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Interpretation and Education (Recommendations 19 and 20)
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Molly posted an update in the group
Interpretation and Education (Recommendations 19 and 20) 1 week, 3 days agoI should clarify and say that my comments posted below are in regards to the EE Strategy. Thanks!
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Molly posted an update in the group
Interpretation and Education (Recommendations 19 and 20) 1 week, 3 days agoThank you to all the fine people who have devoted their time and energy to put this draft together. It has come a long way! Thank you for the opportunity to comment on it. Here are my ideas, questions, comments. They are meant to be informational and not personal in any way. I hope they may be helpful.
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Mara Koenig posted an update in the group
Interpretation and Education (Recommendations 19 and 20) 3 weeks, 5 days agoSowing the Seed of Wonder is very comprehensive for the EE that is conducted and should be conducted at field stations and other program divisions within the Service. Here are my comments,
1. Standard #2 does not reflect the vision of the age in which the Service should be targeting for EE programs. The vision states Grades 3-6 and the standard…[Read more] -
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Heather Jerue uploaded the file: Draft Environmental Education Strategic Plan to
Interpretation and Education (Recommendations 19 and 20) 1 month agoThe draft strategy for Environmental Education calls for a comprehensive inventory of program resources, staff and delivery methods as the first step in establishing national and field station goals for transforming more of America’s youth and families into America’s conservation stewards. The draft strategy, developed by the Conserving the…[Read more]
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Faye Goolrick posted an update in the group
Interpretation and Education (Recommendations 19 and 20) 1 month, 1 week agoTerrific to see this document moving forward — it will be such an asset to all of us working in this field! I have one observation: On page 4, under VISION, the first entry under “Interpretation in the Refuge system should” is the bullet-point: “communicate our mission.” All subsequent bullet-points are directly related to interpretation…[Read more]
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Thanks for your feedback Faye!
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Rebekah Martin posted an update in the group
Interpretation and Education (Recommendations 19 and 20) 1 month, 1 week agoI’m really happy with the draft strategic plan! I am glad that you emphasized developing knowledge and skills in all employees, not just those in the visitor services series. Bravo!
I had just a couple of comments/questions:
Strategy 1.2 Action 1 – I understand the background driving this, but I’m unclear exactly what the action here is. If…[Read more]-
Thank you for your comments Rebekah Martin
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Sandy K Mickey posted an update in the group
Interpretation and Education (Recommendations 19 and 20) 1 month, 1 week agoHere are my comments, in Track Changes in a Word document. Have also emailed them in. Thank you! Overall a very good job on this! And thank you for making it so concise.
Sandy K Mickey uploaded new file(s): draftinterpretationstrategicplan_sandymickey-comments.docx to Interpretation and Education (Recommendations 19 and 20)-
Thanks Sandy!
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Jennifer Heroux posted an update in the group
Interpretation and Education (Recommendations 19 and 20) 2 months agoComments and questions for the Draft Interp Strategic Plan:
p. 6. Strategy 1.2, Action 1: would someone explain this proposed action in more detail? Would the end result of this be changing from VS staff from the 0025 series to 0401?
p. 8 Strategy 3.5, Action 1: strongly support this! There are great opportunities to increase capacity for staff…[Read more]
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Thanks so much for your comments Jennifer! The thought behind the series-change is to find a way to recruit folks who have the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to create and deliver interpretive programs and products. There are no (as OPM calls them) ‘positive education requirements’ for the park ranger series. In our agency, to be a…[Read more]
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Cindy Samples posted an update in the group
Interpretation and Education (Recommendations 19 and 20) 2 months, 1 week agoJust checking in to see comments, not too many yet.
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Marilyn Kitchell posted an update in the group
Interpretation and Education (Recommendations 19 and 20) 2 months, 2 weeks agoJust read the draft strategic plan and I think it is right on the mark! I took an NAI course a few years ago (as a biologist who was new to the Visitor Services thing) and have found it to be just about THE most valuable training I have ever taken. I’m really pleased to see this focus on interp going forward. I also agree with Meredith that we…[Read more]
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Heather Jerue uploaded the file: Draft Interpretation Strategic Plan to
Interpretation and Education (Recommendations 19 and 20) 2 months, 3 weeks agoThe Interpretation & Environmental Education implementation team has finalized their draft strategic plan to strengthen, formalize and institutionalize interpretation within the National Wildlife Refuge System. This draft will be available for a 45-day public comment period on http://www.AmericasWildlife.org, starting Tuesday, March 26 until Thursday,…[Read more]
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Great job on the Draft Interpretation Strategic Plan! I was happy to see the emphasis on developing interpretation programs for diverse audiences and developing programs and materials for people with limited English proficiency. I would suggest more specifically recommending that refuges developing programs, materials, and exhibits that are…[Read more]
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Good idea – thank you for the comment Meredith!
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Marianne Aplin posted an update in the group
Interpretation and Education (Recommendations 19 and 20) 8 months, 2 weeks agoWe’re getting closer to having a strategy document we can share with everyone. On our Interpretive sub-team call today we divided up our first draft for rewrites and will discuss it again next week, trying to knit it together for review by our whole team and refuge leadership. From there we hope to have something we can share more widely!
We’ve…[Read more]
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Yes I agree with that number 4 and meant to state that, too. Thanks for hittnig on that, Mara.