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Make Our Program the Best it Can Be! Best Practices in Boating, Fishing, and Aquatic Stewardship Education Jen Levin, RBFF Program Manager. Today. Why RBFF assembled Best Practices - History How RBFF assembled Best Practices - Process What Best Practices can do for education - Purpose.

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  1. Make Our Program the Best it Can Be!Best Practices in Boating, Fishing, and Aquatic Stewardship EducationJen Levin, RBFF Program Manager

  2. Today • Why RBFF assembled Best Practices - History • How RBFF assembled Best Practices - Process • What Best Practices can do for education - Purpose

  3. First Steps • 1998 SFBPA Council strategic plan • Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation • RBFF gets direction from stakeholders

  4. Task Force 2 Enable stakeholders to use research and best practices to educate people about boating, fishing and aquatic resources stewardship

  5. Mike O'Malley (Chair)Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Elaine AndrewsUniv. of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension & President, NAAEE Eleanor BochenekRutgers Univ. Inst. of Marine & Coastal Science Virgil ChambersNational Safe Boating Council Mark ColeInner City Fishing Institute Shari DannMichigan State University Anne GlickAmerican Sportfishing Association Carl RichardsonPennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission Rich WehnesMissouri Dept of Conservation, Streams Unit Task Force 2 Members

  6. Primary Audiences • Education Service Providers, including aquatic educators andtheir supervisors and administrators • Formal (schools) & non-formal (Extension, Parks & rec.) “education brokers” – organizations responsible for providing education services

  7. Task Force 2 Action Plan Develop guidelines for research-based boating/fishing education programs utilizing Best Practices

  8. Development Process • Hired a consultant to bring research together • Enlisted help of academic professionals • Compiled known research • Gleaned basic Best Practices from the research

  9. Experts were selected from fields such as: • Boating education • Aquatic education • Environmental education • Marine education • Youth development • Stewardship and environmental ethics education • Adventure recreation education • Minority education • Outdoor education for people with disabilities

  10. Review Panel represents • Federal and State Agencies • Boating Organizations • Fishing Organizations • Universities • Extension Programs • Industry

  11. Best Practices Tools • Program Development Workbook • Information Sheets • PowerPoint Presentation • Aquatic Educator’s Newsletter • Trainer’s Guide • Training Workshops

  12. Recipe for Success

  13. Best Practices enable professionals to: • Plan and evaluate their efforts to ensure maximum effectiveness. • Gain support for their efforts from supervisors and external funding sources.

  14. Not a new program! Enhance (not replace) existing efforts.

  15. Best Practices can help us be more effective in: • Planning, development and implementation. • Program evaluations. • Selecting and training instructors. • Identifying relevant research.

  16. Process Based Content Based

  17. Why should we care? • Accountability • Life-long supporters • Recruitment and retention • Better stewards

  18. Best Practices Tools available from: www.RBFF.org/educational/bestpractices.cfm

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