Teach Ag

2013 Teach Ag Ambassador Application

Each year we select an elite group of agricultural education majors to represent the profession of agricultural education and encourage others to consider a profession in agricultural education.

Position Description
The National Teach Ag Campaign is seeking the nation’s most outstanding agricultural education majors to represent the profession as National Teach Ag Ambassadors at the 2013 National FFA Convention career show, October 27-November 1st in Louisville, KY.

Teach Ag Ambassadors will be responsible for creating an agriculture-based lesson to deliver in a Louisville area middle school and staffing the interactive Teach Ag booth at the FFA career expo. It will be their job to encourage FFA members to consider a career in agricultural education by engaging convention attendees in conversations about their future career goals, answering questions about majoring in agricultural education, and portraying the profession in a positive light.

Ambassadors will also be responsible for the logistical operations of the booth, including booth setup and tear-down, staffing the interactive activities, general booth maintenance and other Teach Ag related activities that occur during the National FFA Convention.

Selection for ambassadorship is a competitive process, and being selected means we believe you are one of the nation’s best and brightest future agriculture teachers. Final selections may also include a phone interview.

Ambassadors are responsible for arranging and paying for their own travel to and from the National FFA Convention (selected ambassadors will be notified should funds become available to cover travel). The National Teach Ag Campaign will provide accommodations during the convention and reimbursement for meals. Meal reimbursement is capped at $45/day.

Ambassadors are required to be in Louisville by 3pm on Sunday, October 27th for orientation and lesson practice. Ambassadors must also be available the rest of the week for booth setup, lesson delivery, booth coverage and must stay through booth tear-down and loading on Friday, November 1st. In addition, ambassadors must attend a mandatory training webinar in July or August (an exact time and date will be arranged with the selected ambassadors). Anyone who does not attend this webinar or who cannot stay for the duration of the FFA convention cannot participate in the ambassador program.

Additional ambassador opportunities may be available as additional funding for the program is secured.

Required trainings
Webinar orientation
On-site orientation
Booth Set-Up
Booth teardown and loading

Timeline
Application Materials Available                                                              4/1
Applications emailed to Ellen Thompson by                                      4/30 (11:59pm EST)
Application review and phone interview                                               May 2013
Ambassadors announced                                                                     6/1
Mandatory webinar training                                                                    July or August 2013
Teach Ag in Louisville Mentor Teacher Assignments                       August 2013
Teach Ag in Louisville Lesson Plan Due                                            Oct. 4th
On site Training (Louisville) 3pm                                                          10/27
Teach Ag in Louisville Lesson Delivery                                               10/28
Booth Set-Up                                                                                             10/29 and 10/30
National FFA Convention Career Expo                                                10/30-11/1
Booth Tear Down 4-7pm                                                                        11/1
Follow-Up TBD

Application Requirements
To be considered applicants must submit electronically to Ellen Thompson, ethompson.naae@uky.edu in one pdf document the following by 11:59pm EST on April 30th (Use email Subject Line: Teach Ag Ambassador Application):

a letter of interest outlining why you want to be an ambassador and what specifically you can contribute to the program
a resume
three references including name, title, relationship, phone and email contact
one additional supporting document
a document containing the following information:

Name
University
Major/Minors
Year in School (only current sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students who have not ever been hired to teach agriculture at the secondary level are eligible)
Email
Phone
Current Mailing Address
Advisor/Major Professors Name
Signature

Applicants must be current NAAE student members. For more about NAAE student membership visit the NAAE website.

For questions, contact Ellen Thompson, National Teach Ag Campaign Coordinator at ethompson.naae@uky.edu or by phone at 605.350.3842.

The National Teach Ag Campaign is an initiative of the National Council for Agricultural Education, led by the National Association of Agricultural Educators sponsored by the CHS Foundation and CSX as a special project of the National FFA Foundation.

Brandon	Sours	New Mexico State University
Bradley	Coleman	Louisiana State University A&M
Jillian	Gordon	Penn State University
Victoria	Hamilton	University of Kentucky
Katie	Frenzen	University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Sara	Colombe	South Dakota State University
Doreen	Lentz	Universtiy of Minnesota
Bethany	Markway	Missouri State University
Heather	Pray	Penn State University
Aly	Reynolds	Utah State University
Emilie	Kuhn	Purdue University
Nyssa	Thigpen	Mississippi State University

Alycia	McLamb	North Carolina State
Elizabeth	Rabbe	University of Minnesota
Emilie	Kuhn	Purdue
Jaimie	Shipe	Delaware Valley College
Keriann	Fredrich	University of Missouri
Kevin	Herndon	University of Kentucky
McKenzie	Baecker	University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Michael	Coley	North Carolina State
Rebecca	French	University of Kentucky
Samantha	Clark	University of Kentucky

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