Planned Tasks
Task Type	Planning Groups
Event Title	Chamber of Commerce Ag Awareness Committee (Task ID 168971) (Lead: Newberry)
Group (Committee) Name	Chamber Ag Awareness Committee
Planning Group Type	Other
Nature of Meeting	Planning
Event Date	01/01/2007
Anticipated no. of attendees	0
Others involved
Notes/comments	If your local Chamber of Commerce has an active Ag Committee, this group may be willing to involve you on their committee and support your Ag Literacy program, especially, the Ag Fair event. If this task is not applicable to your county, delete it. Add additional tasks if this committee meets several times during the year.
Date task #168971 was last modified	07/30/2007
Task Type	Planning Groups
Event Title	Ag Awareness Teacher Committee (Task ID 168972) (Lead: Newberry)
Group (Committee) Name	Ag Awareness Teacher Committee
Planning Group Type	Task Force
Nature of Meeting	Planning
Event Date	01/01/2007
Anticipated no. of attendees	0
Others involved
Notes/comments	Work with teacher committee, representing each of the elementary campuses, to determine plans for the upcoming ag fair and set up schedule for the event. If this committee meets more than one time, add additional tasks as needed for other committee meetings.
Date task #168972 was last modified	07/30/2007
Task Type	Resource Acquisition/Management
Event Title	Ag Literacy Curriculum (Task ID 168975) (Lead: Newberry)
Material resource development type	Curriculum
Human Resources: Supervising: Supervision area
Human Resources: New Human Resources: Task	- Not Applicable -
Date of Production/Distribution	01/01/2007
Others involved
Notes/comments	You want this program to be a total curriculum enrichment experience for youth. Therefore, just an ag fair does not constitute curriculum enrichment! Best practice is for agent to put together a curriculum that is distributed prior to the ag fair to the teachers with at least 6 lessons for them to implement. There are several resoucrces that can be used including the Farm Bureau Ag In The Classroom curriculum, Yea 4-H! curriculum (K-2 or 3-5), and state 4-H Ag Literacy website where lessons can be downloaded (http://texas4-H.tamu.edu/projects/aglit/). Determine what areas will be addressed at the ag fair and put together lessons that compliment the ag fair activities. Ideally, curriculum should be hands-on for youth and handouts that the kids can take home also help to reinforce what they have learned as well as show their parents what they are learning.
Date task #168975 was last modified	07/30/2007
Task Type	Marketing/Promotion
Event Title	Marketing/Promotion to Schools (Task ID 168977) (Lead: Newberry)
Type of Marketing/Promotion Event	Letter/Announcement
Event Date	01/01/2007
Others involved
Notes/comments	Send letter to schools inviting them to be involved in Ag Literacy program. This step may be done through a different marketing method than a letter. Change the type of marketing/promotion if needed and revise this task.
Date task #168977 was last modified	07/30/2007
Task Type	Individual Development
Event Title	Individual Development (Task ID 168985) (Lead: Newberry)
Competency	Subject Matter Expertise
Type of professional activity	Face to Face Workshop or Seminar
Name of hosting organization	TBA
Indiv Dev activity description	TBA
Location level at which program will be offered	Other/Self-Directed
City and State
Start, End dates	01/01/2007 through 00/00/0000
Credit or certification	Not Applicable
Hours, college credit or certification (if applicable)	n/a
Est. actual hours of individual development for this program (not including travel, meals, etc)	n/a
Notes/comments	You may need to schedule an individual development task related to Ag Literacy. This could be a face to face training being offered in your District/Region or the state; a centra training; conference with an agent with experience in planning and implementing successful ag literacy programs; website review of ag literacy curriculum resources; or other training/self-study to support this outcome plan. Adapt this task as needed.
Date task #168985 was last modified	07/30/2007
Task Type	Marketing/Promotion
Event Title	Face To Face Marketing for Ag Literacy Program (Task ID 169255) (Lead: Newberry)
Type of Marketing/Promotion Event	One-to-one
Event Date	01/19/2007
Others involved
Notes/comments	Follow up with curriculum director and/or administrators on letter about Ag Literacy program and garner buy-in for their participation.
Date task #169255 was last modified	07/30/2007
Task Type	Resource Acquisition/Management
Event Title	Ag Fair Presenters/Helpers (Task ID 168973) (Lead: Newberry)
Material resource development type
Human Resources: Supervising: Supervision area
Human Resources: New Human Resources: Task	- Not Applicable -
Date of Production/Distribution	02/01/2007
Others involved
Notes/comments	Make personal contacts and secure presenters/speakers and helpers for the ag fair event. This may include the following: State subject matter specialists, Local Ag Related Resource persons such as Soil Conservation Service, Water District, etc., Local farmers or ranchers, 4-H teen leaders or others. Add this task as needed if this process takes longer than one month. There are some state wide resources available like the Mobile Dairy Classroom, etc.
Date task #168973 was last modified	07/30/2007
Task Type	Resource Acquisition/Management
Event Title	Curriculum Printing (Task ID 168976) (Lead: Newberry)
Material resource development type	Curriculum
Human Resources: Supervising: Supervision area
Human Resources: New Human Resources: Task	- Not Applicable -
Date of Production/Distribution	02/01/2007
Others involved
Notes/comments	If your county printing budget is tight, look for a donor to provide funding for printing of curriculum for teachers/youth. This could be an in-kind service from a printing company or paper/tonor cartridges or a monitary contribution.
Date task #168976 was last modified	07/30/2007
Task Type	Educational Methods
Event Title	Ag Literacy Teacher/Student Packets (Task ID 168978) (Lead: Newberry)
Ed. Method Type
Event Date	03/01/2007
Anticipated no. of attendees	0
Others involved
Notes/comments	Assemble and distribute the resource packets for all 4th grade students and teachers. Teachers packets will include lessons and activities to use in the classroom before and after the Ag Fair. Students will be provided a student activity booklet. Also included in this packet is the pre-test for students to take before beginning the Ag Literacy program. It will be important for you to provide a cover letter for the packet with instructions on what the teachers are to do with the materials and pre-test and when they will turn in the pre-test. During the Ag Fair, teachers will be provided with a second packet that will contain the following items: Post-test, teacher evaluation, list of presenters and donors for writing thank you notes, recognition certificates, and letter to parents about the program and 4-H opportunities. This packet should also include a cover letter with instructions for when post-tests and thank you letters will be picked up.
Date task #168978 was last modified	07/30/2007
Task Type	Educational Methods
Event Title	Ag Fair Field Trip (Task ID 168979) (Lead: Newberry)
Ed. Method Type	Group
Group Method Type
Technology used, if selected	n/a
Event Date	04/02/2007
Anticipated no. of attendees	0
Others involved
Notes/comments	4th grade students and teachers from ____ County will participate in a field trip at _______ (location). 6 to 12 stations, 20 minutes each, will be provided for participants. Sessions may focus on livstock, crops, natural resources or other agriculture related topics.
Date task #168979 was last modified	07/30/2007
Task Type	Educational Methods
Event Title	Ag Fair Teacher Follow Up Packet (Task ID 168980) (Lead: Newberry)
Ed. Method Type	Mass Media
Event Date	04/02/2007
Anticipated no. of attendees	0
Others involved
Notes/comments	During the Ag Fair, teachers will be provided with a second packet that will contain the following items: Post-test, teacher evaluation, list of presenters and donors for writing thank you notes, recognition certificates, and letter to parents about the program and 4-H opportunities. This packet should also include a cover letter with instructions for when post-tests and thank you letters will be picked up.
Date task #168980 was last modified	07/30/2007
Task Type	Evaluation
Event Title	Teacher Evaluation (Task ID 168982) (Lead: Newberry)
Evaluation strategy	Post only
Data collection strategy	In Person Survey
Sampling methodology	Census (all participants)
Event Date	04/02/2007
Will economic data be sought?	No
Others involved
Notes/comments	Teacher surveys will be distributed at the Ag Fair in the teacher packets. Provide a time when you will pick up the teacher surveys from each school. Compile the responses.
Date task #168982 was last modified	07/30/2007
Task Type	Interpretation
Event Title	Ag Literacy Interpretation (Task ID 168983) (Lead: Newberry)
Type of Interpretation Event	Mass Media
Event Date	04/04/2007
Anticipated no. of attendees	0
Others involved
Notes/comments	Compile evaluation results and comments from teacher's evaluations. From the results, several different options for interpretation are available: Newspaper article with pictures from Ag Fair event; One page report to School/School Board on evaluation results of their students who participated in the Ag Literacy program, etc.
Date task #168983 was last modified	07/30/2007
Task Type	Evaluation
Event Title	Ag Fair Evaluation (Task ID 168981) (Lead: Newberry)
Evaluation strategy	Pre and Post
Data collection strategy	In Person Survey
Sampling methodology	Census (all participants)
Event Date	04/20/2007
Will economic data be sought?	No
Others involved
Notes/comments	Pre-tests will be provided to teachers at least 3 weeks before the Ag Fair. Teachers will conduct pre-test before beginning any Ag Literacy lessons. Post-tests will be provided to teachers at the Ag Fair and conducted within the next month. Set a date for collecting the Ag Literacy Pre-and Post Tests from each school and enter the data on the 4-H One website. Evaluation instuments are available at the 4-H One website.
Date task #168981 was last modified	07/30/2007
Task Type	Interpretation
Event Title	Thank You Letters (Task ID 168984) (Lead: Newberry)
Type of Interpretation Event	One-on-One
Event Date	04/20/2007
Anticipated no. of attendees	0
Others involved
Notes/comments	Write a thank you letter to each presenter, helper and donor. Include the 0ne page summary of the evaluation results from the youth and teacher surveys. Collect the thank you letters from the participants and include them with your thank you packet.
Date task #168984 was last modified	07/30/2007