Workshops
Workshops and training are offered by the St. Johns River Water Management District. The course is open to educators teaching in schools located within the water management district’s 18-county service area. Counties where the program is already being taught include
Nassau, Baker, Duval, Clay, St. Johns (including the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind), Alachua (including P.K. Yonge), Putnam, Flagler, Marion, Volusia, Lake, Seminole, Orange, Brevard and Indian River.
In some cases, other agencies, local governments or private businesses partner with the St. Johns District to provide materials for educators. Both the Southwest Florida Water Management District and the South Florida Water Management District are making all three grades of The Great Water OdysseySM available within their counties. Please contact the appropriate water management district for your area.
Training is provided through one of the following formats — online courses or traditional face-to-face workshops. Educators who attend a traditional workshop or complete the online course and then use The Great Water OdysseySM with their students will receive the following:
- Educator’s manual, including all answers to CD quizzes and assessments
- Stories, work sheets and other materials to expand the lessons
- Interactive CD of the curriculum
- Classroom poster
- Support materials (character stickers or washable tattoos or buttons, in classroom sets of 25)
Traditional workshop schedule
Teacher training
- Jan. 7 and 14, 2009 — 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade The Great Water OdysseySM teacher split-day workshop from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Otis A. Mason Elementary School, 207 Mason Manatee Way, St. Augustine. Registration is limited. Contact Mary Sullivan at gwotraining@bellsouth.net for reservations.
- Jan. 31, 2009 — 4th Grade The Great Water OdysseySM teacher workshop from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Teacher Training Center in Clay County, 2233 Village Square Parkway, Orange Park. Registration is limited to 32. Contact Trisha Holland, Clay County schools curriculum specialist, at pholland@mail.clay.k12.fl.us for reservations.
If you would like to schedule a teachers workshop, contact Barb Gugliotti, senior education coordinator, at (407) 659-4879 or bgugliot@sjrwmd.com.
Facilitator training
- Jan. 10, 2009 — The Great Water OdysseySM facilitator training from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the St. Johns River Water Management District’s Altamonte Springs Service Center, 975 Keller Road, Altamonte Springs. For further information about registration, please contact Barb Gugliotti at (407) 659-4879 or thegreatwaterodyssey@sjrwmd.com.
Online training schedule
None scheduled at this time. Please check back later.