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In partnership with Projects WILD and Learning Tree, Project WET has been officially <br />incorporated into the Aurora Public Schools K-12 science education program. The Project WET <br />Curriculum and Activity Guide and the Discover A Watershed.• The Missouri have been formally <br />approved and adopted by the Aurora Public Schools Board of Education. Other school districts <br />around Colorado are exploring the idea modeled by Aurora Public Schools including districts in <br />Durango, Grand Junction and other locations. <br />The Colorado Project WET Coordinator has been instrumental in leading an effort to ensure <br />that natural resource education is well defined in the Colorado Model Content Standards as the <br />Colorado Department of Education will be revising the current standards over the next two years. <br />Continued dialogue between the natural resource education community and the Colorado <br />Department of Education will be ongoing throughout the Standards revision process, expected to <br />end in December 2009. <br />Project Obstacles <br />Although we are reaching a large number of teachers, CWN will not reach as many as <br />originally predicted. Original numbers were based off surpassing Colorado's Project WILD <br />numbers in a short amount of time, given how important water is in Colorado. However, Project <br />WILD has been in operation for 25 years with 6 staff, a significantly larger budget, and <br />Colorado's WILD program is at the forefront of wildlife education for the country. Therefore <br />original estimates were not realistic with the given staff and budget. Nonetheless, CWN has <br />grown the program, especially in depth, since many more of the workshops bring local field trip <br />and expert resources to bear during multiple day trainings focused on local concerns. These <br />trainings take significantly more planning and coordination that the typical 6-8 hour Project WET <br />training. <br />Another challenge is reaching educators broadly across the state. Although workshops range <br />from La Junta, to Durango, to Rifle, there are significant barriers. Some rural communities are <br />small and spread far apart, without staff able to directly outreach with these communities, some <br />planned workshops have not garnered enough teachers to warrant a workshop. <br />Scope Changes <br />There are no anticipated changes to the original scope of work. <br />Thank you for your consideration. The support and partnership from the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board is critical to the continued success of Project WET in Colorado. Please let me <br />know if you have further questions or concerns regarding the progress thus far on the Project <br />WET grant or scope of work. <br />Sincerely, <br />Jo Scarbeary <br />Colorado Project WET Coordinator <br />Colorado Watershed Network <br />(303) 291-7601 <br />Jacob Bornstein <br />Executive Director <br />Colorado Watershed Network <br />(303) 291-7437 <br />303-291-7437 1 303-291-7456(fax) 1 cwn(a~,coloradowatershed.or~ 1 www.coloradowatershed.or~ <br />Colorado Watershed Network 1 P.O. Box 21935 1 Denver, CO 80221 <br />