{"id":5974,"date":"2009-09-15T06:48:49","date_gmt":"2009-09-15T06:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.auburn.edu\/aww\/?p=58"},"modified":"2023-05-08T13:56:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T13:56:09","slug":"training-in-arley-yields-four-new-aww-trainers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/training-in-arley-yields-four-new-aww-trainers\/","title":{"rendered":"Training in Arley yields four new AWW trainers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Bill Deutsch and Sergio  Ruiz-Cordova traveled to Arley,   Alabama to train a group of  Alabama Water Watch-certified volunteer monitors to become AWW trainers Saturday,  September 12th. The AWW <em>Training  of Trainers Workshop<\/em> was held at the Meek High School  in Arley. The AWW Program has been training citizens throughout the state to  test the water quality of their local streams, rivers, lakes, bays and bayous  since 1993. Bill quickly realized that the exponential growth in volunteer  monitors could not be sustained with just a couple of AWW trainers, and  developed the <em>Training of Trainer  Workshop<\/em> in 1995. Currently, the AWW Program has about 40 trainers  statewide, and AWW-certified volunteer trainers conducted about 2\/3rds  of trainings within the past year. Since 1993, over 5,000 Alabamian have been  certified as AWW water monitors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ag.auburn.edu\/fish\/quick\/files\/2009\/09\/09arleytot1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" hspace=\"80\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align:justify\">Trainees, Larry Barkey (on left) and James Mason (in back) receive training materials from Bill Deutsch <\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The ranks of AWW trainers  gained four new recruits at the Arley training, and two veteran trainers went  through the <em>Trainer Refresher Workshop<\/em>.  The workshop participants came from the Black Warrior, Coosa and Tennessee River basins, and represented five AWW  monitor groups (listed below). New trainees included:&#160;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Kulbitkas  representing Smith Lake Civic Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Larry Barkey  representing Winston County Smith Lake Advocacy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>James Mason  representing Huntsville Senior Environment Corps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Loretta Weninegar  representing Columbia High School, Huntsville,   AL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Trainers that got refreshed  included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ray O&#8217;Donnell  representing RSVP\/Marshall County<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Isabella Trussell  representing Logan Martin Lake Protection Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Bill opened the workshop  with an overview of AWW Program trends. He then reviewed the Executive Summary of  the 2008 AWW Annual Report, and lead a discussion &#8220;Thinking about AWW in  the Big Picture&#8221;, touching on comparative advantages of AWW monitoring,  maintaining quality citizen water data, interpretation of the citizen data,  better use of the data, and AWW success stories and local initiatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Other topics of discussion  included volunteer monitor group dynamics, levels of AWW certification, role of  the Alabama Water Watch Association, what is involved in becoming a trainer,  planning an AWW workshop, preparing for a workshop, conducting a workshop, and  following up after a workshop. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Special thanks to Ms.  Susette Rohde, the Meek   High School science  teacher who assisted with \u00a0training logistics  and provided delicious home-made treats for the participants! To locate an AWW  trainer near you and request a training workshop, go to the AWW website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alabamawaterwatch.org\/\">www.alabamawaterwatch.org<\/a> and  click on the <em>Monitor Resources<\/em> menu,  or call the AWW toll-free number at (888) 844-4785. And the next time that  you&rsquo;re out cruising on a beautiful lake, paddling down a picturesque stream, or  fishing in a productive bayou, remember to shout out a big &ldquo;<strong>Thank You!<\/strong>&rdquo; to the selfless volunteer  trainers \u2013 like John, Larry, James Loretta, Ray and Isabella, and the volunteer  monitors who give hundreds of hours of their time to watch over and protect the  rich aquatic resources of our State.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Deutsch and Sergio Ruiz-Cordova traveled to Arley, Alabama to train a group of Alabama Water Watch-certified volunteer monitors to become AWW trainers Saturday, September 12th. 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