The National Agriscience Teacher Ambassador Academy (NATAA) has over 20 years of successfully cultivating agriscience and inquiry-based learning in agricultural education. The Academy serves to train agriculture teachers on how to enhance the science that is already present in agriculture, as well as develop students as problem solvers and thinkers through the inquiry-based teaching method.
Applying to attend the National Agriscience Teacher Ambassador Academy is a commitment to promote agriscience and inquiry based learning to other teachers in your state, region and across the nation. Each summer, specially selected teachers spend a week participating in an interactive, hands-on application based science training program. The training will include agriculture related labs with a high amount of science content using the "inquiry-based" approach to student learning of agriscience.
Applications for the 2024 National Agriscience Teacher Ambassador Academy are now open, and are due on March 15, 2024. Click here to apply.
Goals for the National Agriscience Teacher Ambassador Academy include:
Following their training, the Academy's participants, National Agriscience Teacher Ambassadors, facilitate workshops at the National FFA Convention and NAAE Convention, helping other agriscience teachers learn how to teach more effectively. Ambassadors also conduct workshops at their local, state, and regional conferences.
Questions related to NATAA may be directed to Cameron Earlywine.
Corteva Agriscience™ puts science to work as a proud sponsor of the National Agriscience Teacher Ambassador Academy (NATAA), a special project of the National FFA Foundation.
LAB-AIDS Inc. is a valuable partner providing curriculum, materials and training support.
Would you like to provide inquiry-based workshops at your next state or regional conference? Please complete the 2024 NAAE State/Region Professional Development Institute Request Form.
