Work Group Names: Dr. Jeff Howard, Shirley Gerald, Kim Vanderbeek, Mike Whiteman, Scott Reese, Randall Rakowitz

Region: East            Circle which primary base program it addresses - 4-H       

Section 1. Relevance

Relevance is included to provide the reason the educational program should be developed to address the identified issue. Within the relevance section, there are several questions that must be addressed. This section will seek to address these.

Where did this issue surface?

Sources where issue surfaced:                                         

Texas Community Futures Forum                                                    

What is the issue/problem?

           Historically, character education and ethics were taught in the home environment, but this has changed as demographics have changed. Our agency is poised to reach youth and has the opportunity to shape ethical young people who will have values as contributing adults.

Problem size and scope? (How many people does it affect? How wide spread?)

           The shift in society’s expectation of young people has changed and youth are more disrespectful as a result and lack manners. This problem is widespread among all youth in Texas.

Problem severity? (How serious is this issue?)      Medium

There are many issues affecting kids, especially teenagers and adolescents, however, many good kids exist.

Target Audience? (Who does the problem impact and how many?)

       4-H age youth - probably 30% of 4-H members ages 11-14                            

What are some general characteristics of the audience this program targets? How will you market this program to others?    

           Ages 11-14 (grades 5-8) rural and urban youth

Section 2. Response

State the goal of the program.

           To instill positive character and ethics

State the outcome objectives.

Program Design.

Section 3. Results

****IDEA: At completion of activity, ask this:

My character has been affected by (circle all that apply) or please rank as to how these have affecter your character.

                       Parents

                       Teacher

                       Character Education Program

                       Church Youth Group

                       Classmates

This is the link to the Quality Counts knowledge based evaluation instrument:

http://qualitycounts.tamu.edu (Under Intsructor’s Materials)

Character Education

Teacher Interview Evaluation

(Austin County)

Due to your students participation, did you notice a difference in their interpersonal relationship with others?

                        YES                                         NO 

            Please explain your answer.

Did you notice the showing more respect to others?

                        YES                                         NO

            Please explain your answer.

Do you see them practicing the “Golden Rule?”

                        YES                                         NO

            Please explain your answer.

Did the students exhibit a greater sense of responsibility because of their participation?

                            YES                                         NO

            Please explain your answer.

Do the students show more expressions of gratitude?

                            YES                                         NO

            Please explain your answer.

Have they shown the courage to do the right thing?

                          YES                                         NO

            Please explain your answer.

Overall, did you see a change in their character?

                        YES                                         NO

            Please explain your answer.

HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A BEFORE AND AFTER CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAM EVALUATION.

TEXAN’S BUILDING CHARACTER

YOUTH EVALUATION

BEFORE

For each of the sentences below, circle the ONE number that best describes you BEFORE you learned anything about character.