CASA and CWEA Presents: Catch the Wave: Building the Future Workforce through Local Student Water Education Events - Live Webinar

Free for Members & Non-Members

Contact Hours:  1.8 contact hours towards CWEA certifications: ALL

This webinar provides public agencies with a practical roadmap for hosting immersive, hands-on field days that bring water careers to life. Featuring successful case studies from Roseville, Leucadia, San Elijo, and Olivenhain, this session provides the tools that agencies of any size may need to build local school partnerships and design interactive demonstrations that inspire the next generation of water professionals. Webinar participants will learn how to leverage their existing community and education programs to build strategic partnerships with high schools and community colleges to connect to students exploring career fields. The session will offer step-by-step instructions for designing interactive demonstrations that give students a tangible understanding of public agency careers to show them the value, impact, and benefits of working in the water industry.

Learning Objectives
Adapt Existing Programs: Learn how to use your agency’s current community outreach efforts and materials to build a successful field day event.
Build Local Connections: Identify effective ways to reach out to high schools and community colleges to introduce students to clean water careers.
Host Hands-On Activities: Gain practical, step-by-step instructions for setting up interactive on-site demonstrations that show students what it is like to work at a public agency.
 
Speakers
Ryan Green, Leucadia
Tom Falk, San Elijo
TBD, Olivenhain
Brayden Mitchell, Roseville
 
Moderator:
Gregoria Estrada, HDR
 
Agenda
Intro – Gregorio (5 mins)
Roseville (30 mins)
  Q&A (5 mins)
Leucadia, San Elijo, Olivenhain (35 mins)
  Q&A (15 mins)

Registrants who view the live webinar to see the slides and hear the audio and then enter the correct attention check codes (directions below) will receive 1.8 contact hours towards CWEA certifications: ALL

To receive your contact hours for viewing the live webinar, please note the two (2) different attention check codes that will be displayed at two different points during the webinar in the top right corner of the presentation for approximately 90 seconds.  Please enter these codes as 1st attention check code – 2nd attention check code (XXXX-XXXX) in the Attention Check Code component under the "Contents" tab.  

Please note, all user activity of CWEA certification holders on the Online Wastewater Education Network is subject to the CWEA Code of Ethics standards for professional conduct and ethics. Certification holders should receive credit for a training only once within the same contact hour period. Any attempt to undermine the certification process may be subject to ethics procedures and possible sanctions. It is not possible to receive contact hours for both attending the live webinar and viewing the recording.  

Once you have entered the correct attendance check codes, you will be able to create and download an electronic certificate of completion under the "Contents" tab.