Happy NAAE National #TeachAg Day! 

NAAE National #TeachAg Day is an initiative of the National Association of Agricultural Educators as part of the National Teach Ag Campaign designed to encourage others to consider a career teaching agriculture and celebrate the positive contributions agriculture teachers make in our schools and communities. Funding support for NAAE National #TeachAg Day is made possible by the CHS Foundation and BASF.

Join us for the 2022 NAAE National #TeachAg Day Live Webcast

Join us TODAY from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EDT for the 2022 NAAE National #TeachAg Day Live Webcast! This year's festivities will be held at the CHS Inc. Headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Click here to learn more. 

Download the #TeachAg Interactive Notebook

Our #TeachAg Interactive Notebook includes 20 pages of activities, assignments, and resources that you can use at your leisure to let your students explore the awesome career of teaching agriculture! You can use it on NAAE National #TeachAg Day or any day of the year. Click here to access our #TeachAg Interactive Notebook. 

#TeachAg Lesson Plans, Games and Activities 

Visit the NAAE National #TeachAg Campaign website to access our #TeachAg Lesson Plans, Games, and Activities. 

Download the NAAE National #TeachAg Day Live Webcast Graphic Organizer

Have your students follow along with our live webcast with our graphic organizer! Available as a PDF, our graphic organizer makes for an easy assignment to get students thinking about teaching agriculture as a career choice. Click here to download the graphic organizer. 

Calling All Teachers: $75,000 in Grants Available from CHS Foundation

The CHS Foundation is offering teachers $75,000 in grant funding to celebrate its 75th anniversary. Grants for agricultural education projects will be awarded at $20,000 for first place, $15,000 for second place, $10,000 for third place and $2,500 for 12 finalists. Applications close on Saturday, October 1. Visit the CHS Foundation website for more information.

Viva Las Vegas! We can't wait to see you at the 2022 NAAE Convention, held November 29 - December 3, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Convention Housing Information Now Available

The 2022 NAAE Convention will take place at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. Visit our Convention Housing and Travel page for information related to nightly room rates, reservation deadlines, and more.

Announcement of NAAE Convention Professional Development Workshops

Leading and learning together. Experience the magic of peer-led professional development by engaging in professional development workshops at the 2022 NAAE Convention. Workshop locations, dates, and times along with additional workshops will be added to our convention schedule in the weeks to come. Click here to read more about our 2022 NAAE Convention Professional Development Workshops! 

Sign Up for the new NAAE National Teach Ag Campaign Email List

After more than 12 years of collecting contact information for the NAAE National Teach Ag Campaign email list, NAAE staff has made the decision to rebuild the email list from scratch. A large percentage of the email addresses we've collected over the years are no longer in use. If you'd like to receive emails about the NAAE National Teach Ag Campaign, or know of a future agriculture teacher who may want to receive emails, please complete this sign up form.

NAAE wants to hear from you, our members. What drives you? Who are you? What makes your life easier? What are your hopes, dreams, and favorites? We need your responses and will use them throughout our NAAE communications to build community and connection with each other.

Understanding and Teaching Students with Dyslexia

Now more than ever before, literacy is an essential skill for functioning in our society. From computer screens to road signs, from restaurant menus to text messages, the ability to read affects nearly every aspect of our lives. Unfortunately, about 40% of all adults in the United States lack the reading skills needed to thrive at work and at home.

One of the most common reading disorders is dyslexia, which affects roughly one in five students. Odds are, you’ll have at least one or two students in your class who struggle with this disorder each year. Since students with dyslexia develop better reading skills if they’re provided treatment early on, learning how to recognize dyslexia symptoms and support these students can have a lasting impact.

Learn more here.

A vault is where we keep our most prized possessions and the things that are valued most. The Valuables Vault in the By Choice Newsletter is designed to equip teachers with jewels and valuable tools to help them carry onward in the profession. The Valuables Vault will highlight information, tips, and tricks that hold value in agricultural educators' professional and personal lives.

Unlock the Potential of the Month: 

Celebrate National Teach Ag Day today! Invite your students, administrators, and colleagues to celebrate with you! In what ways can you get your students involved? Have you thought of hosting a Teach Ag Parade? Involve the community and your students! Try a parade just around the school hallway, parking lot, and if you want to go big, go through town! It is a great way to celebrate and get everyone involved.

Combination to Happiness: 

Practice random acts of kindness for someone this month! Where to start? Do you know someone that would make a great agricultural educator? TAG THEM TO #TEACHAG! Purchase a kit and give them something to brighten their day. Random acts of kindness have been scientifically proven to 

CASE offered 25 CASE Institutes certifying 495 participants this summer (May – August). Over 40% of surveyed participants were a first-time attendees gaining their first CASE certification. CIs were offered in 8 - 10 day virtual and in-person formats.

The Thrive Conference is scheduled for January 9-13, 2023. Thrive was developed to promote the integration of education technology into CTE programs to streamline classroom management, facilitate remote laboratory experiences, and teach 21st-century skills.Registration is open through December 30, 2022. View the conference packet and tentative program. 

A discounted rate for groups of 50 or more teachers or pre-service (student) teachers is available. Standard registration is $150. Join a group rate or attend as a pre-service (student) teacher for $100! Click here to schedule a short 15-minute call or complete this form.

The Council Connection

The National Council for Agricultural Education (The Council) started the Monday Morning Monitor e-newsletter several years ago as a communications tool to connect organizations of The Council and provide information to those organizations’ members. As The Council and agricultural education evolve, so does the need to review the impact of Monday Morning Monitor. In multiple surveys and requests, you have told The Council that they need to communicate less often and provide more detailed content about the work of The Council. The Council sent the last edition of Monday Morning Monitor on July 25, 2022, and will be replacing it with The Council Connection. This new e-newsletter will arrive on the first Tuesday of each month and feature updates from The Council, opportunities for feedback, news on council initiatives and updates from The Council partners.

My Local Cooperative Learning Modules 

The National Association of Agricultural Educators is working in partnership with the CHS Foundation to offer engaging and inquiry based instructional materials that have everything you need to deliver quality instruction on the cooperative business model, the impact of cooperatives on the community and cooperative career opportunities. The modules are yours to use and come with everything you need; materials list, teacher notes, handouts, presentation tools, assessments and more. Click here to access the modules.

Follow My Local Cooperative on Social Media 

Make sure you are following the NAAE My Local Cooperative social media platforms for agriculture cooperative career profiles, agriculture cooperative facts and ways to access My Local Cooperative workshops, toolkits and grants. You can follow My Local Cooperative on Facebook and Twitter.

My Local Cooperative is an initiative of the National Association of Agricultural Educators with funding support from the CHS Foundation.

Calendar  

September 15 - NAAE National #TeachAg Day

October 2 - 4 - Cultivating Change Summit in Washington, DC

October 15 - ACTE VISION/NAAE Convention Advance Registration Deadline

October 26 - 29 - National FFA Convention and Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana

November 8 - 10 - NAAE All-In Staff Meeting in Lexington, Kentucky

November 10 - 13 - AFA Leaders Conference in Kansas City, Missouri

November 29 - December 2 - NAAE FAST Symposium in Las Vegas, Nevada

November 30 - December 3 - NAAE Convention and ACTE VISION in Las Vegas, Nevada

August Impact and Engagement Overview 

19,592 Twitter followers/15,403 total tweets (all NAAE accounts) 

40,129 Facebook followers (all NAAE accounts)

7,482 Instagram followers (all NAAE accounts) 

5,996 NAAE website page views

8 e-newsletters were sent to 26,466 subscribers with an average 34.13% open rate