Professional Development and Training Opportunities  for Staff and Volunteers

4-H 101 Training 
An overview and resource guide for youth development staff or volunteers who are starting new 4-H clubs or working with existing clubs. 4-H 101 merges the basic concepts and principles of effective youth development delivered from an informal, out of school setting with the "nuts and bolts" information needed to manage a 4-H program. ​

​Volunteer Curriculum
4-H VRKC – 4-H Volunteer Research Knowledge and Competency: Skills and competencies for successful volunteers. Quick and easy access to lesson plans can be found at our national 4-H website.
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Essential Elements Training
​This peer-reviewed training curriculum helps youth workers and leaders understand each of the eight elements and how to incorporate them in on-going 4-H programs. The training curriculum consists of 10 modules. Each module can be taught as a stand-alone session of one hour or combined together for a 10-12 hour course.

Visit our webpage specifically for Cloverbud programming.

4-H Volunteer E-Learning Course
If you are a new volunteer, click HERE to get started.
If you have already created an account and wish to access the educational resources, click HERE.

Elements of Success for Extension in the Western Region
These online resources provide easy-to-use tools for Extension Educators on what it means and what it takes to work for Extension.

Diversity and Inclusion Webinars
The Role of Diversity and Inclusion in Positive Youth Development, an e-academy hosted by Doug Swanson and Bonita Williams of 4-H National Headquarters, USDA NIFA.

Instructional videos of special interest