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Recognition and Awards Program

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Recognition and Awards Program

The Missouri 4-H Recognition and Awards Program provides appropriate recognition to meet the individualized needs of all 4-H youth. The program was developed using the National 4-H Recognition Model.

Section links for this page:
Participation
Standards of Excellence
Peer Competition
Progress toward Personal Goals
Cooperation

Missouri Report Forms Announcement:

New forms are posted in PDF & Word format.
You can find them in the Progress towards Personal Goals or Peer Competition Sections.

Resources for Staff Only

Awards Order Form
Award Certificate Y621 Color Black and White
State Excellence Awards (All forms are PDF Fillable)

Participation
A first step in building self-confidence is to acknowledge 4-H members for their involvement in educational experiences. Clubs, groups and counties are encouraged to recognize additional forms of participation by 4-H members and volunteers. Creative ideas recognizing Clover Kids, new members and new families help welcome them into the 4-H program and create a sense of belonging and community.

Clover Kids
Membership Card
4-H Year Completion
Award Certificates
4-H Leadership Completion Certificates
4-H Charter
4-H Club Kit
Century Family
4-H Hall of Fame

Note: The remainder of the awards experience is not age appropriate for Clover Kids who need the freedom to explore their creative outlets. Children younger than eight cannot distinguish that they can be good at some things and not others. They tend to think in terms of all good or all bad. Using awards especially in competition is confusing and undermines their self-confidence. It is appropriate to start helping them understand or think about standards of excellence, but their performance should not be evaluated in relation to the standards. Recognition is important for Clover Kids, but it should be positive and non-competitive.

Standards of Excellence
Recognition of achievement for standards of excellence gives youth an external, pre-determined target for their learning experience. Members may elect to have 4-H projects or have their performance evaluated at a local or county 4-H show, fair or other exhibit opportunity.

Mastery is the building of knowledge, skills and attitudes and then demonstrating the competent use of this knowledge and skill. The level of mastery is dependent on the developmental ability of the individual youth. The development of mastery is a process that happens overtime and is increased with repetition.

4-H Club Standards of Excellence
Project Work Standards of Excellence
- Blue/Gold Recognition
- Red/Silver Recognition
- White/Bronze Recognition
Award Certificates

Peer Competition
Some 4-H members are encouraged by competition and enjoy the opportunity to compete with peers to determine the "best" project, performance or achievement. Members should be reminded that in competition there are winners, but there are many more non-winners. Members should be prepared to accept the results of the judge's decision and encouraged to appreciate the valuable learning that took place before, during, and after the competition.

Award Certificates
State Excellence Awards (Missouri Recognition Forms)
State 4-H Council
National 4-H Congress
National 4-H Conference
I Dare You Award
MFA Saddle Award
Tennessee Walking Horse Award
Frank Graham Award
Nelson Trickey Bridge Builder Award
Naomi Crouch Award

Progress toward Personal Goals
Progress toward personal goals enables youth to gain experience in goal-setting and realistic self-assessment as they plan their projects, set their goals and reflect on their experience.

Project Records
Key Award
Award Certificates
Missouri 4-H Recognition Forms

Cooperation
Recognition for cooperation helps youth learn and work with others which in turn prepares them for living in today's interdependent, global society.

Missouri 4-H creates environments where young people are valued, contributing members of their community. Community service grants foster youth and adults to work together to help their communities be safer, healthier and happier places to live and thrive. Focusing on youth helps communities recognize that youth are a valuable resource for the betterment of their community.

Kemper and Pioneer Community Service Grant
Kids Helping Kids
BOAC
Missouri 4-H Foundation Awards
Adventure and Challenge Activities

Last Updated August 21, 2009

For more information concerning the content on this page please contact

Diana Duncan duncandc@missouri.edu
phone: 573-882-1936

Kylie Gough kmgkr3@mail.mizzou.edu
phone: 573-882-1024

Can't find something? Contact lemmonc@missouri.edu (please include your county) or 573-882-9360

The Missouri 4-H website contains many PDF documents that require the free Adobe Reader. You may need to download the newer version of Adobe Reader if you encounter problems reading the PDF documents.

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