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What's New
| Tanzania | |
| AGsploration | |
Tanzania Experience
This summer, join us on UME’s Inaugural International 4-H Experience to Africa! If you are a senior 4-Her you will have the chance of a lifetime to gather with other youth from Finland and South Africa to teach 4-H project information and do humanitarian work in Tanzania, Africa! Apply now! Applications are due March 16, 2012.
AGsploration
Are you interested in production agriculture, health and/or environmental issues as they relate to Maryland agriculture? Do you enjoy teaching others? Are you interested in meeting other 4-Hers from around the state? If so, then the AGsploration Winter Institute might be for you. Details are attached and can be found below.
Who: We invite all 4-H youth ages 14-18 to become trained as a Teen Teacher
What: AGsploration Winter Institute
Where: Patuxent River 4-H Center, 18405 Queen Anne Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774
Cost: FREE!! (Travel to/from the center on your own)
What You Will Receive: Lots of GOODIES to teach the AGsploration curriculum, Door Prizes, and much more!!
What is Your Commitment? Fill out an application by December 31, 2011, attend the training in February and make a 30 hour commitment teaching the curriculum during 2012
The AGsploration development team invites 4-H youth ages 14-18 or 4-H alumni ages 19-21 to become trained as a teen teacher for the new University of Maryland Extension’s AGsploration: The Science of Maryland Agriculture curriculum at our Winter Institute on Saturday, February 18, 2012 to Monday, February 20, 2012 at the Patuxent River 4-H Center in Upper Marlboro, MD. The cost of the training is free, however, you must provide travel to/from the center on your own.
At the training, team members will receive a copy of the AGsploration curriculum and a kit to aid in teaching in. As a team member, your commitment is to fill out an application, attend the AGsploration team training in February, and make a 30-hour commitment teaching and evaluating the AGsploration curriculum in 2012.
Completed applications are due by December 31, 2011 to April Hall Barczewski at UME-Cecil County, 200 Chesapeake Blvd, Suite 1500, Elkton, MD 21921. The AGsploration program is limited to 30 participants. Applicants will be accepted by a review process and we encourage at least one youth from every 4-H unit to apply. Applicants will be notified by mid-January if they have been accepted to attend the training. Additional information and required paperwork will be mailed once your application has been accepted.
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Last updated: 02/20/2012
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