National Extension Water Outreach Education

• About Us: Project Background and Project Partners
• Contact Us: User Comments and Suggestions
• How do I set up or improve my water education or outreach program?
  • How do I get started?
  • How do I improve my program?
  • How does my work measure up to BEPs?

 

• What website resources will help me reach my water management goals?
  • Use good educational practices.
• Use educational resources.
• Use professional development resources.
• Use water management and issues resources.

Best Education Practices, BEPs

• What are BEPs?
• Essential BEPs
• FAQs about BEPs
  • Answers to common questions
  • Submit a question
• BEP Research
  • Target audience BEPs and research
  • Water outreach research bibliography
  • Knowledge Area BEPs
    • Adult Education
    • Citizen Participation
    • Civic Empowerment
    • Communication
    • Development Theory
    • Education Planning
    • Environmental Education
    • Leadership
    • Non-economic Social Sciences
    • Social Marketing
    • Technical Transfer Theory
    • Youth Education

Use BEPs

• Accomplish What?
  • Decide on a Strategy
  • Provide information
  • Communicate
  • Educate
  • Build capacity
• Plan
  • Identify Target Audience
  • Understand Community
  • Refine Goals
  • Inventory Resources
  • Design program
  • Implement
  • Evaluate
• Choose BEPs
  • Decision Tree
    • Tackle a specific water use or management problem
    • Increase public awareness or help a community meet a water goal
    • Build community capacity to manage water use and environmental impact
  • Decision Tree Flow Chart
• Learn from Others
• Search case studies from the database
• Assess a Program

Educational Resources

• What web site resources will help me reach my water management goals?
• Tools for Teaching
• Researcher's Guide
• Search Resources
  • Search water topics resources
  • Search youth resources
  • Search target audience research
• Submit Resources
• e-Networking

Professional Development

• BEP Short Course
• Distance Learning
• Events Calendar

Other Resources

• Related Links
• USDA CSREES

Water Management Topics and Issues

• Animal Waste Management
• Drinking Water and Human Health
• Environmental Restoration
• Nutrient and Pesticide Management
• Pollution Assessment and Prevention
• Water Conservation and Agricultural Water Management
• Water Policy and Economics
• Watershed Management

The National Extension Water Outreach Education web site and resources are based upon work supported by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Agreement No. 00-51130-9714. It is a collaboration of CSREES and other public and private clean and safe water partners to promote best education practices for water education and to improve access to education resources and strategies.