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The All Important First Impression Parent & Guardian Perceptions of their First Year in 4-H JoLynn Miller 1 , Kendra Lewis 1 , Marianne Bird 1 , John Borba 1 , Timothy Ewers 2 , Russell Hill 1 , Nancy Shelstad 2 , Kali Trzesniewski 1,3 1


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The All Important First Impression

Parent & Guardian Perceptions of their First Year in 4-H

JoLynn Miller1, Kendra Lewis1, Marianne Bird1, John Borba1, Timothy Ewers2, Russell Hill1, Nancy Shelstad2, Kali Trzesniewski1,3

1University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources 2University of Idaho 3University of California, Davis
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A baseline Phone Interviews Surveys

Background

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Topics

Why their child joined 4-H How they heard about 4-H Intent to re- enroll Family history in 4-H Expectations

(open ended)

Best part of 4-H

(open ended)

Changes they’d make

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General experience

(scale)

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Why did your child join 4-H?

To show at fair(34%)

To try new things (53%) To have fun (40%)

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But….what did they say?

I had fun in 4-H, maybe she will too! Maybe she’ll learn something valuable!

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How did you hear about 4-H?

From another parent (35%) From a friend of my child (16%) Family History (19%)

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The “BEST” Part of 4-H

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Program Improvements

Lack of organization (30%) Too Complex (33%) Communication Issues (15%) Adult Leadership (16%)

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Overall Positive Experience!

1 2 3 4 5 Mean= 3.82

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3.55x

More positive experience Intend to re-enroll

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Next Steps

  • More states
  • More data
  • New Family

Handbook

  • Checklists
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Interested?

Contact: JoLynn Miller jlmiller@ucanr.edu Kendra Lewis kmlewis@ucanr.edu

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