End of year reflection
Want to get better next year?
I'm going to ask you to do something you might not want to do, bear with me.
Ask your students for feedback.
Let them give you feedback on the good and bad of the class. The growth points you have and the gold that you have already uncovered!
Here are 3 ways you can do this!
TOP 5 BOTTOM 5
Top 5 and Bottom 3 list of concepts/knowledge gained by being a part of AgEd class this year. These can include topics discussed in class or learned throughout your participation in FFA or your SAE.
Each of your TOP 5 and Bottom 5 aspects require written documentation. This must include at least a paragraph for each point on your list. You must address why you found value in learning this aspect, and how it will help you in the real world.
Include a visual for each TOP 5 aspect in your written project.
(Can be done in paper form or presentation form)
COURSE REFLECTION
Address the following FOUR questions in at least one paragraph EACH: (1) What did you learn about yourself throughout the semester? (2) If you had it to do over again, what would you change? (3) Consider the course as a whole: What was most beneficial to your development in agriculture? (4) What would you have liked to learn more about? (Can be done in paper form or presentation form) Get a copy of the Top 5 Bottom 5 and Course Reflection document HERE.
Google Form Course Evaluation
There is a template on google forms for a course evaluation. You can tweak it to fit your class/curriculum. Google forms are a great way to collect data and evaluate it. You can check it out here.
Virtual Coffee Recap 4/6 & 4/13
Virtual Coffee has passed its 4th week and here is your recap! Below are the topics for the coffees (4/6 on the left, 4/13 on the right)
You can join us at the next coffee! Virtual Coffee is every Monday at 11 a.m. EST. The calls will last about an hour. You can join us via ZOOM.
Hope to see you there!
You can access the Virtual Coffee content in THREE ways.
Listen to the playback on the Ag with Mrs. Wedger Podcast ( you can find it on Apple Podcasts and Spotify)
Watch the playback of the coffee. You can access it on the Digital Learning Resources in the Green & Growing Education Teachable site for free (lots of other great resources are there too)
Read the chat from the Zoom call on this google doc link for 4/6 and 4/13.
Virtual Coffee 3/23/30 Recap
Over 75 agriculture teachers from across the county attended the first Virtual Coffee hosted by Hannah Wedger and Sarah Nerswick!
The purpose of the Virtual Coffee was to provide a community of problem solvers! Each teacher was able to start the call by "tooting their horn." They could shout out a win to the group. Then we hopped into the meat and potatoes of the call, SPOTLIGHT TEACHERS. This is where five teachers were able to ask the group for their input on a problem they were facing due to digital learning. And man, did the teachers SHOW UP. If you would like to listen to this weeks call you can check it out HERE on the Ag with Mrs. Wedger Podcast. Below you will find the three ways you can access the content shared at the coffee!
You can join us at the next coffee! Virtual Coffee is every Monday at 11 a.m. EST. The calls will last about an hour. You can join us via ZOOM.
Hope to see you there!
You can access the Virtual Coffee content in THREE ways.
Listen to the playback on the Ag with Mrs. Wedger Podcast ( you can find it on Apple Podcasts and Spotify)
Watch the playback of the coffee. You can access it on the Digital Learning Resources in the Green & Growing Education Teachable site for free (lots of other great resources are there too)
Read the chat from the Zoom call on this google doc link.
Digital Learning Resources
In the midst of COVID-19 a lot of teachers are looking at a few weeks (at minimum) of digital learning.
If you are like me, you were caught off guard this week. I wanted to help in anyway possible. I went through the GERMINATE Virtual Conference Archieves and pur together all the information I believe can help agriculture teachers learn different ways to provide quality instruction to their students via digital learning.
All of the content is housed on TEACHABLE, the same site that the GERMINATE Virtual Conferences are housed. EVERYTHING in the Digital Learning Resources "course" are free. Use, share, re-use, re-share.
This is where the "community" part of the Green & Growing Education mission statement comes in. This is about providing all students the best instruction we can in the circumstances.
Now is the time to love our neighbors, by protecting our neighbors.
Here is the link for you to join the totally 100% free DIGITAL LEARNING RESOURCES from Green & Growing Education.
I am pulling for you, always <3
What you do today, will show up a year from now
I heard that quote for the first time early this year at my GUIDE Culture training.And it struck me.I think back to a year from today. I know that the little deposits I was making in myself have paid dividends a year later.And it all started with changing one thing in my life.Let me take you back to Black Friday 2018. It had been about 9 months since I had my son Callan and I needed a change. An advertisement for Pure Barre popped up on my social media. I used to do it consistently but had some pregnancy issues that made me stop and then I didn't prioritize anything but baby snuggles for the 4 months I was off work with him. So, I decided, I am in the groove with work now and handling my two little loves. I can commit to working out again.I have now been going to my Pure Barre studio consistently since December 2018. But, that was just the start of the snowball effect.-My husband and I joined a married couples small group-I started First Friday Webinars-The Green & Growing Mastermind was born-I invested in my first personal development course-The idea of a virtual conference was planted in my brainAll from one thing. When you invest in yourself, in whatever way you need, it will pay off. I needed a big turn around in 2018, and getting a grasp on my health was just the beginning. So many other amazing things have happened. I am happier and in a much better place mentally, emotionally, spiritually, relationally, and it all overflows into my classroom teaching. I am a better teacher when I take care of myself. I truly can see it the days I don't work out or have a minute to myself, I am sluggish and unmotivated.Am I in a perfect place, no. We never will be. But, the thought is this, what are you doing today that you will thank yourself for a year from today?