Continuing Education Committee
Chairperson
Jenn Vincent
jenn.vincent@idfg.idaho.gov
Overview
The Continuing Education Committee's focus is to provide fisheries professionals with opportunities to grow their skillset and develop professionally across a wide variety of topics typically through the use of workshops. Workshops can include in person and/or virtual opportunities which usually occur during the annual meeting.
Mission
This mission of the Continuing Education Committee is to promote the development of fisheries professionals through organization and production of workshops.
Goals
The committee will seek to accomplish the committee mission through the following goals:
- Generate workshop topics, as well as solicit and collect professional development workshop proposals from annual meeting attendees and the Executive Committee.
- Secure the best available workshop instructors for the topic at hand.
- Facilitate production of the workshops in concert with annual meeting planners.
Past Workshop Opportunities
2024
- Genetics 101
- The Lamprey Lens - Incorporating Lampreys into Restoration and Monitoring Project
- Nutrition in Aquaculture: What are we feeding our fish and why?
- All about PIT Tagging
- Communicating Science: a guide to scientific storytelling
- Aquatic Connectivity, Flood Capacity, and Structural Integrity Associated with Road-Stream Crossings: Concepts and Tools for Management
2023
- Identifying and Preventing Harassment in the Field
- Everything you ever wanted to know about Monitoring Stream Temperature but were afraid to ask
- Using Program R in Fisheries Science: A Primer
- Fish Printing
2022
- Diverse Perspectives on the Current and Emerging State of Aquaculture in Idaho
- Cultural Competency and Relevancy
- Inclusion in the Workplace: Practical Strategies for Consideration
2021
- Fishes without Borders
- Fish Health and Biosecurity
- Stage 0 Habitat Follow-up and Fish Response
Supplemental Materials from past workshops
2018 Scientific Writing Workshop by Dr. Michael Hansen