Today is January 15 and the postmark by deadline! Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s Ag in the Classroom program is offering grants up to $100 to pre-school through high school teachers, in a public or private school system, to fund projects that promote agricultural literacy in the classroom. Grants can be used for innovative lessons, activities, resources, presentations, school fairs and other creative ideas. Projects should focus on integrating agriculture into a variety of curriculum areas. A selection committee will review all funding requests that are properly completed and postmarked by the January 15 deadline. Applications can be downloaded from wisagclassroom.org (Teachers Information tab) and must be typed. Five signed copies of the application must be submitted. Items considered when evaluating the applications include quality and uniqueness of the agricultural lesson, activity or project, integration of agriculture into a variety of curriculum areas, alignment with educational standards, assessment methods used to evaluate student’s knowledge and quality of application. The proposed project must be targeted to grades pre-K through 12 and should enhance student knowledge of the contribution made by agriculture. Projects that use funds toward an ongoing, sustainable education effort will receive preference over those that involve a one-time program. Proposed projects or events designed to reach large groups of students will be given preference, as will those that involve innovative approaches to promoting agricultural literacy. For more information about the teacher mini-grants, visit wisagclassroom.org/programs-activities/grants/teacher-mini-grants/ or contact Darlene Arneson at 608.828.5719 or darneson@wfbf.
Posted on: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:27:01 +0000
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