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<br />Water Efficiency Grant Program Mid-Term 'Project WET Grant Report (CWN) <br /> <br />..All conference attendees participated in a brainstor.ming session to idctltify and remove <br />'barriers toparticipatio11 in IJrojcct "WEf"f \'vorkshops throughout the state. Many ne"\v facilitators <br />requeste(l the su,pport of the Coordinator in planning or facilitating their first \X1E'I' workshop. <br />.As such, the Coordinator has been considerably mote il1volved in facilitating workshops thatl <br />originally thought '\vhcn the initial grant proposal was presented. Ms. Scarbe~lty has facilitated or <br />provided sllpport for at least 6 \vorkshops during this IJart of the grant term all(l is anticipated to <br />be heavily llv"'olved in as many workshops for the duration of the grant period. <br />Ms. Scarbeary has also been supporting facilitators and teachers in providhlg localized <br />applications of the l>roject WET materials and connected facilitators with regionally appropriate <br />resou.tces, exerts and field trip options to meet the need for regionally specific \vater <br />information. In response to these and other reqllests from facilitators the Coordinator is setting <br />up a mentoring program to support facilitators with regionally relevantW:ET\vorkshops, with <br />the long term result of ha\ring a more higWy traine{{ and experience corps of volunteer <br />facilitators. In. the mean time, the Coordinator will be taking a larger role in planning and <br />prcsentUlg IJroject \VEtlt workshops around Colorado" ,\\rith the added expense of travel costs <br />and time, to ensure qlmlity facilitators and \v()rkshops~ <br /> <br />Collaboration and Communication <br />C:onunllIDcation with the Project WEff US.L~ antI Project \XT.ET International have been <br />rcinitiated and strengthened through regular email and phone communications as \veil as in- <br />pers()n ill.ceting at the annllal Project W:E~11 Coordinators conference. <br />Relationships "\vith the 'sister Projects' (projects \VIJ-tD and Learnirlg f!'ree) COlltlnUC toh,old <br />strong. f"fhe three programs partner t() offer New 17a(i/ittltor IrainingJ as well as the annllal <br />.Pacilitator .Leadership (~?otiferenl'e and other su,pport and incentiv.es for out v"'olunteer facilitators. <br />C2oordination\vith the pre-service education prob~ams at uni~lersities around C:olorado <br />continues to grow~ IJroject \X'F.itli Col<)rado initiate{{ ne\v relationshi.ps\vith Ft. Le\vis College in <br />Durango and Regis University itl Colorado Springs. C:()ntinuing pr()grams arc in place with the <br />pre-service education programs at the University of Northern Colorad,o,!vietro State College and, <br />the 'University of Colorado at Denver where pre-service eclllcato.ts 1:eceive training in all three <br />Projects thro.ughout their tenure \vith the school. .i\ higher e(hlcation summit is l)cing considered <br />as a means of gaining a foothold \vith other pre-service cdllcation instittltions around the state <br />and cxpaIlding Ollt presence with 'teachers-ul-training'. <br /> <br />Provide Water Education Materials and Res,ourees <br />The Colorado Watershed Network has been serving as the hub for \vatereducati()fi reSOlltCeS, <br />connecting interested edllcatOts "\vith locally appropriate teaching materials, supplies, community <br />contacts and field trip opportunities. \Vith a nc\v'\vater education page on the C\XlN websitc in <br />the planning stages, this support can soon be done online. An interactive map of Colorado will <br />connect teachers anywhere in the state with local resources, field trip opportunities as well as <br />guest speakers and experts to support them in the classroom. <br />:E.vcry activity in the l)roject \V'E/f Curricll1um an{! Activity Guide has been correlated to the <br />C:olorado State Content Standards in the subject areas for Science, Social Studies, lteading and <br />ivfath. 'lncse correlations ate a'Tailable online at "\V\"\~v. color~ldocorrclatio11s. otg and \vill be <br />updated as the Colorado .Department of Educati()n finalizes the ne'\v Colorado Content <br />Standards in the upcoming school year. <br />In addition to the a\vard '\Vinnulg l}roject \VErr Curricull.lm and Activity Guide, l.lroject WIT11 <br />has a number of topic-specific activity guides, watermon..itoring kits alld youth Inatcrials~ The <br />Discover A Watershed series has activity guides covering ahnost every ma.jor basin in the state; the <br />Colorado, Rio C;runde and .J\tIissouri. ~rhe Conse.tve Water Edu,cators' C;uide and the I-Iealthy <br /> <br />Page 4 <br />