Letter (Letter)
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EDUC (2000)
K-12 Professionals
06/13/2023 - 06/14/2023
06/28/2023
Summer 2023
ND Farm Bureau, 1101 - 1st Avenue North, Fargo, ND
Face-to-Face
$50
Meeting Pattern
- Tuesday, June 13, 2023 {9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.}
- Wednesday, June 14, 2023 {8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.}
Description
This course “wrote the book” on Ag Literacy and community connections. The Summer Ag Institute is designed to provide educators with professional development training in agricultural literacy through workshops and hands-on 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. Educators will leave with ready to use activities and experiences for students in their classrooms.
Syllabus, Objectives, and Outcomes
OBJECTIVES:
1. 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.
2. Use workshops 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.
3. Develop understanding, thinking skills, creativity, and improve communication skills in the learning environment with students.
4. Use Workshops to demonstrate how they integrate into the current curriculum.
5. Identify and use appropriate learning activities to integrate social concerns and social perspectives regarding food, land, and people issues.
REQUIRED STUDENT RESOURCES:
AITC Curriculum Matrix lessons http://www.agclassroom.org/. Food, Land, and People Curriculum, ND Ag Dept., NDSU STEM
"GLAD THE INSTITUTE IS NEW EACH YEAR SO I CAN TAKE MORE OF THEM FOR CREDIT. I'D HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO COLLEAGUES!"
"IT WAS A DELIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS COURSE. I WOULD EASILY ATTEND ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR COURSES."
"WONDERFUL PRESENTERS AND VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND KNEW THE MATERIALS VERY WELL. THEY WERE HELPFUL WITH FINDING INFORMATION YOU NEEDED."
"COURSE WAS SO INTERESTING -- EVEN IF SOMEONE WASN'T A TEACHER. IT WAS REALLY FUN AND ENGAGING."
"I THOUGHT THIS COURSE WAS GREAT! LOTS OF INFORMATION AND GREAT IDEAS TO BRING BACK TO MY CLASSROOM!!"
"INSTRUCTORS DID A GREAT JOB AND THE CLASS MATERIALS AND RESOURCES WERE SPOT ON! GREAT COURSE!"
"THE TWO-DAY COURSE PRESENTED MANY REALISTIC IDEAS FOR THE CLASSROOM. THE AG WEBSITE HAS AMAZING LESSON PLANS WHICH ARE WELL LAID OUT FOR AN INSTRUCTOR."
"THANK YOU FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU DID TO MAKE US FEEL WELCOME IN THE CLASS! YOUR HOSPITALITY WAS AMAZING!!"
"THANKS FOR GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE AG INDUSTRY. IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY, WE ARE IMPACTED BY IT AND FOR MANY, IT IS THEIR WAY OF LIFE. GOOD WORK!"
CLASS HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO LOW ENROLLMENT.