Committees
4-H Youth Development
The 4-H Youth Development Committee advances EDEN’s mission by supporting disaster education, preparedness, and recovery efforts for youth and the Extension professionals who serve them.
Committee focus areas include:
Identifying needs and gaps in youth-focused disaster education
Developing and sharing age-appropriate educational resources
Supporting Extension programs that help youth prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters
Collaborating with other EDEN committees to promote accessible and engaging youth disaster education
Sharing best practices and supporting professional development for Extension educators working with youth
Committee Leadership Roles and Responsibilities
Chair
- Plan and conduct monthly committee calls
- Send out communications to committee members and delegates as needed
- Coordinate committee produced webinars in partnership with the EDEN Support Team
- Representative of 4-H/FCS Committee on the EDEN Executive committee
- Attend EDEN Executive committee monthly call (third Thursday, 3 pm Est.)
- Attend EDEN Executive Committee Mid-Winter Board Meeting (February or March in-person)
- Attend EDEN Executive Committee Meeting at Annual Meeting
- Submit monthly and yearly Reports
- Appoint subcommittees and committee working groups as needed
- Attend the Annual Meeting
- Coordinate other projects as needed
- The chair can serve up to 3 consecutive terms
Vice Chair
- The vice-chair shall assume the duties of the chair in the chair’s absence
- Send out communications to committee members and delegate as needed
- Representative of the 4-H/FCS committee on the EDEN Annual Meeting committee
- Attend Annual Meeting committee monthly calls (Fourth Friday, 12:00 pm Est.)
- Name one reviewer to the Annual Meeting review panel
- Determine and coordinate the Annual Meeting post-session workshop in partnership with Purdue staff
- Coordinate other projects as needed
- Attend the Annual Meeting
- Elected to a one-year term
- May be elected as chair-elect if the chair is beginning a third consecutive term or planning to step down at the end of their next term
- If elected as chair-elect, the committee will only hold a vice-chair election in June. The chair-elect will automatically assume the chair at the next Annual Meeting.
