In our ongoing relationship with Agrilinks, InnovATE has developed a new feature, the Ag Educator’s Corner. This series of monthly blog posts provides insight & tips to agricultural educators.

In the most recent installment of our Ag Educators Corner blog series, Krista Pontius, an Agriscience teacher of 20 years at Greenwood High School in central Pennsylvania shares about her experiences. Given her 20 years of teaching, Krista not only knows how to connect with students, but also how to engage them and even lead them to their passions. Continue reading >

In our ongoing relationship with Agrilinks, InnovATE has developed a new feature, the Ag Educator’s Corner. This series of monthly blog posts provides insight & tips to agricultural educators.

In the most recent installment, Kaylie Ackerley, a Secondary Agriscience Educator/FFA Advisor, was contemplating a business decision and planning a lesson for her Introduction to Agriculture class. When she decided to pose her dilemma as a real world problem-solving project, she sparked student engagement.

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In our ongoing relationship with Agrilinks, InnovATE has developed a new feature, the Ag Educator’s Corner. This series of monthly blog posts provides insight & tips to agricultural educators.

The most recent installment was submitted by Blaze Currie, former Executive Director of Agricorps, writes about the experience of a 4-H teacher abroad in Ghana who is struggling to connect with her students, before finding a new guiding teaching principle in When in Doubt, Be Intentional. Continue reading >

In our ongoing relationship with Agrilinks, InnovATE has developed a new feature, the Ag Educator’s Corner. This series of monthly blog posts, called ” The Ag Educators’ Corner,” provides insight, practical tips, and stories by and for agricultural educators.

Melanie Miller-Foster and Daniel Foster, Penn State, launched the series in September. In our first post, For Agricultural Educators, From Agricultural Educators, they highlight their experience teaching Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to secondary school students in Guatemala. By bringing hands-on, minds-on activity into the classroom and using research-based educational strategies and techniques, the Fosters improved learning outcomes and created a fun and memorable experience. In Melanie’s own words, “I’ve never seen so many people this excited about IPM!” Read more on Agrilinks and check out the series each month!

On September 28-30, 2016, InnovATE participated in The Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit, hosted by Making Cents International in Arlington, VA. The summit brought together private sector companies, foundations, development agencies, government agencies, NGOs, and academic/research institutions in order to increase the impact, scale and sustainability of their youth economic opportunities programming, policies, and partnerships. Continue reading >