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STEM Lab for Agriculture A Program to GROW Our Future David Hutchins Carroll County BOS

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STEM Lab for Agriculture

A Program to GROW Our Future

David HutchinsCarroll County BOS

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Carroll‐ A Community with a History in Agriculture

• Commercial Beef • Commercial Orchards• Commercial Vegetables• Timber/ Forestry Products• Pasture/Hay• Dairy• Southwest VA Farmers’ Market

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Carroll‐ A Community with aHistory in Agriculture

First Vocational Agricultural Program in the Nation Under the Smith‐Hughs Act of 1917

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Vocational Agriculture

• Gave rise to the teaching of Agricultural Sciences to High School students

• Provided hands on exercises to enhance other classroom education

• Provided for project work that gave students opportunities to practice what they learned

• Modeled around the world • Changed to Career and Technical Education

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BOS Support for the STEM Lab for Agriculture

• 2008 BOS sets Board Goal to assist in additional Workforce Development Training

• 2010 BOS refines Goals to include the STEM Lab for Agriculture

• BOS directs the IDA to obtain funds for the CCHS upgrades

• USDA‐RD funds the project that includes the STEM Lab for Agriculture for $540,000.00

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First STEM Lab for Agriculture in the Nation

January 2014, renovations begin

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Renovations

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Renovations

• Converted former lumber storage area

• Added space with main second floor access

• STEM Lab is tied directly to other Agriculture classrooms on first floor

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Finished Product

• STEM Lab for Agriculture completed for the 2014 School year

• Non‐ Agricultural students  are flocking to the program

• Almost anything can be taught using Agriculture and STEM

• National Attention

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What is Different from A Science Lab?

• Provides students the ability to solve problems 

• Exercise their Practical application of education

• Totally ties STEM to the full design of the solution to a problem 

• Teaches the student transferrable skills• Increases the excitement for Education

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STEM Lab for Agriculture  

• VT providing Graduate Students to assist in the teaching

• VT providing campus activities for local STEM students

• Masters Level education is taking place in High School

• A desire to explore and learn is being created along with skills

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Examples

• In a recent Transformation Lab, students worked to finish three days of a gene splicing.  The students used two gene plasmids to engineer a new bacteria that was resistant to ampicillin and kanamycin. 

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Examples

• In a recent visit to Virginia Tech, students toured a lab and tested well water quality and took part in a Food Safety presentation. 

• Students swabbed stainless steel equipment in a local food processing facility and grew out and identified the specific bacteria from each area

• Students worked with local farmers to reduce Food Safety risk

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How can the BOS Affect Education?

Actions• Not provide appropriate funding• Threaten funding reduction• Not provide support for education in general• Provide funding/ support and hope the students are educated 

appropriately for their needs and the needs of the community

Repercussions• Provide funding/ support and the School System does not meet the 

student or community need, the funding may be wasted with upset tax payers. Students and community suffer

• If funding is cut or threatened to be cut, the “School Marketing Hand” can slap the BOS.  Students and community suffer

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How can the BOS Positively Affect Education?

• Support Education in general• “Focus funding” attached to other conservative requests

• Assist in setting educational priorities

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Attributes of the Carroll “STEM Lab for Agriculture” Project

• Better relationship between the School System and County 

• Added value to the Carroll Educational System• Placed state and national attention on the project and a new respect for Education

• Students are anxious to go to school and learn• Skills are being taught to transfer to other careers 

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Future Carroll County STEM Student?

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Thank You

Questions?