Training & Professional Development
Collaborating to Improve Our Success
Note: funding for this program has expired. As such, this project is no longer active.
Teacher Training Video: Use this link to access the FACTS Teacher Training Video (6 parts; 60 minutes total): FACTS Teacher Training Video .
Professional Development and Teacher Support Networks are critical components of the FACTS Curriculum and Instruction package. Teacher professional development opportunities are offered regularly at events such as the National FFA Convention and the National Association of Agriculture Education Conference. Teachers who volunteer to be a part of the research initiative also receive regular PD opportunities through face-to-face and online interactions.
The links below provide more information in regards to these opportunities and the materials offered during these PD events.
New York Association of Agricultural Educators - 2020 Conference
3D Science Learning in Agriculture Through Sustainability: Video - Presentation (PPT) - Presentation (PDF)
Example Curriculum: Best Management Practices
Watershed Modeling Simulation
National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST), 2020
Paper - Utilizing Three-Dimensional Science Learning and Situated Instruction to Increase the Adoption of Sustainable Knowledge and Practice Among Rural Agriscience Students
Presentation (PPT)
National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST), 2019
Paper - Impacts of Science Literacy on Rural Sustainability
PDF presentation
National FFA Convention, October 25th, 2018
Workshop Presentation (PDF)
FACTS Natural Resources Curriculum
Biodiversity & Ecosystems Packet
Biodiversity & Ecosystems Notes
Supervised Career Experience Packet
Nine Talk Moves
FACTS Bioreactors
Sign-up to be a part of the FACTS Research Group
WAAE Summer Conference, June 27th, 2018
Presentation (PDF)
Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using NGSS
Biodiversity & Ecosystems Packet