Applications are being accepted until April 15 for the annual Alabama Ag in the Classroom Summer Institute, a grassroots program coordinated by the United States Department of Agriculture that arms teachers with materials and strategies to increase student knowledge of agriculture.Set for June 17-19 at the Huntsville Marriott, the workshop will include activities for kindergarten through sixth-grade teachers and field trips to several North Alabama farms. The activities incorporate language arts, science, social studies and math skills.The Institute will be limited to 95 educators, and applicants will be selected on the basis of an application form provided by the Alabama Ag in the Classroom Planning Committee and available online at www.AlabamaAITC.org.Roundtrip mileage to the workshop, lodging, meals and workshop materials will be furnished.For more information, contact Kim Earwood, director of the Alabama Farmers Federation’s Women’s Division and AAITC chairman, at (334) 612-5370 or email KEarwood@AlfaFarmers.org.
KEarwood@AlfaFarmers.org.
Applications should be sent to: Amy Belcher, Alabama Ag in the Classroom, P.O. Box 3336, Montgomery, AL 36109-0336 or faxed to (334) 240-7169.