Planting the Seed to Read

Planting the Seed to Read

Looking for an agricultural literacy FFA activity to implement into your agriculture education program? The Planting the Seed to Read blog post explains an easy activity for any FFA chapter to teach elementary students about where their food comes from using agricultural children's books.

Read the blog and download free student lesson plans, slides and resources to implement this activity into your elementary school this year!

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Breaking down the banquet

Breaking down the banquet

FFA banquets are often accompanied by excitement, but also ANXIETY!

Read this week's blog to gain valuable tips to BREAK down this activity and download copies of my helpful resources.

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YOU’RE HIRED…SAE LETTERS

YOU’RE HIRED…SAE LETTERS

Looking for ways to increase students' involvement in placement SAEs? 

Look no further! Read this blog post to discover how I used SAE Placement Letters to increase student SAE opportunities.

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Student Teacher 101

Student Teacher 101

Have a student teacher entering your classroom? Looking for techniques to help them have a successful student teaching experience?

Read the blog, Student Teachers 101 to learn my techniques for supervising a student teacher and view the Student Teacher Needs Assessment I used to gain valuable insight into the strengths and weaknesses of the student teacher before their semester in my program. 

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Substitute friendly lessons

Substitute friendly lessons

As agriculture teachers, we are out of the agriculture education classroom frequently. Substitute plans, emergency sub plans and sub binders are a must.

Read this blog post to learn how the curriculum published by The Owl's Nest contains substitute-friendly lessons, and download copies of our substitute binders and the emergency sub plans I used from the National FFA Educator Resources.

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