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Your voice and experience can open the door to a professional development journey that provides resources to make an impact on the profession through global agriculture literacy.

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Educators Empowering Educators (E3)

This work is supported by the Professional Development for Agricultural Literacy (PDAL), grant no. 2024-67037-42817, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture: Project Title: Educators Empowering Educators for Global Agricultural Literacy, Project Director: Daniel D. Foster.

What is the Educators Empowering Educators (E3) Program?

Educators Empowering Educators, or E3, is a professional development program for educators rooted in collaboration by creating teacher teams. Teams will undergo professional development on global agriculture and sustainable development – and discuss how to implement these topics into their curricula.

As part of a their investment of approximately 85 hours across 12 months, teacher teams will work to develop resources for educators related to global connections in one of the six USDA Agriculture, Food, and Research Initiative (AFRI) priority areas.

This program includes a three-day professional development experience in State College, Pennsylvania, virtual meetings with industry experts and scientists, and opportunities to share your outputs with educators from across the nation and world!

Expanding global agricultural literacy: 2024-2025 Focus Areas

Plant Health and Production and Plant Products Team

Food Safety, Nutrition, and Health Team

Bioenergy, Natural Resources, and Environment Team

What are the objectives of this program?

Equip teachers with a comprehensive understanding of the linkages between global agriculture, diverse subject areas, and real-world issues, enabling them to integrate agricultural themes into their curricula

Develop a collaborative platform that connects teachers across disciplines, allowing them to exchange insights, share best practices, and collaboratively develop cross-curricular projects targeting global agriculture topics.

Who can apply for this program?

This is a federally funded program that is intended for a specific educator audience. Our two applicant requirements are that participants must be:

K-14 educators

Currently teaching in a U.S. school system

Interested in applying to be a teacher team member? Learn more about the benefits and requirements here.

Ways to Engage:

There are three primary ways to engage with this program:

Teacher Team Members – educators who participate in all aspects of programming (85-hour time commitment). Team Leaders for each teacher team will be solicited from accepted participants. (one-pager linked here)
Virtual Summit Presenters – educators/individuals who apply to present at the virtual Global Agriculture Literacy Summit in June 2025 (5-hour time commitment)
Agricultural Science Research Team Members– Scientists and content experts who support the teacher teams in Spring 2025 (15-hour time commitment)

Cohort 2 applications will open in late Spring 2025 and close August 15th, 2025

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Virtual Summit Presenters for 2025 will open in Spring 2025

What do I get if selected to be an E3 Team Member?

Stipends for your time ($1750 per teacher!)
Access to leading agricultural scientists
Travel expense to an exclusive three-day professional development domestic immersion in University Park, PA
Funding to test/pilot materials
Funding to share developed materials at regional and national educator conferences