State Summer Conference--Save the Date!
Apply to Present at the State Summer Conference
It's time to think about our state summer conference--and we need your help!!
Oklahoma AITC is seeking excellent teachers to present breakout sessions at the State AITC Summer Conference. Please answer the following questions and submit your session proposal by June 2, 2023. Presenters will be contacted by AITC State Coordinators if they are chosen to present (By the 2nd or 3rd week of June). Sessions ideas may be submitted by an individual teacher or a team of teachers. A $100 stipend for EACH SESSION will be paid. Sessions must include: AITC lessons and hands on activities. If you have any other questions, please contact an AITC Coordinator!
Emily Ague 405-885-1851 or emily.ague@ag.ok.gov
Melody Aufill - 405-795-0121 or melody.aufill@ag.ok.gov
Annie Davis - 405-740-0160 or annie.davis@ag.ok.gov
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We are making the list and checking it twice--emails will be sent later this week to those who have been selected to attend the Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom Bedlam Road Trip--'23! There are always last minute cancellations and change of plans! It's not too late for you to get on the waitlist!! Visit our website--and sign up, today!
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 Join Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom for a special Professional Learning Opportunity over National AITC’s new Resource “Ag Badging Field Guides.” This resource was specifically created for 3rd-5th grade students, but it could be used at Ag Days or with 4-H students. Follow this link to preview the resource: https://agclassroom.org/matrix/resource/1236/.
We have 5 professional learning opportunites available throughout the state, which will include hands-on training and a local farm tour. Each participant will leave with 30 guides for students. Limit of 20 teachers per session and lunch will be provided for participants. Register at the link below and email Emily.ague@ag.ok.gov with any questions. You will be notified within 48 hours (possibly longer on weekend) of applying if you are accepted to attend.
Professional Learning Options (You only need to attend 1):
- April 5, 2023 9 am - 3 pm FBC Activity Center (workshop portion) and Livesay Orchards (Farm tour) in Porter, OK--Registration Closed
- May 8, 2023 9 am- 3 pm Magnolia Blossom Alpaca Ranch in Newcastle, OK
- May 23, 2023 9 am-3 pm. Mowdy Ranch Mustangs in Coalgate, OK
- June 20, 2023 9am-3pm Autry Technology Center (workshop portion) & Red Bird Farm (Farm tour) in Enid, OK
- July 7, 2023 9 am - 3pm Caddo Kiowa Technology Center (workshop, Ft. Cobb, OK) & Horn Canna Farm (Farm tour) In Carnigie, OK
**If the session location is in a separate place than the farm tour, you may need to drive (or carpool) from that location to the farm. None of the locations are more than 15 minutes away.
 Thank you Oklahoma Soybean Board for creating a great partnership with Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom!
Rick and Ginger Reimer lead the Oklahoma Soybean Board, and we value both of them and their relationship with AITC and their support of teachers who use our material and teach about agriculture.
Rick Reimer, Executive Director
Growing up in northeast Oklahoma, Rick Reimer farmed soybeans and wheat with his father. He graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in Animal Science and minor in Agricultural Economics. He later earned his MBA from Oklahoma City University. Reimer has served as the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Soybean Check Off Board for over 20 years bringing it from Kansas and a shared exec, to Oklahoma oversight. He transitioned the board from the Oklahoma Soybean Commission, at state agency, to the Oklahoma Soybean Board, a 501-C (3) non-profit corporation recognized by the United Soybean Board as the Qualified State Soybean Board for Oklahoma. With increasing soybean growth across the state, the Board has taken on new research partnerships with OSU, taken the lead in Oklahoma on feral hog control by partnering with the Oklahoma State Wildlife Services, and provided thousands of dollars in scholarships and partnerships to further the animal agriculture industry and youth education opportunities.
Reimer also serves on the OSU Ferguson College of Agriculture Alumni Board and is a member of Oklahoma Agriculture Leadership Program Class V.
Ginger Reimer serves as the Consumer and Industry Coordinator for the marketing, promotion and education activities of the board. After 17 years in the classroom she created the education initiatives to fulfill the board’s desire to see Oklahoma’s youth more knowledgeable about their food, fiber, fuel and feed, in addition to the role that soybeans play in those products. With the new teacher workshops that began in 2018 they have educated over 300 teachers who have impacted over 19,000 students. They have created a Virtual Reality program and have 30 headsets with which students and consumers can be virtually transported to view on-the-farm and in-the-barn activities. Reimer serves on the Ag in the Classroom Advisory Board and is a member Oklahoma Agriculture Leadership Program Class XVI. She received the Oklahoma State University Master Agronomist Award for her contribution to educating others.
Follow them on social media: Oklahoma Soy Bean Board
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