Teacher Assistance

RiverWatch provides equipment and expertise to assist teachers

A major focus of RiverWatch is to assist teachers in the delivery of science curriculum objectives and learner outcomes. RiverWatch meets the needs of teachers who are, in turn, looking out for the needs of their students!

When it comes right down to it, teachers are our clients. If they're happy with the service provided to their students, they'll book RiverWatch for their classes in the following year.

Here are a few of the things that RiverWatch does for teachers!

RiverWatch provides pre-trip assistance

RiverWatch provides helpful advice, experience and materials with each booking. There is extra work involved for teachers when they plan learning experiences outside of a classroom. RiverWatch assists with all the pre-trip paperwork, equipment arrangements and student preparations.

River Watch takes the pressure off

RiverWatch provides local, professional guides to "carry the ball" while teachers and their classes are out on the river. Gone is the requirement that teachers be a "jack-of-all-trades" and expert in chemistry, biology, fieldwork, trip safety, data collection and site selection. RiverWatch handles all the extra physical work With RiverWatch, teachers no longer have to borrow, repair, transport, clean and store equipment. At the end of the day, teachers and students board their bus, wave good-bye and leave the clean-up duties to our staff!

RiverWatch staff handle all the equipment clean-up after the bus heads back to school!

RiverWatch supplements school equipment resources

A fleet of fully equipped floating laboratories is made available to schools around the province. Each participating school no longer needs to purchase and maintain their own equipment. RiverWatch provides a central source for rafts, lifejackets, raincoats, chemistry kits and invertebrate nets.

RiverWatch is available to all schools, regardless of size or location. We're able to send trucks, staff, equipment and rafts out to smaller rural centres that, by themselves, could not support a daily program.

Sponsors have provided funding for much of the equipment used by RiverWatch

RiverWatch forms significant partnerships

Partnerships formed with federal and provincial governments, corporations and community resources include funding for capital equipment, access to expertise and the use of facilities that are made available to each school in the RiverWatch Program.

Let us know if RiverWatch can be of assistance to you and your school!