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Subject: Alliance Closing Session Notes Author: Ken- CT [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 14:30:12 09/22/03 Mon This was the hardest session to keep up typing the notes. If anyone has anything to add or change, please reply to the message board. Final Session Relevancy/Collaboration/Collective effort discussion Evaluation of the Alliance- informal feedback would be appreciated Please forward along your notes from sessions that Ken didn’t type Helping one another on an ongoing basis. What happens next? • Evaluation meeting- Mass Audubon will solicit for the most successful evaluation tools, and Louise will distribute. What questions get you the best information? Comment cards, tools for peer observation, focus group questions. • Field trips-teen travel to be opened to all of us to recruit from all of out memberships. Working as a team to plan. Wording of the advertising- call it Audubon Alliance? Organized by Mass Audubon, and supported by…? • Field trip leaders- share our local expertise in a mutually beneficial manner. Standardizing our staff • Standardizing of staff- group training in a variety of skills: Forest ecology, teaching school groups. “Audubon Training Session” Colloboratively develop a curriculum, and offer to all of us. New England Wildflower Society has a good model- use ways to draw people to all different areas. Have to do a certain number of field trips and receive a certificate. • NJ- Institute of Field Naturalists, could offer that info to everyone. • Can we link our websites to the rest of the Alliance? • Use the NAAEE guidelines for educator certification. (NC/SC has it- pretty intense) • Collaborative training of our volunteer leaders, or membership at large to be trained to become leaders • We have a responsibility to have a group definition of a high quality standards for programs. Start a discussion, start with small committee of a rep from each Audubon, later in the year. NAAEE already has these standards, but we want an Audubon set of standards. 2-3 meetings and email/phone more often before next all-group sessions. • Audubon field naturalists- public audience- CT DEP Master Wildlife Conservationists program Private college in Hartford tried a weekend program, didn’t fly ANS partnered with federal gov’t, etc. had 30 or so courses, advanced credits Send information to Louise on these programs • Standards team- Margi, Allen, Louise, Tara, Dale??, Ken, Anne interested Joint Marketing • Joint marketing- message board or emails to send time sensitive info - Send brochures of special events to other orgs • Master list- map of where we are. A map of the Audubon centers in the Northeast. Need a grant- to make this publication. • Audubon passport • Audubon Alliance tri-fold to education on what the Alliance is, and its benefits to distribute to other environmental education • Map team- Ruth, Linda, Tara, Ken Other Collaborative efforts • Collaborative buying- mounts, trading of mounts, getting together to order • Collaborative efforts for granting- work out a way to develop programming • Pete’s interdisciplinary “Exploring the Cormorant controversy” program. Done it at teacher workshops (3 hours), at schools near the controversy. He’d like to market the model for other local wildlife issues- audience develops the critical thinking skills. • Linda- helping at Eagle Fest, and shadowing a salt marsh program at Joppa Flats- Offering this professional courtesy across the Alliance could be a cost effective way for professional development Next year’s Alliance • Dates and place- NJ. Typically second week of November, this year in Sept for Hog Island. Sandy Hook has dorms, Weis has dorms too. NEEEA is Oct 17, so we could do September- week of 13th, Mass has to check with staff meeting dates • Could we put a list of “legendary” field naturalists that you should take the time to observe them. Every Alliance should invite a local legend for the retreat. • What should we change or add for next year? Could we do workshops besides the collaborative meetings. Would we be willing to pay for that- optional usually works. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]