* Sent to all Advisors in Section 6-7 and 9-10. 

Good morning!  I hope the 4th quarter is starting off smoothly for each of you! As the year wraps up, I thought I’d send an email with important dates, opportunities, and reminders. 

It’s Ag Ed Grant season!

The intent to apply for the Three Circles Grant is officially open!  All Chapters interested in receiving this grant for the 25-26 school year need to complete this Three Circle Grant Intent to Apply Form AND download and complete the Three Circles Grant Allocation Worksheet.  See the email from Jennifer Waters for more specific grant details. Need more information on the grant, go here Agricultural Education Grant Programs. Everything needs to be complete by May 15th.  

The Quality Indicators Application link for the Incentive Funding Grant will open up soon. Watch for an email from Jennifer Waters.  All programs receiving this grant should complete this application.  New to teaching and have questions?  Just email or call me (630-885-4927).

Reminder:

If you are a Three Circles grant teacher, don’t forget to get your hours updated into the AET Teacher Tracker.  You should have 400 hours (80% FFA/SAE and 20% Classroom/PD) by June 30th.  

Upcoming Dates:

April 15th:

Applications for State Convention Band, Drum Line, Chorus, and Talent are due! 

Illinois Agriscience Fair - Students have abstract and other items in AET.  (See email from Sean Welch on 3/28)

May 1st: 

Agriscience Fair written reports due in AET.

May 15th: 

Three Circles Intents Due

May 16th:

State Convention Pre-registration Due

Professional Development Opportunities

Need help in AET? Plan to attend the AET workshops being held @ JJC on June 4-6. Sign up through your dashboard on the IL Ag Ed website. 

IAVAT Conference - June 16-18: Once you get registered, you can sign up for some great workshops/trainings! See the email from Casey Bolin on 4/1 for descriptions of all of the PD available. Get signed up today!

Openings:

Know anyone looking for a teaching position? We have several positions open right now in District 2! See Teaching Vacancies for more details.  

Congratulations to all D2 teachers who have accepted new positions for the coming school year! 

Welcome back to the mix, LaSalle-Peru Township High School, who have recently re-chartered, and will be up and running next school year! 

Random:  Have troubles with a registration or something else on the IL Ag Ed website? Just send me an email and I can work to find a fix. 

Resource Parking Lot

The Agriculture Career Matchmaker - activity from National FFA

Looking Under the Label - lesson from National Ag in the Classroom

Newsweek article about the Dire Wolf - good bell work for an Animal Science or Ag Bio class.

Have a great week and good luck to those competing at State Food Science this weekend!!