2016 California 4-H Camp Evaluation · 2016 California 4-H Camp Evaluation In 2016, 9 counties...
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2016 California 4-H Camp Evaluation In 2016, 9 counties participated in evaluation of their camps. The evaluation focused on 4 key outcomes of attending camp: affinity for nature, responsibility, confidence, and friendship skills. This report summarizes the results of the evaluation statewide. Both campers and teen staff completed the evaluation. All about the campers! % Boys 39% % Girls 61% % Campers 81% % Teen Staff 19% % “Yes”, a member of a 4-H club back home 68% % “Yes” plan to return to camp 77% Average number of years at camp 2.6 What was the best part of camp? If you could change one thing about camp, what would make it better? * Scale from 1=worst time ever to 10=best time ever. The word clouds above show the categories that came up most often in response to the open-ended questions. On average, youth rate camp at 8.4 on a scale* from 1 to 10! “The best part of camp was getting closer to the other staffers & my cabin, tribe, & meeting all of the wonderful chaperones.”-Camper, Age 14
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2016 California 4-H Camp Evaluation In 2016, 9 counties participated in evaluation of their camps. The evaluation focused on 4 key outcomes of attending camp: affinity for nature, responsibility, confidence, and friendship skills. This report summarizes the results of the evaluation statewide. Both campers and teen staff completed the evaluation.
All about the campers!
% Boys 39%
% Girls 61%
% Campers 81%
% Teen Staff 19%
% “Yes”, a member of a 4-H club back home 68%
% “Yes” plan to return to camp 77%
Average number of years at camp 2.6
What was the best part of camp? If you could change one thing about camp, what would make it better?
* Scale from 1=worst time ever to 10=best time ever. The word clouds above show the categories that came up most often in response to the open-ended questions.
On average, youth rate camp at 8.4 on
a scale* from 1 to 10!
“The best part of camp was getting closer to the other staffers & my cabin, tribe, & meeting all of the wonderful chaperones.”-Camper, Age 14
Kendra Lewis, 4-H Evaluation Coordinator, [email protected] ; California State 4-H Office. Youth, Families, and Communities Statewide Program. University
of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. It is the policy of the University of California (UC) and the UC Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources not to engage in discrimination against or harassment of any person in any of its programs or activities (Complete nondiscrimination policy statement can be found at http://ucanr.edu/sites/anrstaff/files/215244.pdf ) Inquiries regarding ANR’s nondiscrimination policies may be directed to John I. Sims, Affirmative Action Compliance Officer/Title IX Officer, University of Cali-fornia, Agriculture and Natural Resources, 2801 Second Street, Davis, CA 95618, (530) 750- 1397.
Statistical tests were run to see if there was a difference in outcomes between campers and teen staff. On all outcomes, except Affinity for Nature, teens had significantly higher outcome scores than campers.
“The best part of camp is watching the campers as they grow as people and getting to know them better. I enjoy helping them have a great time.” -Teen Staff, Age 16
“The best part of camp was making new friends that are of all age groups.”-Teen Staff, 16
“Meeting new people and reconnecting with old friends while making the relationships stronger”-Camper, Age 15
Note: For Affinity for Nature, Responsibility, and Friendship Skills, the scale is 1= Decreased, 2= Did not Increase or Decrease, 3= Increased a Little Bit, 4=Increased Some, I am Sure, and 5= Increased A lot, I am Sure. For Confidence, the scale is 1=Strongly Disagree, 2=Disagree, 3=Neither Agree nor Disagree, 4=Agree, 5=Strongly Agree.
