In order to demonstrate the value of your education and outreach programs, you
must implement programs that deliver results. During this course, you’ll learn to use a deliberate planning process that promotes strategic, accountable, and adaptive action resulting in programs that support achieving your resource management goals. Plus, you’ll walk away with a nascent plan that can be completed with your stakeholders.

This distance learning course is offered via an on-line classroom (Moodle) and accompanied by live, instructor-led webinars as noted on this announcement.

Participants start, end, and progress through the course together and with course instructors to independently complete assignments within each module on-line through Moodle.

Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
1.Use the youth program planning and evaluation model to create programsthat support achieving your resource management goals;
2.Write measurable outcome objectives;
3.Select activities to achieve desired outcomes; and
4.Develop a program evaluation framework

Date March 1 – April 26, 2018 Weekly webinars will be held every Thursday, 2:00 – 4:00 PM ET
 
Between webinars, participants learn the content in the Moodle online classroom, and apply the content to their site by completing assignments Location On-line through Moodle and live webinars 

Who Should Attend: Service employees that develop and deliver environmental education, outdoor skills, outreach, career, and/or citizen science programs (and etc.) for audiences ages 12 – 25 

Length: 8 weeks 

Tuition: 
Tuition for FWS and NPS is prepaid. For participants from other agencies and organizations, there is a tuition charge of $400 

CEUs: 2 

To Register Log in at https://www.doi.gov/doilearn using DOILearn, the Department of the Interior’s Learning Management System. Search Planning and Evaluating Education and Outreach Programs, then scroll down & click on this course. Registration Deadline February 1, 2018 
After deadline, call for availability The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is committed to providing access to this class for all participants. 

Please direct all requests for accommodations needs to the contact listed below – TTY 800-877-8339 by close of business February 1, 2018 

Contact Sandy Spakoff: 304-876-7783 Sandy_Spakoff@fws.gov