MANASOTA & PEACE RIVER BBDs Meeting Notebook 10-21-09.docx

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Youth Water Resources Education
Coordination: Staff has opened purchase orders for school board agreements in Charlotte, Citrus, Hardee, Hernando,
Highlands, Hillsborough, Levy, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota and Sumter counties. Each school board
agreement funds baseline water resources education programs for K-12 students and educators during the 2009-2010
school year. The goal of these programs is to develop skills among educators and students that will help them take a
critical look at local and regional water resources issues. Teacher Training: (1) One District-sponsored Great Water
Odyssey facilitator training was held August 10 at the Tampa Service Office. Four teachers and three District staff
members were trained on the fourth- and fifth-grade editions of the program. (2) One Project WET workshop occurred at
Cahoon Elementary in Hillsborough County on August 12. A total of 29 elementary science, math and language arts
teachers participated in the six-hour workshop. (3) On August 13, youth education staff conducted a middle school
science in-service day training for 40 Hernando County seventh- and eighth-grade teachers at the Springs Coast
Environmental Education Center. Publications: Approximately 587,764 youth education publications have been
distributed this calendar year, and 817,319 youth publications have been distributed to date in fiscal year 2009.
ACTION-TO-DATE: On time.
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