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| OUT8162 - Education Programs for Youth: School's Out |
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| This course presents participants with the elements of designing outdoor programs for youth (e.g., after-school, day, and residential camps and weekend programs) in a non-formal setting, such as a wildlife refuge, park, etc. This course offers opportunities to create or modify exciting, safe, natural resource-focused youth programs that help to address site missions and/or management objectives. Participants will use a program design model to work on their own youth program during the course, then complete and implement it as a required post-course assignment. |
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1 semester hour |
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| Who Should Attend: |
Refuge/hatchery managers, refuge operations specialists, outdoor recreation planners, park rangers, or any other land management employees who offer or wish to offer non-formal youth education programs in an outdoor natural setting. |
| Objectives: |
- Explain how your youth program meets your site’s mission;
- Describe steps in planning and designing an outdoor education youth program;
- Develop techniques for building staff leadership;
- Demonstrate activities that will rapidly build youth and staff cohesiveness;
- Outline a plan for an outdoor youth program at your site;
- Implement an environmental education strategy on-site (on public land) or off-site (at schools, youth clubs, etc.); and
- Present a sample component from your program plan to other course participants.
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| Length: 3 days/21 hours |
Availability: Every other year |
Contact: |
Georgia Jeppesen |
Email: |
Georgia_Jeppesen@fws.gov |
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304/876 7388 |
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National Conservation Training Center
698 Conservation Way
Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443
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