Summer AITC Workshop

Join us June 8-11 for our 2021 Summer AITC Workshop for Teachers!

  • 4 Days of field trips, tours & hands on lesson ideas
  • Geared for pre-K to grade 12 educators
  • Earn 30 PDCHs (professional development clock hours), plus 2 graduate level college credit hours available (optional/additional fee)
  • Learn about FREE resources for STEM lessons aligned with Common Core & Next Generation Science Standards
  • Take home lesson ideas, materials & grant opportunities for use in your classroom next year!

Cost is $50 for the workshop.

Tuition for 2 hours of Graduate Credit from St. Francis University is $200

(Course #REAL 694 R Agriscience Educator Institute)

Instructors: Bridget Caldwell, McLean County Ag in the Classroom Coordinator & Katie Buckley, University of Illinois Extension

Please note:

  • Teachers will be responsible for their own transportation to field trip/tour locations, you can arrange your own carpool if desired
  • Masks & social distancing measures may be in place as per health department guidelines

Registration deadline May 28, 2021

Click here to register

Beef – Pasture to Plate

Where’s the beef? Learn about beef cattle from pasture to plate & all of the other products that come from cows.

Beef Ag in a Bag

McLean County (IL) teachers can request FREE Beef ag mags and activity kits for their classroom: Click here

Ag-tivities & Online Reading materials

Beef Recipes

Books to Read – set up a FREE account on openlibrary.org to read these online books for FREE!

Virtual Field Trip

Illinois – Farming in the Prairie State

Agriculture is an integral part of Illinois’ past, present & future!

Illinois Ag in a Bag

McLean County (IL) teachers can request FREE ag mags and activity kits for their classroom: Click here

Online Reading Materials

Illinois Ag-tivities

Books to Read – set up a FREE account on openlibrary.org to read these online books for FREE!

Illinois Ag Videos

Cotton: Field to Fabric

Cotton primarily grows in southern states, but it plays an important role in U.S. history. Today, cotton supplies not just fiber to make clothing, but also feed & food.

Cotton Ag in a Bag

McLean County (IL) teachers can request FREE activity kits for their classroom: Click here

Online Reading Materials

Cotton Ag-tivities

Books to Read – set up a FREE account on openlibrary.org to read these online books for FREE!

Cotton Videos

Cotton Farm Virtual Field Trip

Ag Careers – Explore Fields of Opportunity

Agriculture has fields of opportunity with more than 300 career choices! Check out the career pathways, potential job profiles and more!

McLean County (IL) teachers can request ag careers materials and resources for their classroom: Click here

Reading Materials

Learning Ag-tivities

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