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COMMUNITY EDUCATION ABOUT THE FLAT OUT WONDERFUL KATY PR AIRIE Prepared by
June 2012
Jaime Gonzalez, M.Ed., Katy Prairie Conservancy
The Katy Prairie offers a wide variety of educational experiences.
WHAT IS KPC’S INSIDE - OUTSIDE GAME?
sketch of Buffalo Bayou Master Plan
Katy Prairie Conservancy’s community education goals are predicated on three strategies (1) Educate people about Katy Prairie (2) Elevate the status of prairies and (3) Create and strengthen strategic partnerships What is Community Education?
Today, KPC is working to produce and deliver
Community Education entails seeing everyone
top-quality programming {such as Summer
that comes in contact with the Katy Prairie as a potential student and in some cases as a teacher. Therefore we teach school children but also consider board members, KPC staff, volunteers, our partners, and our preserve tenants as members of a learning community. Our goal is always to get the best teachers in
Science Nights} to visitors on the prairie. We offer a full-slate of activities throughout the year for children and adults. This is what we call our inside game We also recognize that we are a part of a larger environmental community and that our goals
front of our students regardless of title.
and aspirations are partially dependent on the
What is KPC’s Inside/Outside Game?
with many environmental institutions, in a time
To be optimally successful Katy Prairie Conservancy will have to connect people to the land through traditional programming like hikes but will also have to cultivate new advocates through it’s online presence and its strategic partnerships.
health of this community. KPC is partnering of tight budgets, to reach larger collaborative goals while incurring less cost for KPC. We are also working to strengthen communication and capacity among our colleagues to elevate prairies in the consciousness of the general public and to make information sharing much easier. It helps our partners while making us stronger. This is our outside game.
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