Saline County Farm Bureau recently issued the following announcement.
River to River Agriculture Institute includes Gallatin, Jackson, Saline, Union and Williamson counties. The course is open to ALL ILLINOIS TEACHERS, grades Preschool - High School. Applicants that are selected will be notified. Space is limited and teachers in the 5 counties listed will fill spots first. SAI (Summer Ag Institute) is designed for educators who wish to expand their curriculum to include topics related to agriculture: the world's food and fiber system. The course focuses on how to integrate available resources and hands-on activities about agriculture and the environment into an existing classroom curriculum.
Why SAI?
Educate consumers of tomorrow on food and fiber
Develop young minds with hands-on activities
Examine Careers in Ag
What to Expect?
Curriculum materials
Hands-on Activities
Questions and Answer sessions with Ag Commodity Groups
FIELD TRIPS to Agribusinesses, Farms and more!
LUNCH PROVIDED
Car pooling to several FIELD TRIPS
PDCH's:
EARN AROUND 25 PDCH'S FOR THE WEEK
COST:
$100 COST FOR INSTRUCTIONS AND 25 PDCH'S
Scholarships may be available at your local CFB in the county in which your school is located. CONTACT your local CFB for more information
Original source can be found here.
Source: Saline County Farm Bureau
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