{"id":17721,"date":"2021-04-15T08:30:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T12:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=17721"},"modified":"2025-01-14T12:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T16:51:01","slug":"jarred-brooke-receives-pk-12-council-staff-excellence-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/jarred-brooke-receives-pk-12-council-staff-excellence-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Jarred Brooke Receives PK-12 Council Staff Excellence Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Jarred<\/a>Purdue Extension wildlife specialist Jarred Brooke<\/a>\u00a0was honored by the College of Agriculture PK-12 Council on Thursday with the Staff Excellence Award for his work with PK-12 audiences to expand their interest in and preparation for careers in natural resource sciences.<\/div>\n
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The Council\u2019s Outreach and Engagement Awards were established to recognize, reward and celebrate faculty and staff involved in successful outreach and engagement activities and to encourage the improvement and expansion of those activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinning this award is truly an honor,\u201d Brooke said. \u201cWorking with PK-12 youth and youth educators is one of the most rewarding aspects of my job. Each time I see students or teachers have those \u2018aha moments\u2019 while connecting with nature it reaffirms that I chose the right career. I would not have been able to win this award if it were not for the help of my many great colleagues at Purdue, other universities, and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cConnecting youth with nature is so vital because their outdoor experiences now will shape how they view and understand nature as adults, ultimately influencing their willingness to protect and conserve the natural world in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Brooke, who earned his wildlife degree from Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources in 2012, joined the FNR staff in August 2016. His extension work impacting youth includes conservation field days, writing natural resources-based curricula for The\u00a0Nature of Teaching<\/a> signature program, and also planning and overseeing the 4-H and FFA Wildlife Habitat Education Program contest among other things.<\/p>\n

For full article >>><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Resources:<\/strong>
\nNature of Teaching<\/a>, Purdue Agriculture
\nNatural of Teaching YouTube Channel<\/a>
\nIndiana 4-H Youth Development<\/a>, Purdue Extension
\n4-H Academy<\/a>, Purdue Extension
\nCollege of Agriculture PK-12 Council Outreach and Engagement Awards<\/a>, Purdue Agriculture
\nNational Wildlife Habitat Education Program (WHEP)<\/a>, Teaching Youth Valuable Skills<\/p>\n

Jarred Brooke<\/a>, Wildlife Extension Specialist
\nPurdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Purdue Extension wildlife specialist Jarred Brooke\u00a0was honored by the College of Agriculture PK-12 Council on Thursday with the Staff Excellence Award for his work with PK-12 audiences to expand their interest in and preparation for careers in natural resource sciences. The Council\u2019s Outreach and Engagement Awards were established to recognize, reward and celebrate faculty and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,79,42,499,859],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aquaculturefish","category-aqua","category-forestry","category-natural-resource-planning","category-nature-of-teaching"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t