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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
Please contact
Ron Frederick, rfred17506@yahoo.com
New and Beginning Teacher Workshop
November 6-7,
2009, Dauphin Tech School
Nov. 6 2009, 6:00 pm start and Nov. 7, 2009, 5:00 pm finish.
Small Gas Engines (Advanced) Workshop, Solanco
HS
Friday, January 22, 2010, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Saturday, January 23, 2010, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Record Book February 5-6, 2010, State College
GRADUATE
COURSES
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)
Pre-Induction
for New Teachers
Other
Professional/Technical Support
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.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.
Ongoing
Professional Development
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/
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