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37th Annual Summer Horsemanship School Program
This year, 8 college students (8 female, 0 male) were hired as Horse Program Assistants and partnered up to teach horsemanship schools across Texas. Six of the 8 instructors were new to the program. Twenty-four schools were conducted in 24 different counties, reaching 9.45 % of the 254 counties in Texas. Twenty counties hosted 2-day schools, while 4 counties hosted 3-day schools. There were 52 total teaching days that resulted in 416 teaching hours. The program reached 615 different 4-Hers, parents and volunteers. Average attendance was 14 persons per school, with 9 riders and 5 adults watching. Instructors traveled 5,2009.2 miles, not including inner city mileage, for an average of 4.32 miles per person reached.
Over the 37 years, 1,275 schools have been conducted, reaching 45.161 youth, parents and volunteers. The program represents 3,667 teaching days, for a total of 29,336 teaching hours. There have been 214 different instructors (167 female, 48 male) who have served as Horse Program Assistants.
Outcome Measures:
- 64% "Definitely" learned more about how to move the horse's hips and shoulders independently
- 68% "Definitely" learned more about how to protect their horse and equipment from theft
- 75% "Definitely" could do one or more advanced maneuvers that they were previously unable to do
- 66% "Definitely" could make more informed decisions on when/how to ask their horse to perform a task
- 65% "Definitely" could ride with more confidence
- 66% "Definitely" could solve a problem they were having before the clinic
- 72% "Definitely" felt more competent in working their horse
- 74% "Definitely" enjoyed their horse more
