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Summary 2023 — Florida
State Contact
Florida Agriculture in the Classroom
P.O. Box 110015
Gainesville, FL 32611-0015
P: 352.846.1391
E: sponholtz@agtag.org
Website
Innovative Programming
Elementary Agriculture Education - With the assistance of UF Ag Ed and Communication Department we created grade level specific agriculture standards and submitted them to the Department of Education for approval. We co-wrote an USDA PDAL Grant with UF AEC to create a professional development program to educate these elementary agriculture teachers.
Major Program Impacts or Outcomes
Not reported for 2023
Program Leader Biosketch
Becky Sponholtz joined Florida Agriculture in the Classroom as their Education Program Manager in June of 2013 and become the Executive Director in February of 2017. Before joining FAITC, she was an Agriscience Instructor and FFA Advisor for seven years at Keystone Heights High School and two years at Fort Pierce Westwood High School. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science and a Master of Agriculture from Auburn University.