Summer Agricultural Institute (SAI)
SAI
is a five-day, traveling tour designed to teach K-12 teachers about
food and fiber production and help them incorporate that knowledge in
the classroom curriculum. SAI combines hands-on learning about
agriculture with practical curriculum development.
SAI
provides participants with free classroom materials that are aligned to
Arizona's College and Career Ready Standards. Participants will visit a
variety of agricultural operations, spend
an entire day at the University of Arizona's research farm, visit
schools with active agriculture education programs, and spend an
afternoon with a modern-day farming or ranching family.
The 27th SAI will be held Monday, June 5 thru Friday, June 9,
2017. We will begin in the Phoenix area and travel north to the
cool-aired regions of Yavapai and Coconino Counties visiting
agricultural
industries along the way.
There is
no cost to apply for SAI, but you must be accepted to participate. Apply by March 1 and only pay $85, if you are accepted. Apply after March 1 and pay $125. Accepted applicants will need to provide payment by May 25.
What have teachers said about SAI?
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"An educationally jam-packed week!"
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"Volumes of information - I'm glad it was fast paced."
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"Tiring, but very educational!"
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"Amazing, fast-paced, and informative."
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"Long, but very intensive about learning how agriculture works."
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"Packed with interesting info, extremely valuable, exhausting, not to be missed!"
Visit
http://cals.arizona.edu/agliteracy/SAI to find more
information, such as answers to frequently asked questions, quotes from
past participants, resources provided over the years, and a list of
tours from the past 25+ years.
Be sure to visit our newly created
Details webpage. There you’ll see a timeline of events for applying and when to expect what - if you are accepted to participate.
~ Please allow at least 24hrs for email responses. I apologize for the delay. ~
Brandon Moak, LPC
Program Coordinator, Sr.
Agriculture Literacy Program
