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County funding received is used to cover the operational and administrative expenses directly related to the implementation of, and education regarding, all technical and financial assistance programs we make available to the tax payers and partner agencies, including many Franklin County Departments. Public education regarding the conservation of our natural resources is part of that administrative implementation. For this reason it is only natural for the conservation district to partner with local schools and organizations to promote conservation of our natural resources and to help promote the number on industry in Kansas...agriculture. Through many of our public education programs the Franklin County Conservation District is already doing work to encourage a water conservation-minded Kansas citizenry as outlined in the "Vision for the Future of Water in Kansas."
The Conservation District is the one state entity charged with the conservation of, and education about, our natural resources. With a local annual operating budget, made of both state and county funds we are able to keep one full time employee on staff and provide conservation programs/workshops to local farmers and ranchers as well as various education programs for K-12 students and even professional development opportunities for educators. Most of our public information and education programs are provided free of charge, thanks to the funds in our operating budget.
We offer various hands-on learning programs which fit into the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards (KCCRS) and Common Core for cross curricular lessons. Our current District Manager has been with the Franklin County Conservation District since April of 2001 and in that time has become a certified facilitator for Project Learning Tree, Projects WET, WILD and related curriculum. She served on the development committee for the Kansas Environmental Literacy Plan in 2009 and continues to work closely with Kansas environmental education professionals through the Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom, Kansas Green Schools Program and the Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE); and began serving as a KACEE Board Member in 2015. Franklin County received honors for our education programs when our District Manager received the Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education 2012 Award for Excellence in Conservation and Environmental Education related to Agriculture.
We are here to assist educators in any way possible; this includes giving classroom presentations, providing educational brochures or other resources, and also providing opportunities for teachers to earn graduate credits!
Research shows that students are more likely to remember and be able to apply skills and knowledge that are experienced. 85-90% will remember what they see, hear and do; while only 10-15% remember things they have read or heard.
The Conservation District is the one state entity charged with the conservation of, and education about, our natural resources. With a local annual operating budget, made of both state and county funds we are able to keep one full time employee on staff and provide conservation programs/workshops to local farmers and ranchers as well as various education programs for K-12 students and even professional development opportunities for educators. Most of our public information and education programs are provided free of charge, thanks to the funds in our operating budget.
We offer various hands-on learning programs which fit into the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards (KCCRS) and Common Core for cross curricular lessons. Our current District Manager has been with the Franklin County Conservation District since April of 2001 and in that time has become a certified facilitator for Project Learning Tree, Projects WET, WILD and related curriculum. She served on the development committee for the Kansas Environmental Literacy Plan in 2009 and continues to work closely with Kansas environmental education professionals through the Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom, Kansas Green Schools Program and the Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE); and began serving as a KACEE Board Member in 2015. Franklin County received honors for our education programs when our District Manager received the Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education 2012 Award for Excellence in Conservation and Environmental Education related to Agriculture.
We are here to assist educators in any way possible; this includes giving classroom presentations, providing educational brochures or other resources, and also providing opportunities for teachers to earn graduate credits!
Research shows that students are more likely to remember and be able to apply skills and knowledge that are experienced. 85-90% will remember what they see, hear and do; while only 10-15% remember things they have read or heard.
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