OUTREACH TEACHER SUPPORT

Some programs sponsored by the Center allow teachers to obtain academic credit or contact hours toward their act 48 Professional Development.

WORKSHOPS

Techniques for Observing, Identifying and Teaching Others About Birds
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center (LIMITED SPACE) – May earn one credit of RPTM 497
Contact Tiffany Hoy to register, tmr175@psu.edu

Small Gas Engines Workshop
Friday, Nov. 21 – Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008
Time: 6:00 PM (Friday) 8:00 AM -?? (Saturday)
Mohawk High School
Contact Ron Frederick to register, rfred17506@yahoo.com

Beginning Small Gas Engines Workshop
Friday, Jan, 23 - Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009
Time: 6:00 PM (Friday) 8:00 AM - ?? (Saturday)
Solanco High School, Quarryville, PA
Contact Ron Frederick to register, rfred17506@yahoo.com

FFA Record Book Evaluation
Feb. 5-7, 2009
Time: TBD
Super 8, State College, PA
Contact Ron Frederick to register, rfred17506@yahoo.com

GRADUATE COURSES

The following courses are beinging offer Spring 2009:

AEE-YFE 590
AEE-YFE 590, Colloquium, this course is a telephone conference, potentially combined with Adobe Connect.
Instructors: Dr. Joan Thomson, Professor of Agricultural Communications and Dr. John Ewing, Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Extension Education.

YFE 480
Online Applied Youth Development Course
The course will stress the application of current knowledge about youth development in community settings.
Instructor: Dr. Claudia Mincemoyer, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Agricultural and Extension Education.

AEE 434 Information

AEE 434 is available to help you operationalize your professional development plans. When you apply for AEE 434 credit, you agree to develop lessons and activities based on a workshop or program you attended. Please read the guidelines below and use the checklist. The graduate school forms you will need are linked to the guidelines.

AEE 434, Agriculture Developments Guidelines:

AEE 434 Daily Lesson Plans:
       • Sample Lesson Plan (Word Document)
       • Daily Plan Template (Word Document) 
       • Essential Lesson Plan Components (Word Document)

       • Sample Lesson Plan (PDF)
       • Daily Plan Template (PDF)
       • Essential Lesson Plan Components (PDF)

Summer 2009 Graduate Courses
Department of Agricultural and Extension Education
005 Ferguson Building

Summer 2009 courses will be held June 22, 2009 to July 10, 2009.
These courses will be offered, as in the past, in a one-week course format.
More information on the course descriptions will be posted in early Spring 2009.

Pre-Induction for New Teachers

• Overview

Other Professional/Technical Support

• Grant writing Resources

Curriculum Materials/On-line Links

Each of these sites compiles different curriculum materials that are available on-line or via order.

• http://www.epa.gov/epahome/educational.htm
  EPA's curriculum resources and activities on conservation, human health, water, air, ecosystems, waste and recycling.
• http://www.free.ed.gov/
  US Dept of Education's site with hundreds of educational resources developed with federal funding indexed by subject area.
• http://www.thegateway.org
  The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) is searchable by topic and grade level and retrieves lessons, instructional units, and other free educational materials.
• http://www.agednet.com/
  AgEdNet.com is a curriculum service for Ag teachers. This site has subscription information and a visitor's area.
• http://www.teamaged.org/PGS/index.html
  A list of instructional materials and workshops available from the National Council for Agricultural Education.
• http://www.constitution.org/rror/rror--00.htm
  An on-line version of Robert's Rules of Order.
• http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agexed/sae/toolbox/index.html
  This site provides an electronic toolbox of Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE) resources for teachers.
• http://www.ffa.org/ageducators
  This will take you to the National FFA's teacher workroom. National FFA will provide links to the newest, most up-to-date teacher information.
• http://pa4h.cas.psu.edu
  This site provides access to on-line resources and curriculum in animal science, environmental education, entomology and forestry.
  Vision for Pennsylvania Agricultural Education - (PDF) A handbook for program planning and curriculum development.
• http://www.marketplaceforthemind.com
  A unique educational resource created by the PA Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the PA Department of Education.

The College of Agricultural Sciences Short Courses
Penn State's Department of Distance Education has a searchable on-line catalogue. Both credit and non-credit courses are available in a variety of topics such as Greenhouse production and management, Integration of Agricultural science and biotechnology, and Psychology of Discipline (PSYCH 411), a course in classroom management-- http://www.outreach.psu.edu/DE/

Penn State's World Campus has an Educational Technology Integration certificate program-- http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/