September 12, 2019

4-H Volunteers,

There is nothing more important to New Mexico 4-H than the protection of our youth. New Mexico State University (NMSU) and 4-H are both committed to providing a safe healthy environment for fun educational experiences. As part of the university’s commitment to protecting our youth, NMSU has implemented a policy to address all activities (including 4-H) where minors participate in NMSU sponsored programs.

I commend NMSU in making the protection of our youth a high priority across all university programs. Your State 4-H Team has been working closely with NMSU to make sure the new policies are implemented in a reasonable manner. The good news is 4-H has already been following most of the new NMSU policy. However, NMSU wants to insure that training is standardized across all programs and all 4-H Volunteers will be required to complete the training, 4-H Working With Minors, each year prior to working with youth.

Annual training renewal will begin each October 1st when enrollments begin. Trainings will be available in multiple formats, including online, face-to-face trainings with your agents and the training will also be offered at Adult Leaders’ Forum and the Fall State Shooting Sports Instructor training.

Thank you for your hard work helping our youth become productive leaders in our communities. I appreciate your understanding regarding the protection of our 4-H youth.

Steve

NEW starting the 2019-2020 4-H Year! All 4-H Volunteers will be required to complete the training, 4-H Working

With Minors, each year prior to working with youth. All 4-H Volunteers must have successfully completed training to be

eligible to register for any 4-H event. 

To access and complete the online format of the Working with Minors Training, please see attached instructions.

ZSuite Instructions for Volunteers

Follow the steps below to sign a volunteer up in ZSuite and access the volunteer training: 1. Go to ZSuite.org (Use Safari or Chrome) 2. Go to the Sign Up in the bottom right corner of the screen. If you have any questions, use the Live Chat in the bottom right corner.

3. Complete directions to Register New Household, select a four number pin. Each household has one parent/guardian with a pin.(You will also receive an email after you sign up).

4. Log in with your email and password

5. Select Clover Academy on left menu bar. 6. Launch Clover Academy

7. Go to Volunteer Training and click on See more…

8. Go to Working with Minors and click on Open

9. 4-H Working With Minors – click on Start Exploring

10. Follow module directions to click on each image, at the bottom of the screen, click on the next lesson to move through the training. Answer the questions within the module to complete the training.

11. On the left menu bar, a red check mark will appear when you have completed that section. If you do not score an 80% on the quiz, you need to retake it. The retake button is at the end of the quiz. There will be a quiz half way through, you are not finished until you have taken two quizzes.

12. When you have completed the training, click back to course at bottom of the page.

13. You should see 100% complete and the date you completed the course. Take a screen shot and send a copy to your county extension office to verify you have completed the course.

13. To exit Clover Academy, click in the top right hand corner tab “Go back to ZSuite”.

14. Click on to https://4h.zsuite.org/lms to return to zuites.

15. Log out