Maine Agriculture Specialty License Plate
Read ME Agriculture
“Read ME Agriculture” is a great new project being offered by Maine Agriculture in the Classroom and sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture to celebrate Ag Week, March 17 – 21, 2008. Volunteers read and donated books about agriculture to ... [read more]
Maine Agriculture in the Classroom (MAITC) Teacher of the Year
Each year, the MAITC Association recognizes an outstanding Maine elementary or secondary school teacher who uses agricultural education materials and/or activities in the classroom to such an extent as to merit our special award. The winning teacher is then encouraged to submit--with our help--an application for a National AITCA Excellence in Teaching About Agriculture award and to attend the National AITCA Conference (the 2008 event will be in Costa Mesa, California from June 24th - 27th), and is also invited to our annual Summer Teacher's Conference (a.k.a. Summer Institute) free of charge.
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| View a sample application (from the 2007-2008 cycle) in PDF format (20k). |
Project Food, Land &
People (FLP)
FLP is a national interdisciplinary educational
curriculum emphasizing agriculture, the environment, and people of the
world. This curriculum consists of 55 Hands-on lesson plans for grades
K-12. In order to receive this curriculum, you must participate in a 6-hour
training. Over 800 educators have been trained since 1999. Please contact
the office for information on future trainings in your area.
MAITCA
Summer Teacher's Institute
This annual multi-day "hands-on" program
allows educators to experience Maine agriculture through field trips to
area farms and agricultural facilities. Participants receive educator re-certification
credits (36 were granted at the 2007 conference) and are trained in and
presented with various agricultural curricula (such as the Project Food,
Land & People), and are able to network with agricultural experts.
Bangor Public Library
Collection
We offer a resource center to support
educators searching for agricultural related materials, lesson plans, and
a resource directory. You may request materials through the Maine Library
URUS System or call the Bangor Public Library Children’s Center. Books
can be mailed to your school free of charge.
Newsletter
We create and distribute a newsletter
three times a year to over 1500 interested educators, farmers, and agricultural
organizations. Contact our office to add your name to our mailing list!
Other Workshops
Teacher Resource Guide (TRG)
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MAITCA has developed a guide to help teachers connect to Maine Farms and Agribusinesses that will host field trips or present in the classroom. All entries will be correlated with lessons that are previously aligned with the Maine Learning Results. Download--as PDFs--the Guide, the table of contents, and the welcome letter. |
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Assessment Coupon
Download and print the MAITCA Teacher Resource Guide (TRG) Assessment Coupon (PDF), or fill out the assessment form online. |