Water resource professionals work with a variety of audiences and in a variety of situations. This section provides you with tools you need to develop and implement successful teaching or training initiatives. Resources range from tips about how to facilitate or how to make a presentation to helpful advice about typical outreach events.

Tools have been adapted with permission from Soil & Water Conservation District Outreach: A Handbook for Program Development, Implementation and Evaluation . The handbook was produced in a collaborative effort by the Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Soil and Water Conservation and published in 2003.

For additional information about effective education practices, see the Best Education Practices menu, look at ideas summarized under BEP Research on this web site, or see specific topics:

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• Adult Education
• Development Theory
• Education Planning
• Environmental Education
• Technical Transfer Theory
• Youth Education

Tools for Teaching

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