Maryland AITC Educator Workshops
Are you a elementary or middle school educator looking to increase your students’ engagement and excitement about learning?
Come learn how to teach your existing curriculum using agriculture as
the context for learning. Our goal is to introduce you to Maryland
agriculture and show you how easy it is to infuse agriculture into your
existing classroom curriculum…even if you know nothing about it!
Utilizing standards aligned, hands-on, agriculture based lessons to
coordinate with on-the-farm experiences, these trainings not only allow
educators to personally experience learning through agriculture but
provide the resources necessary for them to take it directly back into their elementary and middle school classrooms or for use in their non-formal settings with elementary and middle school aged youth!
For more information or to plan an Educator Workshop in your county reach out to Tonya Wible at TWible@maefonline.com
Training include:
- 1 MSDE CPD credit
- An experiential-learning based model of delivery
- On-the-farm experiences
- Standards aligned lesson plans
- Agriculturally accurate trade books for your classroom library
- Kits, resources, and tools to teach the lessons
More reasons to attend!
-Each participant receives an agricultural resource kit with
approximately $100 in educational resources and materials
-Our Ag in the Classroom Educator Workshops are not your typical
professional development sessions. Through on-the-farm experiences,
participation in hands-on application of agricultural content to various
subjects in a collaborative setting, you’ll leave energized and equipped to
use agriculture as the context for teaching core content curriculum.
– Travel stipends to help defer the costs of bringing experiential learning to your classroom. Travel stipends vary by workshops, details found in the workshop description.
Let’s GRO: From Hay to Horses!
April 16th, 2026 – Maryland Farm Bureau Davidsonville, MD
Focus on Elementary and Middle School both formal and non formal educators!
Farms and animals go hand in hand…but what goes into raising and caring for them? Come get a behind the scenes tour of two local farms: a hay and grain farm & a horse farm. Then learn how to incorporate the history, economics, careers, and animal care of agriculture into your work with students. Hear from engaging guest speakers and leave with valuable resources to use in your classroom!
*Anne Arundel County educator fee will be remibursed after completion of the workshop by Anne Arundel Farm Bureau.
Maryland Farm Bureau Office
3358 Davidsonville Rd, Davidsonville, MD 21035
Past Workshops
BARN Crawl Professional Development
MAEOE Conference, Towson MD
Focus on Elementary and Middle School both formal and non formal educators!
Our next professional development for educators: Bar(n) Crawl at the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education annual conference. Workshop participants will board a bus and make the rounds to three local farms. We’ll sample delicious food and drink and learn how they were produced. Farmers will provide insights into sustainability and the different environmental conservation practices that are used.
