Name: Ali Bailey
Term: Spring 2022
Credits: 8
Title of Internship: Thurston Conservation District Community Outreach Internship<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Internship hours\/wk: 15
Internship credits: 6
Academic credits: 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Field supervisor: Nora Carman-White
Title: Communications & Education Manager
Organization: Thurston Conservation District<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Name: Dr. Sarah Williams
Title: Faculty
Organization: The Evergreen State College<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Narrative: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This internship with Thurston Conservation District is designed to be a community-based learning experience where the student will assist in bringing educational programs and conservation volunteer experiences to adults and youth in Thurston County. Activities the student will assist Education and Outreach staff with include general outreach activities and information distribution, volunteer recruitment, public communications, and planning and coordination for events such as the annual South Sound Regional Envirothon competition for high school students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In support of her learning goals, the student will write weekly blog posts on an\u00a0ePortfolio\u00a0with personal reflections and connections between internship experience and reading materials. Texts to be studied include:\u00a0Farm (and Other F Words): The Rise and Fall of the Small Family Farm<\/em>\u00a0by Sarah K. Mock,\u00a0The Farm as Natural Habitat<\/em>\u00a0edited by Dana L. Jackson and Laura L. Jackson,\u00a0Nature\u2019s Matrix<\/em>\u00a0by Ivette Perfecto, John Vandermeer, and Angus Wright,\u00a0The Farm Bill: A Citizen\u2019s Guide<\/em>\u00a0by Dan Imhoff and Christina Badaracco, and\u00a0Aldo Leopold and the Ecological Conscience<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Student Info Name: Ali BaileyTerm: Spring 2022Credits: 8Title of Internship: Thurston Conservation District Community Outreach Internship Internship Info Internship hours\/wk:…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-bailey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-bailey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-bailey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-bailey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-bailey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-bailey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-bailey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-bailey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Learning objective
<\/strong><\/td>Activity<\/strong><\/td> Deliverable<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> \u00a0To collaborate with conservation district staff, volunteers, and other stakeholders to promote conservation practices on agricultural lands.<\/td> Assist staff with planning and coordination of outreach and educational events, creation and distribution of public communication materials, and participate in daily operations.\u00a0<\/td> Notes and progress posted to an ePortfolio with weekly blog posts and consistent documentation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/td><\/tr> To connect hands-on experience with relevant academic research.\u00a0<\/td> Reading reference texts or other sources to increase understanding of links between biodiversity, soil and water conservation, and food justice.\u00a0<\/td> \u00a0Notes and progress posted to an ePortfolio with weekly blog posts and consistent documentation.\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Evaluation of Work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n