Meeting Pattern
- August 1 - Tuesday {9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.}
- August 2 - Wednesday {8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.} CST
Description
Come learn how the world is changing and how to help your students be ready to change and grow along with it! Learn how to solve the problem of world hunger and other social issues. This course is designed to provide educators with professional development training in agricultural literacy through workshops and demonstrations. This course will utilize the elementary level workshops/concepts with additional lessons and resources from the National Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix. The Matrix is an online, searchable, standards-based curriculum map for K-12 teachers. The course will provide an overview of strategies, materials, curriculum development, and research related to assisting the Pre-K-12th grade educators to better understand the interdependence of agriculture, the environment, and human needs through lessons in multiple curriculum areas: reading, writing, science, health, consumer education, mathematics, social studies, geography, STEAM and more.
Syllabus, Objectives, and Outcomes
OBJECTIVES:
- Provide educators with current agricultural professional development training by National Center for Agriculture Literacy (NCAL) curriculum specialists to understand larger concepts such as ecosystem balance, diversity, sustainability, watersheds and community.
- Use lessons available through AITC, FLP, ND Dept of Ag, etc. with current educational concepts to help teachers with group activities (large, small, and cooperative), provide for individual differences and learning styles, and evaluate students’ learning using agricultural content.
- Develop understanding, thinking skills, creativity, and improve communication skills in the learning environment with students.
- Use hands-on lessons and demonstrate how they integrate into the current curriculum.
- Identify and use appropriate learning activities to integrate social concerns and social perspectives regarding food, land, and people issues.
RESOURCES:
AITC Curriculum Matrix lessons http://www.agclassroom.org/.
Registration Instructions
Class is cancelled.