parent 3 months post session evaluation).

“taught my son many new things that he is now using in school and he is actually a step ahead of his peers”

“Instructors gave the kids plenty of leeway to use their imagination and experience”

“My 13 year old daughter (who doesn’t think anything is cool or fun anymore) absolutely loved the CSI camp! It fueled her interest in investigative work. She actually has the fingerprint and footprints she completed on display in her room-that says a lot.”