4-H WILDLIFE STEWARDS ON-LINE COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Pre-Course Requirements
(the following must be completed prior to starting the course)

• 4-H Volunteer Service Application (two pages)
• Program Commitment Form (pdf)
• Complete the 4-H Background History Release Authorization form with your local 4-H office
• Complete the 4-H Volunteer Leader Screening process with your local county 4-H Staff
• Register here with payment of $115

After these requirements have been met, trainees will receive a confirmation letter with a password and instructions on how to log on, their 4-H Wildlife Stewards Project Handbook,  4-H Wildlife Stewards Project Certification Handbook, DVD or VHS video series, and registration form for OSU graduate credit (for those who indicate interest in taking this course for credit).

• Each module includes a reading assignment and sometimes trainees will be required to watch a training video.  Each module also includes a short quiz and sometimes an on-line assignment. Trainees must correctly answer 80% of 5-10 multiple choice questions and fully complete each assignment. Trainees will also be required to participate in the 4-H Wildlife Stewards web course on-line discussion board for each of the seven units.
• Trainees must complete the course survey
• Trainees only have to complete the modules they have not received through one of the 4-H Wildlife Stewards on-site trainings.
• The instructor (Maureen Hosty) will inform them each time they have passed or completed a module. Trainees must complete the module again if they don’t pass.
• Once trainees have successfully completed all the required modules they will receive a certificate of completion.
• Trainees taking this course for professional development graduate credits must write a one page reflective paper on how they intend to incorporate the information and resources from this on-line course into their school setting.