Dear High
School Agriculture Educators:
High School students interested in becoming
an Agriculture Educator are encouraged to apply for the Lake Land College
Growing Agriscience Teachers (GAST) Internship. The purpose of the internships
are to provide the students with the opportunity to explore the Agriculture
Education field first hand with a supervising secondary agriculture education
instructor. During the 6-week internship period, students will perform numerous
job shadowing and performance activities in order to learn the duties and tasks
of a secondary Agriculture Education teacher.
Selected High School students will be paid
at a gross rate of $13/hour for 20 hours/week for the internship during 6 of
the 7 weeks between May 10th and June 25th, 2021. (120 hours total)
Additionally, students must be at least 16 years of age at the time of
application.
If selected, students will be required to
meet virtually via Zoom with Ryan Wildman for an orientation meeting, and fill
out several items of employee
paperwork prior to the internship. These items will need to be delivered in
person to the Lake Land College Human Resources Office on the Lake Land College
Campus in Mattoon, IL during normal business hours by April 23, 2021. These
documents are completed in order to be paid for work experience and receive
college credit. Throughout the grant,
students are required to complete and submit weekly diaries as well.
The application is attached and must be
completed and returned electronically via
e-mail to Ryan Wildman at Lake Land College by February 12, 2021. E-mail address
information is included on the Application Form. It is planned that individuals
selected for the internship will be notified by March 12, 2021. Please feel
free to share this information with students whom you feel would benefit from
this experience! Thank you for your support!
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Megan Coy
Facilitating Coordination in Ag Education (FCAE)
Phone: 217-493-8791 Cell: 217-493-8791
Email: mcoy@ilaged.org
Address: 801 N. Country Fair Dr, Champaign, IL 61820