Youth Develop Marketable and Productive Skills 
for Work and Family Life
To develop marketable/productive skills for work and family life has been sited by
Connell, Gambone, and Smith (  ) as a major outcome for positive youth development. Learning to be productive: do well in school; develop positive outside interests and acquire basic life skills for work and family life is a basic transition from youth to adulthood. 

4-H utilizes a variety of project skills to engage youth in areas of interests to not only acquire new skills but become the "vehicle" through which youth engage with other adults, engage in self-directed learning, setting goals, making independent choices, and decisions, and gaining a sense of mastery and accomplishment from their experiences.

 
  Goal:  Youth will demonstrate marketable and productive skills for work and family life.
        Sub-Goals: BEST PRACTICES & INDICATORS
Youth explore career development and gain employability skills.
Youth gain a sense of accomplishment and success by being recognized for both their participation and achievements through project skills.
Youth  develop personal confidence, positive attitudes, character and ethics.
Youth develop mastery and competencies in a  wide variety of subject-matter project skills that help them succeed in life.
Project Skill Areas:
  • Animal and Plant Sciences
       - Agricultural Literacy
  • Environmental and Earth Sciences
  • Individual and Family Living Skills
      - Healthy Lifestyle Choices
      - Financial Literacy & Consumer Decision-making
  • Communication Arts and Sciences
  • Science and Technology Skills
  • Citizenship and Leadership Skills
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