I need to develop an education program or outreach strategy:
Tree 3 – To build community capacity to manage water use and environmental impacts
Tree 3b: Solving this problem requires the community to access and be able to work with natural resource or engineering professionals who can guide planning and decision-making.
Building community capacity requires the community to access and be able to work with natural resource or engineering professionals who can guide planning and decision-making.
[Select any that apply to your situation.]
♦ Do community planners know what kind of skills and information they need from professionals and what resources are available?
♦ Have community planners developed criteria and expectations for the work of professionals?
Community planners know what kind of skills and information they need from professionals and what resources are available.
Has the educator assessed local government professionals (formally or informally) to determine if:
- Government professionals have the knowledge, skills, planning mechanism, or resources to assure that natural resource professionals are involved in planning?
The educator has not assessed local government professionals (formally or informally).
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Identify reasons why government professionals do not access help from natural resource professionals. Use audience assessment (social science techniques) to identify values, barriers to change, or missing skills or resources among officials and planning professionals. Use communication, teaching strategies or leadership development to increase awareness of how natural resource or engineering professionals can help the community plan for water use and environmental impacts. Build knowledge and skills for working effectively with these professionals. |
The educator has assessed local government professionals (formally or informally).
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Work in collaboration with local officials and government professionals to provide training, and leadership development opportunities to build knowledge and skills about the qualifications of natural resource professionals. Training should focus on needs or barriers identified in the assessment. Provide information and management options. |
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Work in collaboration with local officials and government professionals to provide training, and leadership development opportunities to build knowledge and skills about the qualifications of natural resource professionals. Provide information and management options. |
Community planners have developed criteria and expectations for the work of professionals.
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Work in collaboration with local officials and government professionals to provide training opportunities that provide planners with the skills they need to specify work quality from natural resource professionals. Build knowledge and skills related to understanding the qualifications of natural resource professionals. Provide information and management options. |
| Evaluate effectiveness of community engagement of natural resource professionals in managing water use and assessing environmental impacts from community activities. |
