certified presenter training

www.LearnAboutAg.org

Who We Are

California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom (CFAITC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides educators with quality free and low-cost materials, training and information to promote student understanding of California agriculture.

To increase awareness and understanding of agriculture among California’s educators and students.

VISION

An appreciation of agriculture by all.

MISSION

Certified Presenters

Teachers and educators like you with a passion for agricultural literacy!

As a presenter, you will be asked to represent the Foundation at a variety of conferences, exhibits, agriculture education days and university workshops.

This is an important job and we are counting on you to portray what the Foundation stands for-- agricultural literacy, professionalism, honesty, customer service and a dedication to supplying well-balanced information about California agriculture to educators, students and the general public throughout the state.

USTP workshops are offered through college credentialing programs to introduce student teachers to agricultural literacy and its many possibilities in

today's classroom. Workshops supply examples of: • Lesson plans with an agricultural theme for basic

subjects taught in grades K-12. • Classroom applications of activities and projects

about agriculture. • Teacher-developed, field-tested materials

correlated with California State Standards.

Presentations can be tailored to fit specific curriculum emphasis and can last from 45 minutes to 3 hours or more. There is no charge for workshops.

University Student Teacher Program

In 2010 CFAITC was awarded an ACE grant to do Urban Outreach!

• 10 USTP presentations • 3 urban regions • 2-hour presentations• State Content Standards

Next we will review a presentation using the outline for these presentations and you will see demonstrations on a few of the activities!Please refer to the outline included in your packet of materials and follow along.

USTP Presentation

USTP Presentation Outline and Overview

Introduce yourself as a presenter and provide a brief overview of presentation.

ACTIVITY 1: Ag Gallery: 3 poster boards with 3 questions to get participants thinking about agriculture:

What can you learn through agriculture?

Where is your Ag knowledge?Expert(Biotechnology, GMO)

Intermediate(Plant Science, Livestock)Beginner(I know what a cow is)

Why is

agriculture

important?

I. About AITC and what we do/history• To increase awareness and understanding of agriculture among California's educators and students.• Programs are represented in 40% of all CA schools through teachers.• Free resources made for teachers by teachers• that meet California State Standards

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ACTIVITY 2: Acrostic Poems: Creative Poem activity.

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II. Discuss and Distribute Resource Materials

All our materials are FREE and reviewed by educators and ag industry experts

1. Teacher Resource Guide2. Lesson Plans3. Agriculture Fact and Activity Sheets. 4. Imagine this… Story Writing Contest 5. What’s Growin’ On? to over ½

million students in the state6. AITC Web Site-

www.LearnAboutAg.org

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ACTIVITY 3: Desktop Gardens- Create tiny gardens for your students’ desktops.

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IV. Current projects/partners 1. Link to local resources

County Farm Bureaus2. CSGN (Gardens for Learning book)

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ACTIVITY 4: Comparing Apples & Earth – Demonstate the importance of agriculture to everyone

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V. Conclusion, Q & A, Pass out and collect evaluations and contact cards

Drawing for prizes on info cards

We eat it, live it, breathe it and are a part of it!

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Teacher Resource Guide

The Teacher Resource Guide (TRG) is a must-have tool for professionals and volunteers of nutrition and agriculture education.

Inside…• CFAITC instructional materials• Free and low-cost resources

from other educational organizations, commodity groups and companies

• Fact and information about agriculture

• Books related to food, fiber and forest products

• Field trip opportunities• Educational websites• Grant opportunities

Resources for Every Season CD

This resource CD installs on your computer and contains all of CFAITC's current materials:

• 8 comprehensive units, 5 lesson plans

• 30 Agricultural Fact and Activity sheets

• The last 4 What’s Growin’ On? newspapers and teacher supplements

• WE Garden lesson plans• Food Safety: From Farm to Fork

booklet• Entire 2009-2010 Teacher

Resource Guide with search interface

• Much more!

What’s Growin’ On? Student Newspaper

This 16-page newspaper highlights the many agricultural products of California. Aligned to the Content Standards for California Public Schools.

Recent careers-related topics:

Biotechnology Culinary Arts

Food Safety ForestryMechanics ProduceLandscape Marketing

FREE classroom sets available for educators.

Agriculture Fact and Activity Sheets

California produces more than 350 different varieties of fruits, nuts, vegetables, poultry, dairy, livestock, and related crops. Our state leads the nation in more than 110 of these crops including some products that are only grown in California.

Sheets provide: Facts about production, history, economic value, nutritional value, and geographical location, lesson ideas, fantastic facts, graphics, and step-by-step lesson plans.

New sheets:MushroomsSpinachCherries (coming soon)

Students discover the many different aspects of life on a dairy farm.

Students will investigate the historical significance of dairy breeds and conquer mathematical business challenges. Students will understand why milk matters.

Grades: 4-6Subjects: Science, Mathematics, Reading/Language Arts, Visual/Performing Arts

Milk Matters! Discovering Dairy

WE Garden First Lady Maria Shriver lead the effort to promote the creation of school and community gardens across California. Shriver has spearheaded the movement to plant a garden demonstration on the grounds of California’s State Capitol Park in Sacramento in 2009 to educate and inspire Californians about the important lessons gardens teach to students, children and people of all ages.

WE Garden lesson activities:• 11 Garden learning based activities• Kindergarten through 6th grade• Aligned to California State Content Standards

CROP Circles

The CROP (California Regions of Optimal Planting) Circle is an easy-to-use diagram that illustrates planting and harvesting times for 18 crops commonly found in California school gardens.

These are optimal and recommended planting and harvesting times that can be altered to better suit individual microclimates or school calendars.

On the backside there are a few examples of how to use the resource as a relevant tool to teach key math concepts, seasonality and plant growth, all while encouraging student interaction with the natural world.

This unit provides students with a better understanding of food safety through real-life examples and thought provoking activities.

Students learn that everyone has a responsibility in minimizing foodborne illnesses – farmers, transporters, restaurants, grocery stores... and the consumer!

Through reading, games, puzzles, math problems and science investigations, participants identify the roles each one of us plays to ensure the food we enjoy is safe to eat.

Grades: 5-9Subjects: Science, Mathematics, Reading/Language Arts

Food Safety from Farm to Fork

“Food Safety from Farm to Fork” Grab n’ Go

In 2009 CFAITC was awarded an ACE Grant to update and promote the Food Safety from Farm to Fork unit.

Funds were used to develop 10 “Grab ‘n’ Go” training kits that feature key activities and lessons from the unit.

The kits are available for loan to Certified Presenters, County Farm Bureaus and by request from educators.

We are going to go through the kit and presentation to show what is involved.

Food Safety from Farm to Fork Grab n’ Go

Consumable Materials (Materials that can be given to participants)□ 30 Food Safety from Farm to Fork booklets□ 30 food safety magnets (chill, cook, clean)□ What’s All the Talk About Food Safety? handout (green)□ What Caused the Illness? handout (yellow)□ 30 Resources for Every Season CDs□ 30What’s Growin’ On? student newspapers

Needed Materials (not included in kit)□ 10 markers□ 4 large easle paper sheets□ Several prizes and giveaways

Food Safety from Farm to Fork Grab n’ GoNon-Consumable Materials□ 4 food safety posters□ Various food safety table toppers□ 1 Food Safety from Farm to Fork presentation outline□ 1 Food Safety from Farm to Fork PowerPoint presentation□ 5 Playing it Safe game boards□ 5 sets of six sponges; one of each color□ 5 sets of game card sets; each set bundled with a rubber band□ 1 Typhoid Mary by Judith Walzer Leavitt□ 1 The Good, the Bad, the Slimy: The Secret Life of Microbes by Sara L. Latta

□ 1 Dirt & Grime by Vicki Cobb□ 2 GIANT microbe plushies□ 1 Fun with Food Safety Animated Music Videos DVD by Dr. Carl Winter

□ 1 Still Stayin’ Alive CD by Dr. Carl Winter□ 1 GloGerm Classroom Kit

Introduction: Why teach about food safety?Materials: Large post-its, markers, Fun with Food Safety music video

Participants brainstorm “gallery style” reasons why they teach or want to teach food safety.• Place easel sheet post-its around the room, one for every 6-8 participants.

• Write “Why teach about food safety?” at the top of each sheet. • Participants find the post-it closest to them and brainstorm as a group.

Have groups share their answers.

Food Safety from Farm to Fork Presentation

Prep: Choose a good-natured workshop participant to inoculate with GloGerm. Their goal is to “spread” their germs to as many other participants and surfaces as possible. For best results, they should really slather it on!

Food Safety from Farm to Fork Presentation

Highlight: “The majority of foodborne illnesses associated with fresh fruits and vegetables is due to improper food handling at the food service or consumer level.1 The consumer, the person who eats the food, is responsible for making sure that the food is prepared and stored properly. This is crucial! In this workshop, we will discover activities that will help you teach your students about foodborne illnesses and reduce the number of foodborne illness incidents.”

Show PowerPoint screen shots to illustrate food safety issues.

1. Source: The Centers for Disease Control

Food Safety from Farm to Fork Presentation

Activity 1: Playing it SafeMaterials: Prizes, What’s All the Talk About Food Safety? handout (30), Playing it Safe game board (5), Sponge markers (30), Playing it Safe cards (5 sets)

Description: Students will learn the basic science of food safety and the importance of safe food practices while playing a board game, performing “fact or opinion” and “cause and effect” activities, and then writing an essay on what they learned.

A. People should only eat cooked foods since, according to a media report; all bacteria in food are harmful. (O)

B. Microorganisms can live almost anywhere, even in food. (F)

C. To maintain your health, it is important to eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables per day. (F)

D. A single bacterium is too small to see without a microscope. (F)

E. Scientific research has shown that the mishandling of food by the person who prepares or eats it accounts for most foodborne illnesses. (F)

F. People should not eat fresh foods since your aunt says they can carry bacteria like E. Coli and Salmonella. (O)

Discuss the answers. Give a prize to teachers who get the most correct answers

Food Safety from Farm to Fork Presentation

Food Safety from Farm to Fork Presentation

Playing it SafeBackground information:Cooperative learning groups read What’s All the Talk About Food Safety?

(page 4). Form groups of six participants. Each person gets one minute to read his or her assigned section. Groups shares reading, thirty seconds per person, with bell.

Directions:Create groups of up to six participants. Explain Playing it Safe and then

have theparticipants play the game.

Discussion:1. What are ways to make this activity more difficult/easy based on

student ability/age?2. What are some extensions or review activity ideas?

Food Safety from Farm to Fork PresentationActivity 2: Mighty MicrobesMaterials: Who Caused the Illness? Handout (30), What Caused the Foodborne Illness? handout (30)

Description: Participants, acting as epidemiologists, look at the facts of an outbreak and determine the source and cause of an illness that makes many picnickers sick.

Food Safety from Farm to Fork PresentationActivity 3: GloGerm Kit

Materials: GloGerm lotion, two miniature black lights

Description: Participants will experience the danger of cross-contamination.

Food Safety from Farm to Fork Presentation

Food Safety Music

Dr. Carl Winter, PhD. has combined his passion for music with his expertise in food technology to teach students and adults about food safety. The music CDs are $9.99, while music video DVDs are free (plus s & h).

Order online:Foodsafe.ucdavis.edu

Additional Food Safety Resources

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Food Safety Resources

GIANT MicrobesGIANTmicrobes® are stuffed animals that look like tiny microbes — only a million times actual size!

Order online:www.giantmicrobes.com

GloGermAvailable in a variety of sizes. Also available in ready-to-use kits. Help students visualize cross-contamination and infection.

Order online:www.glogerm.com

Food Safety from Farm to Fork Presentation

Dirt and Grime by Vicki Cobb

Typhoid Mary by Judith Walzer Leavitt

The Good, the Bad, the Slimy: The Secret Life of Microbes

by Sara Latta

Imagine this… Story Writing Contest

Agriculture can help promote literacy for life

• Introduce your students to the world of agriculture• Statewide story writing contest• For Students in grades 3-8• State and Regional awards• Meet California State Board of

Education Content Standards

Annual Deadline: November 1

2010 California Ag in the Classroom Conference

November 4-6, 2010 - Shell Beach, San Luis Obispo County

Agriculture: It's in our roots!

Join us for workshops, guest speakers, field trips, hands-on demonstrations, and an unforgettable learning experience as we explore the cutting edge of agriculture education in California, relying on both trusted tradition and modern innovation.

Full Registration: $225

Literacy for Life Awards Program

Sponsored by Oreggia Family Foundation

Literacy for Life Teaching Awards recognize three educators annually who have promoted agriculture literacy within their classrooms and communities. The program honors individuals striving to increase the awareness and understanding of agriculture among California’s teachers and students. Specifically, teachers who:

• Creatively incorporate agriculture into their own curriculum, while meeting the California State Academic Content Standards.

• Foster an increased student appreciation for a variety of agricultural subjects and skills.

• Represent California’s agriculture literacy educators by sharing their skills with communities and/or education and agriculture organizations.

The winners have the opportunity to receive many awards, including: • $2000 Cash Prize (Overall and Vocational Agriculture) • $1000 Cash Prize (Emerging Seed) • Recognition in CFAITC electronic publication Cream of the Crop and other media • Expense paid trip to the National AITC Conference• Expense paid trip to the CA Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting• Expense paid trip to the California AITC Conference

Literacy for Life Awards Program

Recent Activities

Conferences:

• California Science Teachers Association

• California Council of Social Studies

• California Association for Teachers of English

• Afterschool Workshops

• Garden Trainings

• Nutrition workshops

Certified Presenters Guidelines

Presenter’s Responsibilities:• Inform CFAITC of workshops/conferences in your area.• Turn in properly completed reimbursement forms within 3 weeks.• Complete an evaluation of the event.

CFAITC’s Responsibilities:• Complete necessary paperwork to register for events.• Provide resource and inventory supplies for workshops.• Provide compensation, travel, and workshop expense reimbursement.• Provide prizes.

CompensationUpon Completion of presentation and CFAITC’s receipt of, expense vouchers and event evaluation form, presenters will receive:• ½ day (1-5 hours)= $100 plus round trip mileage.• Full day (6-8+ hours) = $200 plus round trip mileage.• Lodging and meals, if required. (Up to $8 breakfast, $10 lunch, $15 dinner).

Call to Action

USTP Presentations

• Provide three contacts at local universities who would be interested in a presentation.

Garden or Nutrition Workshops

• If you know of any local workshops you would like CFAITC to be a part of, let us know.

Survey

• Please complete the enclosed survey and send it back.

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Telephone: 916/561-5625 or 800/700-AITC

Fax: 916/561-5697 E-mail: info@learnaboutag.org

Web site: www.LearnAboutAg.org