Operation W.A.T.E.R.: Teacher Workshop Kit

A new resource is now available for those of you working to connect to schools and teachers to reach youths in your county.

As you may already be aware the Junior Master Gardener County Resource Site at www.jmgkids.us/tce is an web resource for Extension faculty and staff at the county level to support programming and outreach efforts. A new and unique component has been added to this site that contains all elements needed for you to host a fun and successful JMG Teacher Workshop in your county.

The "JMG Level 2 - Operation W.A.T.E.R. - Teacher Workshop Kit" is now live and includes the following resources to support a hands-on teacher training that overviews the JMG Program with specific emphasis on the newest JMG Level 2 curriculum Operation W.A.T.E.R. (for grades 6-8) The online kit includes the following for download:

Operation W.A.T.E.R. Workshop Promotion
A. Workshop flyer with fill-in-the-blanks for your local information (doc file)
B. Operation W.A.T.E.R. flyer (pdf file)

Operation W.A.T.E.R. Training Materials
A. 3 hour workshop power point (ppt file)
B. 3 hour workshop script (pdf file)
C. 3 hour workshop agenda (pdf file)
D. 3 hour workshop activity session handouts (pdf file)
E. 3 hour workshop activity talking points (pdf file)

Workshop Training Supplementary
A. Professional Development Certificates for Texas Teachers (pdf file)

Operation W.A.T.E.R. Training Evaluation
A. Training/Workshop Evaluations (pdf file)
B. Correlation to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (pdf file)

**To open this web page, go to www.jmgkids.us/tce and click on "Operation W.A.T.E.R.Teacher Workshop Kit."

The kit includes all basic components you would need before, during and after a training event. And by request of many of you, this also includes the specific power point, script, and workshop agenda. It is our hope that this will be useful whether you are very familiar with or are new to the JMG program. Please contact our office if we can help promote or offer guidance or just answer programmatic questions. We stand ready to help your efforts and with our shared mission of GROWING GOOD KIDS in your county!

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Page last updated: December 5, 2007