Rock Island Summer Ag Institute, July 9-13, 2012
Rock Island County Summer Agricultural Institute to be held July 9-13, 2012. Teachers send in your application today! Application deadline is June 1, 2012.
Summer Ag Institute (SAI) is a week-long course that focuses on agriculture. SAI offers three graduate credit hours in cooperation with Aurora University, or Continuing Professional Development Units. The tour helps pre K-12 grade teachers integrate instruction about the food and fiber industry into their present curriculum.
The course includes field trips to local food production plants, river barge elevators, local farms, and other agribusiness operations.
Teachers attending the Summer Ag Institute will learn about agriculture, the entire food and fiber system, consumer issues relating to agriculture, teaching innovations and available teaching resources. Teachers will also have the opportunity to apply new understanding in developing new and unique classroom lessons for easy integration into their curriculum.
The sessions provide elementary and secondary teachers a better understanding of the complexity, scope and scale of Illinois agriculture, its impact on each person's life and on the economy of Illinois and the nation.
The course fee is $300 (Farm Bureau members will receive a discount). Graduate Credit cost is an additional $300. For more information about the institute, contact the Rock Island County Farm Bureau at (309) 736-7432.
