Education is a powerful tool that
can help you realize your water management goals.
As you go about your work, you
may find yourself in a variety of circumstances - chairing
an advisory committee, working with a lone property owner,
or teaching a gaggle of fifth graders on conservation day.
In every case you must analyze the situation, determine the
"hook" or the "teachable moment" and use
your communication and teaching skills to accomplish your
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Accomplish
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Introduction
Decide
on a strategy
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To increase the likelihood of success, you need to apply a logical
process to developing and implementing an initiative and you'll
want to incorporate best education practices (BEPs) to whatever
extent possible.
Selecting a BEP depends on your overall goals and what you want
to accomplish . If you aren't sure exactly what you want to do,
the BEP Decision Tree
may help.
Decide on a Strategy helps you
to decide exactly what type of outreach effort is appropriate to
the problem you want to solve.
Once you've decided what you want to accomplish, Plan
helps you reach your objective by using recognized program
design and "diffusion
of innovation" strategies. Topics in this section walk
you through steps to:
Choose BEPs links you to BEP background
information and provides a tool to help you carefully identify the
best education practices that will help you accomplish your objective.
Here, you choose one of three Decision Trees; each walks you through
common scenarios you may confront and helps direct you to BEPs important
for that situation. Or, you can jump right to Assess
a Program to see how your initiative compares to BEPs.
Learn from Others directs you to materials
and "case studies" most similar to your situation that
have been logged into the on-line library. e-Networking
provides access to common listserves of interest to water education
and is a good way to ask your question to someone like yourself.
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