2022/2023 MN Trout in the Classroom: Volunteer Training on Sept. 20th at 6:30 pm

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As previously announced, the MN State Legislature, in an 11th-hour move, rejected a funding request for the MNTU Trout in the Classroom (TIC) program, an award-winning science education program that teaches students in over sixty (60) Minnesota K-12 schools about coldwater conservation.
After we learned of the cancellation of TIC funding, all of MNTU statewide chapters, together with the State Council, pledged enough money to keep the program going at a basic level for another year, and agreed that we will work together in the coming year to find more sustainable, long-term support.  Rumor has it that Minnesota has the 3rd-largest TIC program in the country, only behind California and New York.
In order to boost support across Minnesota for MNTU Education Program Supervisor, Amber Taylor, we are looking at developing a field support effort for the enrolled schools, which for this coming year is approximately 70 K-12 schools.  This field support would be achieved by MNTU Chapter volunteers supporting 1 to 5 schools in each of the volunteer’s local community.

MNTU Chapter volunteers who are interested would, for their assigned schools:

• Be trained in Aquarium ecology
• As need, be the local TIC support person
• Maintain relationship with one or two teachers and their students at each school
• Help with egg delivery
• Assist with aquarium setup for new schools
• Assist and trouble shoot TIC issues
• Deliver fish fry for testing to DNR prior to Spring release dates
• Assist/coordinate at least one winter classroom program each school year

As we are in the development stage of this program, we will be conducting a Zoom meeting on Tuesday, September 20th, 6:30pm for the purpose of getting input and answering questions of those volunteers that might be interested.
To register for this meeting, please click here

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