2023 Ag Educator’s Institute 2.0 Agenda
Day 1 – Wednesday, June 28
| Time | Event | Location |
| 1:00 – 1:30 pm |
Registration | Wyndham – Garden Lobby |
| 1:30 – 2:00 pm | Welcome and Announcements | Wyndham Garden Meeting Room |
| 2:00 – 3:15 pm | Introduction to STEELS Standards Dave Bauman, PA Department of Education |
Wyndham Garden Meeting Room |
| 3:15 – 3:30 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 – 5:00 pm | Grant Writing-Ag Resources in the Class Paul Heasley, Retired Ag Teacher, State College HS |
Wyndham Garden Meeting Room |
| 5:00 – 6:00 pm | Free Time – Get ready for Banquet | |
| 6:00 – 8:00 pm | Recognition Banquet | Wyndham Garden Ballroom |
| Daily Reflections |
Day 2 – Thursday, June 29
| Time | Event | Location |
| 6:30 – 7:30 | Complimentary breakfast on your own | Wyndham Hotel – 2nd floor |
| 7:30 – 8:00 | Load Buses – Travel to Student Farm | Wyndham – Front of Hotel |
| 8:00 – 9:30 |
PSU Student Farm Tour Marta Plumhoff, Food Systems Coordinator Leslie Pillen, Director of the Sustainable Food Systems Program Emily Romberger, Americorps Member |
PSU Student Farm – Big Hollow & Fox Hollow Roads |
| 9:30 – 10:00 |
Load Buses – Travel to Turf Grass Session | Wyndham – Front of Hotel |
| 10:00 – 12:00 | Turf Grass Session Brad Jakubowski, PSU Instructor in Agronomy |
PSU Baseball Field |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Walk to Meats Lab | |
| 12:15 – 12:45 | Lunch | 101 Meats Lab, Porter Road |
| 1:00 – 3:00 |
Meats Lab Jonathan Campbell, Meat Extension Specialist & Associate Professor |
PSU Meats Lab, Porter Road |
| 3:00 – 3:30 |
Load Buses – Travel to Forestry Building | |
| 3:30 – 5:30 | Pollinators Dr. Kathleen M. Hill, Center for Science and the Schools, PSU |
Forestry Building #106 |
| 5:30 – 6:00 |
Load Buses – Travel to Hotel | Outside Forestry Building |
| 6:00 |
Dinner | Wyndham Garden Meeting Room |
| Daily Reflections | Wyndham Hotel |
Day 3 – Friday, June 30
| Time | Event | Location |
| 6:30 – 7:30 | Complimentary breakfast on your own | Wyndham Hotel – 2nd Floor |
| 7:30 – 7:45 | Announcements | Wyndham Garden Meeting Room |
| 7:45 – 8:00 |
Load Buses/Travel | Outside Hotel |
| 8:00 – 10:00 | Chocolate Manufacturing: Past and Present Dr. Greg Ziegler, PSU Department of Food Science |
Forestry Building #106 |
| 10:00 – 10:20 |
Load buses & travel to hotel | Outside Forestry Building |
| 10:20 – 12:15 |
Participant Presentations/Group Lesson Planning | Wyndham Garden Meeting Room |
| 12:15 – 1:00 | What an awesome workshop – let’s wrap it up & lunch! | Wyndham Garden Meeting Room |