Narrative Agenda

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9

7:00-9:00 pm             Leadership Clinic Launch - Welcome (Steinhart)

 Why are we holding this Leadership Clinic? Who's here and what can we expect out of the three-day agenda? What will be emphasized this year? The Leadership Clinic Launch will provide you with this information and more.  It will also be a time for teams to have their first discussion about team initiatives and Leadership Clinic goals in preparation for the Fact Finding Mission (Share Fair) on Thursday.

THURSDAY, JULY 10

6:30 - 8:00 am            BREAKFAST (Dining Room)

8:00 - 8:25 am       Team Liaison Check-In (Steinhart C)

Every morning a representative from each team in addition to resource people and facilitators check-in. This time provides team reps with important announcements and gives clinic planners formative feedback in order to make agenda adjustments.

8:30 - 9:45 am            Orientation (Steinhart)

Join Clinic organizers for a Treasure Hunt that will leave you holding all the loot you will need to navigate your way through the next few days.  Learn more about the Leadership Clinic, discover the tools and materials needed as you explore your team goals and objectives, and search for your own buried treasures.

9:45 - 10:00 am            BREAK

10:00 am - Noon   Fact Finding Mission - Share Fair (Steinhart)

This session is a chance for your team to share your team goals, model projects, and big questions or challenges with other teams and resource people. After teams creatively assemble their displays and participants visit each other, you are able to schedule time to meet with any team or resource person you think will help your team with your goals. This is where you map your journey.

Noon - 1:00 pm            LUNCH (Dining Room)

1:15 - 3:45 pm            Community Based EE: Exploring New Territory (Steinhart)

EE is of great importance to EE leaders at this point in our field's evolution. In this session we respond to the comments you made for the need to see practical examples of and resources for CBEE. This session directly responds to all of the threads of the Leadership Clinic, especially the "community based EE as a next step in EE capacity building" thread. In this session we will hear from clinic participants who are leading CBEE initiatives.  Models will be provided and critiqued we will work as a group on CBEE competencies, strategies, and resources and finally have a chance to incorporate the learning from the session back into team and resource people discussions and plans.

3:45 - 4:00 pm            BREAK

4:00 - 5:30 pm       Team Planning Session I (Breakout Rooms)

This activity is the crux of the clinic. Team planning time is reserved for teams to focus on the development of their capacity building plans for the next 2 years.  Initiatives, ideas, issues and team building steps will come up in this context as well. Team planning worksheets provide suggested questions that help teams prepare for and review sessions at the clinic, thereby making the most of all sessions.

6:00 - 7:00 pm            DINNER (Dining Room)

7:00 - 8:30 pm            Diversity Dessert (Steinhart)

What delicious dessert is placed on your family�s table on special occasions or on those ordinary days when someone has a hankering? Food has a unique way of drawing people together and lending joy and meaning to gatherings. Shared meals and recipes enrich our families, communities and cultures; they help illuminate who we are and connect us to one another. So bring your sweet tooth and come celebrate and explore, through desserts, the rich diversity of cultures and ethnicities represented at our clinic.

FRIDAY, JULY 11

6:30 - 8:00 am            BREAKFAST (Dining Room)

8:00 - 8:25 am       Team Liaison Check-In (Steinhart C)

8:30 - 10:15 am             Professional Development Workshops

Workshop 1: Diversity and EE Program Development

Facilitators: Teresa Mourad, Gus Medina, Emilio Williams, 
Lisa LaRocque and Alma Galvan

Room: Terrace A

 This is a two-part session and participants are invited to attend one or both segments. In the first session, participants will be introduced to the "Diversity Cases" project conducted by EETAP which will result in a facilitator/educator casebook of first hand accounts of a real life dilemma related to EE and diversity and discussion questions. Participants will discuss one of the cases.

 

         Workshop 2: They Tell Me I'm a Leader, Now What?

Facilitator: Nan Buckardt

Room: Terrace B

Leading people is very different from managing people. This session will explore the differences and help you start your journey of growth. Topics will include the responsibilities of a leader and the cornerstones for growth. This is a great first look at what it means to be a leader.

Workshop 3: But How Do We KNOW it Works? Evaluation 101

Facilitator: Joe Heimlich

Room: Marcotte 

This is a continuous session with two distinct parts. The first is an introductory level session in which we will generate common language, understand what evaluation is, and what evaluation can and cannot do. 

Workshop 4: Community Vision-to-Action Forums

Facilitator: Delia Clark

Room: Steinhart

By linking environmental quality, economic vitality, educational achievement and social health, community vision-to-action forums offer an engaging opportunity for a diverse range of citizens to come together to share their perspectives. In the process they build a common vision of what they want for their community and of the actions they will take, individually and collectively, to get there.

Workshop 5: Sustainable Fundraising for EE: Strategies and Sources You Haven't Thought of...Yet.

Facilitators: Laura Downey-Skochdopole, Linda Rhoads
and Lynne Ferguson

Room: Steinhart C  

In this session, participants will explore three case studies of EE organizations and their funding strategies, challenges, and successes. Participants will work through a series of activities that will guide them in developing a funding plan that identifies needs, opportunities, and strategies for sustainable funding for EE in their states and communities. We promise no one in this session will be wearing a bright green suit with dollars signs all over it and shouting at them about all the money the government has to give away, but we do promise that participants will leave with a plethora of applicable knowledge and implementation ideas for a variety of effective fund development strategies.

Workshop 6: Media and EE, You have a Story to Tell!

Facilitator: Amy Heart

Room: West C

Gain a better understanding of what real world reporters are looking for and how to tell your story. Gain resources and learn techniques to help craft your media message at the local and state level.

10:15 - 10:30 am            BREAK

10:30 am - Noon   Team Planning Session II (Breakout Rooms)

Noon - 1:00 pm            LUNCH (Dining Room)

1:30 - 3:15 pm            Professional Development Workshops B

Workshop 1: Diversity and EE Program Development.

Facilitators: Teresa Mourad, Gus Medina, Emilio Williams,
Lisa LaRocque and Alma Galvan

Room: Terrace A 

This is a two-part session and participants are invited to attend one or both segments. In the second segment, we reflect on the cultural implications of environmental education based on participants� experiences. How do ecological dimensions, quality of life issues, and diverse learning styles interact to present unique opportunities and challenges for sustainable EE? We will explore why certain cultural groups are underserved or underrepresented in our communities, look at lessons learned and ways to deepen our connections within our communities.

Workshop 2: Developing the Leaders Around You

Facilitator: Nan Buckardt

Room: Terrace B

Using the John Maxwell book as a guide, this session will examine some of those tough questions: * How can I motivate people? * How can I get production and avoid burnout? * How can I tell who the next leaders are? The experience of the group will help explore these issues and more!

Workshop 3: But How Do We KNOW it Works? Evaluation 301

Facilitator: Joe Heimlich

Room: Marcotte

This is a continuous session with two distinct parts. The second session will build on the needs of the participants to discuss structures, evaluation planning, methodology, statistical claims, or whatever the group determines is most important.  Participants should feel free to attend either or both of the sessions; the first is not a pre-requisite to the second.

Workshop 4: Building Strong and Vibrant School-Community Partnerships

                                    Facilitator: Delia Clark

                                    Room: Steinhart

By fostering the growth of deep and vibrant partnerships between schools and communities, place-based education brings the resources of the community into the learning process, and brings the energy and skills of the students to bear on local environmental and social issues. The results are increased student engagement and improved community vitality and environmental quality.  

Workshop 5: Sustainable Fundraising for EE: Strategies and Sources You Haven't Thought of...Yet.

Facilitators: Laura Downey-Skochdopole, Linda Rhoads

and Lynne Ferguson

Room: Steinhart C

In this session, participants will explore three case studies of EE organizations and their funding strategies, challenges, and successes. Participants will work through a series of activities that will guide them in developing a funding plan that identifies needs, opportunities, and strategies for sustainable funding for EE in their states and communities. We promise no one in this session will be wearing a bright green suit with dollars signs all over it and shouting at them about all the money the government has to give away, but we do promise that participants will leave with a plethora of applicable knowledge and implementation ideas for a variety of effective fund development strategies.                                  

3:15 - 3:30 pm            BREAK

3:30 - 5:30 pm       Team Planning Session III (Breakout Rooms)

6:00 - 8:00 pm            DINNER (Dining Room)

SATURDAY, JULY 12       

6:30 - 8:00 am            BREAKFAST (Dining Room)

8:00 - 8:25 am       Team Liaison Check-In (Steinhart C)

8:30 - 10:30 am       Open Space (Steinhart)

In this session you will be able to address those potential initiatives and or nagging questions or issues that there hasn't been time for yet in the agenda. Open Space technology is an approach to conference and meeting design developed by Harrison Owen. Owen noticed that at conferences individuals got more out of coffee break conversations than in planned sessions. From this and an observation of the "marketplace" style of community decision-making in sub-Saharan Africa, Owen developed "Open Space.� Open Space is a completely participant driven technique that allows the time, flexibility, and space for participants to create their own agenda on the spot.

10:30 - 10:45 am            BREAK

10:45 am - Noon   Team Planning Session IV (Breakout Rooms)

During this team planning session, you will again reflect on sessions attended and how the information and contacts gained apply to your plans. This will be the team planning session in which you wrap up you planning for now and decide how you will present your progress to the group as a whole at the Closing. Also during this session remember to build in approximately 30 minutes for verbal and written evaluation of the clinic. Resource people will be on hand for this part of the session.

Noon - 1:00 pm            LUNCH (Dining Room)

1:30 - 3:30 pm            Team Planning Session IV Continued (Breakout Rooms) 

3:30 - 3:45 pm            BREAK

3:45 - 5:30 pm       A Bid Farewell and the Journey Home (Steinhart)

During the clinic closing each of the teams will provide a creative report out. Teams may use art materials to display the results of their team planning, provide a skit or come up with another creative form of expression (report-out style!). Participants will exchange their clinic "treasures" or highlights across teams and with Resource People.  This promises to be a lively finale to a prosperous "hunt" for all.  

6:30 pm                      BANQUET DINNER

Now, let's party. Too tired to kick up your heals and do a little "swingin�?� We hope not, because we've arranged for a memorable final banquet and entertainment from the Prairie Cats swing band for the final night of the clinic. After the closing, take a break and then put on your dancing shoes for your last Leadership Clinic networking opportunity! 

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