USDA-NIFA Contract Update Debra Spielmaker, Utah State University

Research & Evaluation Projects New National Center for Agricultural Literacy Wiki that includes an Agricultural Literacy Wiki & Zotero Database of Curated Research Collaboration on National Research Agenda 2016-2020 – Priority 1 An Agricultural Literacy Publication Search Framework was developed and published: WR-AAAE Conference Proceedings NALOs published as a research poster: WR-AAAE Conference Proceedings Assessments Tools for 3-5 STEM NALOs are available. Assessment Tools for the K-5 NALOs in all themes are in progress Evaluation Tools for pre-service and in-service teacher professional learning workshops are developed

agclassroom.org/matrix Continued Development & Curation of Collaborative Content 400 Lessons 647 Companion resources 1,396 MyBinder accounts (23% increase in 3 months) 30% of traffic to agclassroom.org 18 States use the Matrix API State Standards Searching Downloadable lesson plan template & tutorials Teaching Strategies Wiki

agclassroom.org/matrix Matrix Philosophy Not just a Google Search Collaborative Shareable Student Centered: “You do, we do, I do” Science lessons use the 5E approaches when appropriate and 3 Dimensional Learning to make sense of science/STEM (phenomena) as defined by EQuIP Opportunities for PBL

agclassroom.org 2016 Analytics: 199,041 visits a 40% increase from the previous year. Continual updates & social network posts Development & Maintenance of State Websites Recognition in NIFA 2015 & 2016 Annual Report

Programs Regional Meetings & National Conference DC Fly-in: Leadership Summit Teacher Awards Tradeshows Curriculum Development APHG Lessons Updates to Growing a Nation Distribution of elementary student readers, nationwide. On-Going Curation of Resources NSF- FoodMASTERS APHIS-Hungry Pests FDA-Science and Our Food Supply Sustainable Ag (J2050) Lessons STEM “T & E” Lessons - Aquaculture

Spend by Aug. 31, 2017 ($106,000 is left in the Year 2 budget) Item Budget to request Increase the number of National Excellence in Teaching about Agriculture Award recipients from 6 to 8 in 2017 (2 x $2,000)* $4,000 Travel, participation, and exhibit materials in the NSTA conference in LA, April 2017* $3,654 Deliver three NSTA web seminars for teachers in 2017.   $8,274 Revise, reprint Iowa readers with national focus ($40,000 - 6 issues several thousand of each reserving $2,000 for postage)** $40,000 Update ‘Growing a Nation’ Update and dynamic timeline** $44,072 Video work for 2017 teacher awards * $6,000 Total $106,000.00

Spend by Aug. 31, 2018 ($135,365 is remaining in Year 3 budget) Item Budget to request Increase the number of National Excellence in Teaching about Agriculture Award recipients from 6 to 8 in 2018 (2 x $1,500 )* $3,000 Develop aquaponics unit for middle school science & technology** $27,004 Develop reliable and valid assessment questions around the NALOs for K-6 (NCAL/USU)** $24,881 Purchase updated version of ‘Science in Your Shopping Cart’ $5,000 Career Posters from Purdue or online course module development for in-service teachers (classroom materials in prime award)* Fire-up Grants 2017 (6 grants, 2 in each category)*** $65,000 Video production work for 2018 teacher awards*** $5,480 Total $135,365.00

Spend by Aug. 31, 2018 ($54,699 for USU/NCAL and $155,000 NAITCO Sub = $209,699) is remaining in Year 4 budget Item Budget to request Development of online modules for pre-service teachers ($7,000 for USU instructional designer, $3,000 video work, $3,199 interactive kit development work – instructional materials)* $13,199 The 2018 National Conference $50,000 National Excellence in Teaching about Agriculture Awards - 2018 (8 recipients (8 x $1,500 )*** $12,000 Fire-Up Grants 2017 (the original submission request in 2016 asked for $32,500 for three awards, additional funding out of year 3 and year 4 would bring the total number to twelve possible awards in 2017)*** $65,000 Professional Development increase for AITC regional meetings (increase of 3,500 per region to $5,750 per region. Going from original budget of $14,000 to $23,000 (additional $9,000)*** $23,000 DC Leadership Summit (2018)*** $15,000 NAITCO Management of State Fire-up grants (2018), Regional Meetings (2018), DC Leadership Summit (2018), National Teacher Awards (2018) National Conference Contract (2018)*** $28,500 NAITCO Office supplies and postage $3,000 Total $209,699.00 * Realocates additional budget to previously approved initiatives in the prime **New budget items with attached scopes of work and budgets ***NAITCO Subaward