Forestry Training Manual: Inter-America Region (Peace Corps, 1986): Session XVIII

Forestry Training Manual: Inter-America Region (Peace Corps, 1986)

		(introduction...)
		Acknowledgements
		Trainer guidelines
		Training program overview
		Forestry observation guide for site visit
		Getting ready
		Conducting the training program
		Weekly evaluation form
		Session I - Welcome, expectations, and evaluation criteria
		Daily schedule for technical training I
		Session II - Special projects
		Session III - The forest of the world, Peace Corps forestry goals, the individual volunteers' roles
		Session IV - Language class
		Session V - Record keeping
		Session VI - Journal keeping and setting
		Session VII - Flowers, seeds, the beginning
		Session VIII - Spanish language class
		Session IX - Non-verbal communication
		Session X - Basic site selection, planning and layout of a nursery
		Session XI - Spanish lesson
		Session XII - Cultural values
		Session XIII - Soil preparation, seed bed sowing, and reproduction by clippings
		Session XIV - Spanish language
		Session XV - Communication through illustration
		Session XVI - Fertilizers, watering and containers
		Session XVII - Spanish language
		Session XVIII - Protection and record keeping
		Session XIX - Individual interviews
		Weekly evaluation form
		Session XX - Planting trees
		Session XXI - Spanish language session
		Session XXII - Introduction to extension
		Session XXIII - The principals of pruning and thinning learning how to make and use a diameter tape
		Session XXIV - Spanish language
		Session XXV - Volunteer's role as an extensionist
		Session XXVI - Pacing, plane table, rustic transit and compass
		Session XXVII - Spanish language
		Session XVIII - Forestry extension
		Session XXIX - Forest menstruation
		Session XXX - Spanish language
		Session XXXI - Working with groups as an extension worker
		Session XXXII - Agro-forestry
		Session XXXIII - Spanish language
		Session XXXIV - Lesson plan and use of visual AIDS in teaching
		Session XXXV - Small research projects
		Session XXXVI - Individual interviews
		Session XXXVII - Soils
		Session XXXVIII - Spanish language
		Session XXXIX - Community analysis introduction
		Session XL - Soil erosion
		Session XLI - Spanish language
		Session XLII - Problem analysis
		Session XLIII - Watershed management
		Session XLIV - Spanish language
		Session XLV - Review of expectations - Mid way
		Session XLVI - Spanish language
		Session XLVII - Species report
		Session XLVIII - Forestry issues
		Session XLIX - Spanish language
		Session L - Field trip overview
		Session LI - Ecology teams give presentations
		Session LII - Individual interviews
		Session LIII - Review of field trips
		Session LIV - Project planning: Goal setting
		Session LV - Spanish language
		Session LVI - Resources
		Session LVII - Compost heap. Insect collection. Light gaps
		Session LVIII - Spanish language
		Session LIX - Cultural shock - Are we ready for it?
		Session LX - Grafting and fruit trees
		Session LXI - Spanish language
		Session LXII - Professional approaches to interaction with host country officials
		Session LXIII - Final interviews
		Session LXIV - Graduation

Session XVIII - Forestry extension

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Goals:

1. To identify and discuss what participants have learned about extension work up to this point.
2. To explore and apply these conclusions at the mid-point in training.
3. To assess and develop strategies which will enhance the consideration and improve acceptance of extension as part of forestry .

Overview

This session will provide an opportunity for participants to consolidate their learnings and discuss and clarify their ideas regarding extension work. It will also provide an opportunity to apply some of these learnings to activities PCVs can implement in their communities and provide an overview of different ways in which extension work can be integrated in the PCVs work.

Materials: Flip chart, marker pens, tape.

Procedures

Time	Activities
5 minutes	1. Introduce session by briefly stating its goals and presenting an overview of the session.
Individual discussion 20 minutes	2, Ask participants to individually identify the major things they have learned regarding extension by writing down on a piece of paper the four or five thoughts or ideas which stand out in their minds as being most important about extension. Trainer can briefly summarize each extension session before participants start in order to help them remember and identify their learnings.
Sub-group work 15 minutes	3. Ask participants to form groups of five or six and share their most important conclusions of extension work. Ask them to look for similarities and differences and select any ideas, questions, concerns, they want to present to the total group.
Group discussion 20 minutes	4. Reconvene and ask participants for important ideas, questions or concerns which they discussed in their small groups. Example: You have identified ideas, questions, concerns, and now have some conclusions regarding extension. Are there any important thoughts you want to share with the group? Any similarities or differences which surprised you? Were there any concerns raised in your small group discussion you want to bring to the group? Trainer jots down on newsprint, remarks for each group. A discussion ensues based on statements and questions made by participants.
Individual work 15 minutes	5. Ask participants to do individually the following task:
Task: Based on what you have learned about extension, what could you do differently (strategies, actions, activities) as a PCV starting extension work. Think of the following aspects of your future work: a) entering the community, b) getting to know the community, c) meeting community people and making friends, d) identifying community needs, f) entering the job, g) establishing secondary projects, h) evaluating "how are you aging" as a PCV. This is not an exhaustive list and participants do not need to address each of these areas. It is a guideline to help them think about the different aspects of their work and different actions they might take to consider extension projects and communities.
20 minutes	6. Ask participants to form groups of two or three and discuss their individual analysis. As they discuss, they should pay sub group analysis attention to which actions or strategies seem to address extension work more effectively; which seem more feasible given the culture, history and considerations in the host country; which are more practical and easy to implement. They should select the best strategies or activities to present to total group and receive feedback from other participants and trainer. The subgroups task can be presented on a flip chart as follows:
Task: Discuss your strategies or actions taking into consideration their effectiveness, cultural appropriateness and feasibility. If necessary, develop new strategies out of your discussion. Select the best strategies to present for analysis and feedback.
30 minutes	7. In general session, trainer asks for group discussion examples of participants strategies. Trainers react to proposed strategies using the following guidelines:
		- most likely to succeed strategies and why,
		- most likely to fail strategies and why,
		- suggestions and new ideas about strategies and activities which work and do not work based on their own experience.
Closure 10 minutes	8. Trainer summarizes session by presenting or Developing with the participants a list of different ways in which extension can take place in Peace Corps activities.

Materials: Newsprint for activities #5 and 6.