Curriculum Workshop: Teaching Ag Careers across the Curriculum, an Ag Literacy Challenge
Course: Agricultural Education and Studies (AgEdS) 593A, section XA
Learn new and innovative ways to integrate career exploration activities into agriculture classrooms and courses. A major emphasis will be to help teachers design a course and/or limit of study that will include information on what is fueling the hiring demands of future career opportunities in agriculture, how to identify student interests, how to develop skills for careers and how to encourage self assessment.
Prerequisite: none
Dates: June 15-17
Day/Time: Wednesday through Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Delivery method: on ISU campus
Location: 224 Curtiss Hall
Credit: 1 graduate credit
Tuition: $318
Delivery fee: none
Computer fee applies--see table
Off-campus program: Master of Agriculture
Instructor: Levon Esters, Assistant Professor
Registration deadline: June 15
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Methods Workshop: Using the Scientific Method to Teach Agricultural Education
Course: Agricultural Education and Studies (AgEdS) 593B, section XA
Using the scientific method to teach high school agriculture. Learn how to create exciting hands-on learning activities. Learn how ag science experimentation can make SAE accessible to more students and increase your program's appeal to college bound students, expose students to careers and engage them in the science of agriculture.
Prerequisite: none
Dates: June 13-15
Day/Time: Monday-Tuesday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Wednesday 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Delivery method: on ISU campus
Location: 224 Curtiss Hall
Credit: 1 graduate credit
Tuition: $318
Delivery fee: none
Computer fee applies--see table
Off-campus program: Master of Agriculture
Instructor: Greg Miller, Professor
Registration deadline: June 13
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Evaluation Workshop: Entrepreneurship in Agriculture
Course: Agricultural Education and Studies (AgEdS) 593C, section XA
Learn how to teach entrepreneurship in agriculture. Develop learning activities that will emphasize business principles and can make SAE relevant to more students.
Prerequisite: none
Dates: June 20-22
Day/Time: Monday-Tuesday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Wednesday 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Delivery method: on ISU campus
Location: 224 Curtiss Hall
Credit: 1 graduate credit
Tuition: $318
Delivery fee: none
Computer fee applies--see table
Off-campus program: Master of Agriculture
Instructor: Chuck Steiner, Lecturer
Registration deadline: June 20
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Evaluation Workshop: Program Planning Using Food, Land and People Instructional Materials
Course: Agricultural Education and Studies (AgEdS) 593G, section XA
Teachers will learn how to use 55 hands-on lessons developed and tested by thousands of teachers nationwide. The Food, Land and People curriculum materials focus on technical science and social sciences. Subjects include environmental science and stewardship and other related issues.
Prerequisite: none
Dates: June 30-July 1
Day/Time: Thursday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Delivery method: on ISU campus
Location: 224 Curtiss Hall
Credit: 1 graduate credit
Tuition: $318
Delivery fee: none
Computer fee applies--see table
Off-campus program: Master of Agriculture
Instructor: Wade Miller, Professor
Registration deadline: June 30
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