Rouse Receives Extension Grant for Innovative Curricula

July 9, 1997

Greensboro, NC: Dr. Shirley Rouse, a 4-H and youth development specialist in North Carolina A&T State University's Cooperative Extension Program, was recently notified of a $25,000 North Carolina Cooperative Extension grant.

The program enhancement grant will be used to print curricula project books and activity guides, which were developed by subject specialists with assistance from Rouse, to be used by 4-H programs involving children between the ages of five and eight.

"The K-3rd Grade Youth Program" is an age-specific curricula available in North Carolina for the 80,000 4-H participants in the 5- to 8-year-old age group. The curricula uses cooperative learning, group dynamics and experiential learning to enhance youth development.

"The K-3rd Grade Youth Program" is an outgrowth of the NC A&T Cooperative Extension Program's involvement with "Partners in Learning," one of the first 4-H programs in the country specifically designed for 6- to 8-year-old 4-H members.

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For more information, please contact Dr. Shirley Rouse, NC A&T Cooperative Extension Program, (336) 334-7956.