OCTOBER 2020

The school year has kicked off, and educators are connecting with students in person, online, or through a mix of both. Educators joined the Fall Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Education Professional Development Conference on September 25, 2020, co-hosted by New Jersey Association of Ag Educators and the New Jersey Department of Agriculture.

A panel, featuring UMASH outreach coordinator Megan Schossow, focused on Supervised Ag Experience (SAE). The presentation, SAE Safety for All: How to Launch Foundational Safety Programs for Agricultural Education Students, featured:

• Michael Pate – Utah State University (Moderator)
• Linda Fetzer – Penn State University
• Melissa Ploeckelman – National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (NCCRAHS)
• Whitney Pennington – High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety at Colorado State University (HICAHS)
• Megan Schossow – Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center at University of Minnesota School of Public Health
• Aaron Yoder – University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)

BRING THESE RESOURCES INTO YOUR CLASSROOM:

Ag Educator Resources

To assist teachers incorporating agricultural safety and health, UMASH has compiled a list of resources that can be used during the academic school year, such as: lesson plans, awareness events and additional resources to integrate health and safety topics into the classroom in a teacher friendly format.

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Telling the Story Project

Telling the Story Project features real-life experiences and personal accounts of families and individuals directly affected by injuries and close calls. The purpose of the project is to raise awareness about safety, risk, and injury prevention.

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Safety in Agriculture for Youth

Safety in Agriculture for Youth (SAY) is a grant project funded by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop a sustainable and accessible national clearinghouse for agricultural safety and health curriculum for youth.

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Worker Health and Safety Resources

HICAHS provides lesson plans, handouts, and hands-on-activities on tractor and ATV /UTV safety for use in agricultural education classrooms. A corresponding online Safety Awareness Certificate exam is hosted by AET (The Agricultural Experience Tracker).

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