A Nebraska 4-H Shooting Sports Leader Certification Workshop is scheduled in Lincoln in January. It will be held Jan. 20-21 at the Nebraska Game & Parks Outdoor Education Center in Lincoln. The deadline to register for the Lincoln session is Jan. 10.
Volunteers have the opportunity to become certified as an adult (21 years and older) or apprentice (14-20 years old) leader. Five project areas will be offered at the Lincoln Workshop: rifle, pistol, muzzleloading, archery, and a new discipline, coordinator. The new certification being offered in Nebraska 4-H Shooting Sports, County Coordinator, is for County staff who work with certified shooting sports leaders, 4-H club leaders for shooting sports projects, and 4-H volunteers managing shooting sports events/competitions.
Coordinators will explore and learn more about the different disciplines in 4-H Shooting Sports, how to support the different types of coaches, structuring a budget, designing a fund-raising plan, build an overall plan focused on Positive Youth Development, practice handling conflict with parents, discover how to manage and recruit volunteers, best practices for managing events and competitions, teaching more than just shooting with science and healthy lifestyles, and work within your county’s 4-H structure.
There is a minimum number of participants needed to offer these disciplines at the workshop. Workshop participants will learn under expert instruction from members of the Nebraska State 4-H Shooting Sports Training Team.
The registration fee is $110 per person for initial certification and those individuals adding an additional discipline. This fee includes meals, supplies and program materials. Participants must make their own lodging arrangements. Registration on Saturday runs from 8-8:45 a.m.
For more workshop information and registration link, go to the 4-H Shooting Sports web page. Or contact Steve Pritchard at 402-395-2158 or 308-536-2691.
More details at: https://4h.unl.edu/shooting-sports/instructor/calendar