The goal of Canaan Valley Institute's Education Program is to develop and deliver information that will arm participants with the tools necessary to
- understand problems
- gather information
- evaluate altenatives
- implement solutions
We achive this goal by providing two distinct types of educational programming
- technical training and youth-based training programs.
Technical training
Since 1999, CVI has conducted more than 150 technical trainings and devilered 16 major conferences with over 7,500 people served. For over ten years, the technicial training program has provided workshops in watershed and stream assessment, watershed-based planning, sediment sampling, decentralized wastewater technologies, geographic information systems, natural stream design, and stream construction management. Our staff has joined togather with West Virginia University and other experts in the watershed industry to offer training in issues and practices that are at the forefront of today's watershed concerns.
Youth-based programs
Over the past several years, CVI has been instrumenal in the development of enviromental education programs in West Virginia, and Maryland. From day one watershed fesivals to yearlong watershed studies, we have provided assistance in the areas of program development, professional development workshops, field trips, curriculm development, project evaluation, and instruction. We have assisted in the development of two nationally reconized youth-based programs, wining awards for enviromental education, character education, and civic engagement.
