Community Guidebook

Scope of the Guidebook

The scope of this Community Guidebook is broad. The guidebook offers a rationale to justify undertaking some - or all - of the Listening to the River (LTTR) activities in your community. It describes ideas that were field-tested and refined over the four program development years, suggests ways to connect community organizations that have complementary missions and resources, and lays out instructions and sample schedules for each LTTR event, activity, or process. Each section gives concrete examples (see the Our Story excerpts in each section) plus tips for success and staff members' ideas on how to avoid pitfalls.

So: scan this list, jump to the section that makes sense as a place to start in your community, dig in, and start applying the LTTR model in YOUR watershed(s).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OVERVIEW

INTRODUCTION

• Introductory PowerPoint Presentation - D
• Documentary Video -D
• Informal Science Education Guiding Principles
• National Science Teachers Position Statement on ISE
• Summary of LTTR Impacts

PROJECT BACKGROUND, GOALS AND IMPACTS

GETTING STARTED: DEVELOPING A PARTNER COALITION

• Checklist for Building a Partner Coalition
• Census of Organizations Data Collection Form
• Project Purpose and "Elevator" Speech

MARKETING AND RECRUITING

• Packet of Sample Marketing Materials
  • Recruiting Poster for Students
  • Recruiting Poster for Adults
  • Sample News Releases
  • Sample Newspaper Ads
  • Sample Brochure for Watershed Event
  • Talking Points to Use When Asking for Organization Support
  • Assorted Graphic Elements & Logos ‐ D
• An Invitation to Potential Field Guides and Content Specialists
• Description of Roles for Volunteer Guides and Content Specialists
• Content Specialist Honoraria Form
• Agenda for Adult Orientation Training
• Adult Application and Screening Packet ‐ D
  • Reference form
  • Agreement and signed code
  • Application form
  • Criminal history check  form
• Youth Application and Consent Form Packet ‐ D
  • Youth enrollment form
  • Youth medical-transportation release
• Volunteer Recruitment Plan and Communication Strategy - D
• Tips for Working with Adolescents 1

THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY

• Sample Equipment Check Out/In Process and Forms
• Sample Equipment Loan Agreement
• Photo Processing and Editing Instructions
• Downloading and Saving Field Data 2009
• Preparing to Edit Media 2009
• Editing Audio with Audacity 2009
• LTTR Technology Planning Timeline and Checklist
• Post Final Projects to the LTTR Website
• The Tool Kit Technology Notes on Equipment

WATERSHED DISCOVERY

• Guiding Principles for Watershed Discovery
• Essential Watershed Characteristics cards
  • Postcard change-back
  • Postcard change-front
  • Postcard community-back
  • Postcard community-front
  • Postcard movement of water-back
  • Postcard movement of water-front
  • Postcard topography-back
  • Postcard topography-front
  • Watershed concepts wallet card-back
  • Watershed concepts wallet card-front
• A Guide for Planning Your Watershed Media Project
• Watershed Discovery 24‐hour Event Topics
• Three Day (24‐hour) Watershed Discovery Full Schedule
• Watershed Discovery Component Activity Menu, Descriptions and Instructions
  • Facilitated deep listening activity
  • Find someone who - icebreaker
  • Global Freshwater activity
  • Global freshwater distribution
  • Interest experience survey
  • Question guidelines for facilitators
  • Tuning your senses
  • Watershed in a box
  • Workshop schedule activity overview
• Field Trip Preparation Guide
• Quick Survey on Watershed Discovery Sessions
• Hands‐on Watershed Essential Activities for Young Kids
  • Hands-on young kids-Change
  • Hands-on young kids-Community
  • Hands-on young kids-Movement
  • Hands-on young kids-Topography
• Single Event Planning Questionnaire
• NSF Certificate ‐ Blank
• Radio Academy Purpose and Parent Information Sheet
• Radio Academy: 10 Possible Ways to Get Started on a Radio Story

PUBLISHING AND PRESENTING THE  WATERSHED STORY