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2020 State Training Cohort – Final Day

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NOTE: This post will be updated throughout the coming weeks to add additional handouts and recordings for each of the presentations.

The final in-person day of the 2020 Master Wellness Volunteer Program State Training Cohort is 03 March, 2020. The final agenda and handouts related to the day’s sessions may be accessed below.

  • Agenda: PDF (110 KB)
  • Session 1 – Step Up Scale Down
  • Session 2 – Human Behavior Change
  • Session 3 – Public Speaking: How to Effectively Convey Your Message
  • Session 4: Working Lunch – Develop/Refine Speeches
    • Host County Extension Agent
  • Session 5: Path to the Plate
  • Session 6 – Creating a Culture of Wellness
  • Session 7 – Finish/Practice Speeches and Review for Certification Exam
    • Host County Extension Agent
  • Session 8 – Certification Exam
    • Host County Extension Agent
  • Session 9: Wrap-up, Discuss Internship Opportunities, Next Steps & Adjourn
    • Host County Extension Agent

And now the really hard/fun work begins as a Master Wellness Volunteer Intern. Be thinking about opportunities with and through your County Extension Agent to start logging those 40-hours of give back required for certification. And don’t forget to report them via the reporting tab at the top of this page. Remember – if it’s not on “paper” it didn’t happen!

Thank you for your eagerness and commitment to ensure Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is Reaching Every Texan!

2020 State Training Cohort – First Day

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NOTE: This post will be updated throughout the coming weeks to add additional handouts and recordings for each of the presentations.

The first in-person day of the 2020 Master Wellness Volunteer Program State Training Cohort is 21 January, 2020. The final agenda and handouts related to the day’s sessions may be accessed below.

  • Agenda: PDF (104 KB)
  • Session 1 – Welcome & Importance of Volunteers
  • Session 2 – Youth Protection Standards
  • Session 3 – Research-/Evidence-based Information/Education
  • Session 4: Walk Across Texas
  • Session 5: Working Lunch
    • Host County Extension Agent
  • Session 6 – Why Nutrition Matters with Diabetes and Hypertension
  • Session 7 – Better Living for Texans
  • Session 8 – Learn, Grow, Eat, & Go!
  • Session 9: Wrap-up & Adjourn
    • Host County Extension Agent
    • Handout: PDF (155 KB)

What’s next? Well you have some work to do between now and our final training day 03 March, 2020, via the AgriLife Learn Online Course System. Thank you for your eagerness and commitment to ensure Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is Reaching Every Texan!