Oklahoma Master Irrigator Program Fellow: Sumit Sharma, Oklahoma State University Roadmap
Fellow Report: A publication was produced on the Master Irrigator Program during this period with help of Heather Martin. An evaluation report on the program has been written during this period, and it is being finalized. The next program's advisory panel was scheduled with a meeting on June 9. Experience(s) working with your Catalysts and Key Informants: During this period, we had a meeting regarding publication with the team. The team also started to reach out to other states for forming a national/regional irrigation extension network.They are working with Paulina on an evaluation report of the program and have also worked with Heather and Rose with production of a publication on our program. Both were very helpful and our team achieved our goals on evaluation reporting and publication. Significant Results: ● The participants of our program have shown interest in post program services, especially well audits and irrigation uniformity tests. We have started providing post program services to the participants of the program. So far three producers have benefited from these services. ● The next round of well audits will be conducted during the fourth week of June depending on the availability of producers and our team. Anticipated work for the next reporting period (June 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022): ● Host panel advisory meetings. ● Finalize curriculum for next master irrigators program. ● Finalize the dates for the program. ● Have marketing materials ready for the program. Key Informant Services Reports: Program Design and Educational Technology Had an initial meeting with the team to discuss the curriculum development process including identifying audience and learning objectives. Shared adult learning considerations.
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