Green and Growing Podcast

Just yesterday an agriculture teacher beamed as she told me how she used to dread parent communication and now that she​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Tried something new​​​​​​​​ Had a mentor ​​​​​​​​ Got around an encouraging community and ​​​​​​​​ Had a positive attitude…​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ She feels empowered on those calls.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​ Having that kind of 180 on a task that you cringe about turning it in...

We all want to be green and growing, but sometimes it can be hard to know where to go next!  Check out our podcast episode #152 as Jessica shares more about the various professional growth opportunities in the world of being an Ag teacher!   #greenandgrowing #podcast #spotify #applepodcast #anchor #googlepodcast #weekly #VC #spotlightteacher #MVC #QHT

Do you have that one cousin that always comes off as passive aggressive? Or that aunt that thinks her cooking is great but it’s really not? They most definitely are not self-aware. But we aren’t talking about them on this episode, we are talking about you!

It's a THROWBACK to one of our favorite Germinate Nation Chapter sessions with Janyel Taylor 🌱 Feeling like the National Chapter Program is a huge undertaking and you have no idea where to get started? If so, this session is for you! The National Chapter Program allows FFA chapters to develop well-rounded members through diverse activities in Growing Leaders, Building Communities, and Strengtheni...

Want a peek behind the scenes of Green and Growing Education? Come get a little glimpse at what’s been going on!

The new year is here and after a few weeks out of the classroom, it can be a bit difficult to reign your students back in and get them fully engaged in your lessons. After all, students have just gone from being hyped up on Christmas candy, holiday fun and staying up too late to jumping back into early alarm clocks and are expected to be on their best behavior from 8am-3pm Monday through Friday. N...

The new year is here and after a few weeks out of the classroom, it can be a bit difficult to reign your students back in and get them fully engaged in your lessons. After all, students have just gone from being hyped up on Christmas candy, holiday fun and staying up too late to jumping back into early alarm clocks and are expected to be on their best behavior from 8am-3pm Monday through Friday. N...

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎉 Not sure what to do with students that first day back after winter break?  Need a fun activity for January? The Green and Growing Team has got you in this episode of the Green and Growing Podcast! 🌱

Are your students stepping away from the plate rather than stepping up to the plate? Are you having a hard time filling CDE teams? On this episode of the Green and Growing Podcast we have a roundup of ideas from our Evergreen Group members on how to increase CDE engagement in your program!

Ready to jazz up your FFA Week? This episode is for you! 

This episode was recorded LIVE with the Here By The Owl crew at Summer Germinate. We share some fun ideas for FFA meetings and how to empower your students to help!

We don’t do bonus episodes often. So jump on in and give this baby a listen!

How do you organize SAEs? What are the ways to get students excited? Tell me the strategies you use!  Join Cassidy Shelton who will tell us how she organizes SAEs within her classes and ways she gets students excited about their projects. She will also help provide strategies you can use to make SAEs less daunting for students.

We all love a good routine, right? 🙌 Check out  👀 this episode to see how Jacklyn Bond has helped get her students back on track with their Supervised Agricultural Experience projects. She has implemented SAE Folders for all agriculture students. 👊🏼 Students get these folders out every Friday for devoted AET journal entry time. In these folders are student login information sheets, AET re...

Y'all asked and Laura Crosby is answering. 🎙 On this episode we answer some of your questions about SAE Visits.  ⭐️How to set them up? ⭐️How to prepare students? ⭐️And when I'm visiting, what the heck should I do? Let us know your favorite parts of this episode over on our social media pages! 

So your students have an SAE...What next? Our very own Sarah Nerswick is going to share a little things she did in her classroom called the SAE Expo 👀 She is going to walk us through what it is, where it all began and how you can do an SAE Expo in your classroom 🌲 Listen in to Episode 139 of the Green and Growing Podcast and get all the tips and tricks!  AND THEN...tell us all about how you...

Katie Rittenhouse is the queen of SAE's. Come along for amazing tips and tricks from the queen herself.

What do piñatas, rubber ducks, charcuterie boards and balloons all have in common? 🧐 Community Service activities! 🙌 If you're scratching your head going "wait, what?!", this is an episode you don't want to miss! ⭐️ Learn how to create new community service projects that are fresh, fun and bring the value in episode 137 of the Green and Growing Podcast 🌱

Let's talk community service in YOUR Ag Program 🍎 How do you empower 🙌 your students to take action and serve the community? How do you support👍 students in these processes? How do you identify👇needs in the community? Our good friend Cecily Gunter is in the house to answer ALL the questions and share what she does in her program!

If I told you I had a service learning project that made animal nutrition hands-on and exciting, while providing a high quality community service project and conducting agricultural research for your students, would this be something you would be interested in? I thought it would be! Chickens for Charity is a service-learning project where students in Animal & Plant Science conduct a 4-week re...

Want a community service project that is ongoing, low cost and low time commitment? 🏙 What about one that is housed in your classroom for students to work on when they have time? ⏰ Look no further 👀 This week on the @greenandgrowingedu podcast we have @sarahnerswick on and she is going to talk all about a community service project she had in her classroom called serving space 🤩 Listen in to epi...

Want to learn about an easy way to market your fundraiser? Caseelynn Johnston is on the podcast to share about her tride and true way to market her program and how that plays into a successful fundraiser 📸 This is an episode you won't want to miss!

Bored of your current fundraisers? 😑 Stuck in a fundraising rut?🦌 Ready to find a fundraiser that does not feel like a fundraiser?👍 From Rodeos🐎to Steak Dinners🍴to Community Outreach🗣, our Evergreen Group friends, Allison Heald and Tim Davis give us all the details on how to break the typical fundraiser mold and try something new ⭐️

You know what sells? 🤔 Things that people can buy EMOTIONALLY 💚 How much more likely are you to buy the wreath from the kid who told the story about how the wreath is helping their chapter sponsor a local animal shelter versus the kid who just asks for the sale? 🎄🐕 Teach the students to tell the story of the fund. Remember you aren’t raising money, you are raising opportunities! 📖 This is jus...

So your chapter needs to raise a few bucks? 💸  What the best way to go about that? 🤔 What are the most successful fundraisers? 💰 What are the flops? 👎 Abbey Brown joins us to dish all the deets on successful fundraisers for your program in this episode of the Green and Growing Podcast.  Check out Abbey's Specialist teacher page!