2014 State Reports 45 States Reporting

Debra Spielmaker, Project DirectorNational Agriculture in the Classroom

June 2016, 2015

State Report Background

State reports assist Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) state directors, National AITC leaders, USDA staff, and researchers with annual benchmark data to determine impacts, funding, and program priorities.

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Q1: Resource Development

Please list, by title, any classroom resources that were developed or revised by your AITC program staff this past year.

40 (89%) states reported they had developed at least one resource in 2014

38 (88%) states reported they had developed at least one resource in 2013

41 (95%) states 2012

Q2: Educational Standard Correlations

If you listed resources for Question 1, were the resources aligned or correlated to state or national education standards? 25 reported: All 16 reported: Most 4 reported: None

Q3: Estimated number of teachers contacted/trained face-to-face statewide with AITC programs, curriculum, or other resources, 2010-2014.

0-.5 hours

1-2 hours

3-5 hours

6-10 hours

11-20 hours

20-30 hours

30+ hours

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

51,881

61,813

8,741

2,606 750 273 1,051

20102011201220132014

Q4, 5 & 7: The estimation of the number of students reached statewide through their teachers, directly through AITC staff and volunteers with AITC programs, curriculum, or other resources.

K-6

Teac

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7-12

Tea

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K-6

Direct

AIT

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7-12

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ITC

Volu

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500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

3,000,000 2,765,933

819,782

1,349,804

249,953

1,523,370

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Total number of students reached in:

2010 - 44 states: 5,598,190

2011 – 42 states: 5,641,025

2012 - 43 states: 6,009,045

2013 – 43 states: 6,471,621

2013 – 45 states: 5,229,566

Q6: Estimate the number of volunteers who conducted or assisted with AITC programs.

Volunteers -

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

45,000

50,000

31,041 29,048

41,825 43,998 44,094 2010 (44 Reports)

2011 (42 Reports)

2012 (43 Reports)

2013 (43 Reports)

2014 (43 Reports)

Q8: Number of pre-service teachers contacted or trained with AITC.

0-.5 hours

1-2 hours

3-5 hours

6-10 hours

11-20 hours

21-30 hours

30+ hours

-

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

4,000

4,500

1,237

4,356

3,728

83 64 6 94

2010 (44 Reports)2011 (42 Reports)2012 (43 Reports)2013 (43 Reports)2014 (45 Reports)

Total number of pre-service teachers reached in:

2010 – 44 states: 10,243

2011 – 42 states: 9,352

2012 – 43 states: 10,058

2013 – 43 states: 10,767

2014 – 43 states: 9,568

31 states conducted pre-service trainings

Average: 309; nine states account for 75% of the total

IL, UT, NE, NC, MN, VA, OK, ME, CA

Q9 & Q11: Budgets

Budget Total Grant Total $-

$2,000,000

$4,000,000

$6,000,000

$8,000,000

$10,000,000

$12,000,000 11,615,844

1,253,375

2010 (44 Re-ports, 26 re-ceived grants)2011 (42 Re-ports, 22 re-ceived grants)2012 (43 Re-ports, 24 re-ceived grants)

Budget Range 2013: $5,000 - $2,597,991 Grant Range 2013: $2,000 - $186,400

Budget Range 2014: $0 - $2,607,088 Grant Range 2014: $0 - $1,253,375

Q10: Funding sources for state AITC 2014 budgets. No state receives direct federal on-going dollars outside of a grants.

23 (51%) reported 100% private funding (50% in 2013)

19 (42%) reported state and private funding (37% in 2013)

2 states reported they received federal funds for 2014 programs (AZ, MD)

Q12: A full-time equivalent (FTE) is 40 hours per week. What percentage of an FTE did you dedicated to Agricultural Literacy/AITC in 2014?

100%

80%-93%

60-79%

50%

25%

0-15%

0 5 10 15 20 25

21

5

4

4

2

9

2014

• 47% of State Contacts work 100% on AITC programming• 24% of State Contacts work less than 25% on AITC programming

Q13: Please note the percentage (0-100%) of the time your state program staff spent on the coordination and/or facilitation of the following in 2014

Teacher (in-service) professional development (workshops, con-ferences, seminars etc.)

Outreach (i.e., Farm Field Days, School Gardens, etc.)

Pre-service presentations or workshops

Nonformal/Volunteer Training

Marketing and Public Relations (newsletters, websites, social media, etc.)

Ag Group Presentations

Curriculum Development

Classroom/School visits

Program Evaluation

Agricultural Literacy Research

Other: Please specify

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

% of time

Other: Administrative duties (budgets, grants, personnel), fund raising, grant writing, and setting up conferences.

Q14: Estimate the number of hours you think it should take an educator to develop/write an agricultural lesson plan, complete with background and activities, for the following grade levels:

Grades K-2 Grades 3-5 Grades 6-8 Grades 9-120

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Number of hours to develop/write a lesson plan

Q1

Q15: What hourly rate would you consider for lesson plan development from and educator with 5 years' experience and a Bachelor's degree?

$10-$15 $15-$20 $20-$30 $30+1

11

16

1

Hourly Rate

Q16: What, if any, USDA agencies have you worked within the last two years (2013 & 2014)?

Rural Development (RD)

Risk Management Agency (RMA)

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)

National Agricultural Library (NAL)

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)

Forest Service (FS)

Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)

Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)

Farm Service Agency (FSA)

Economic Research Service (ERS)

Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP)

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Frequency

Frequency

Inputs, Outputs & Outcomes

Q17-18: Outputs and Outcomes

Accomplishment (output): achieving the completion or fulfillment of something

Impact (outcome): to have an immediate and strong (measurable) effect on something or somebody related to program goals or objectives

To see state accomplishments and impacts, review the state summaries website: http://agclassroom.org/state/summaries/index.htm

VisionAgriculture is valued by all.

Mission

Increasing agricultural literacy through K-12 Education.

Agricultural Literacy An agriculturally literate person understands and can

communicate the source and value of agriculture as it affects our quality of life.