Summer Agriculture Institute

• Summer Agriculture Institute (SAI) is a three-credit, week-long, graduate level class for K-12 educators with little or no background in agriculture offered through Oregon State University.
• The goal of SAI is to help educators use agriculture as a context for teaching academic standards.
• Current, factual, science-based information about agriculture is presented. Participants are provided with educational materials to incorporate agriculture into their curriculum.
• SAI provides the first-hand opportunity for participants to learn how farmers and ranchers care for the land and water they use.
• Teachers learn the procedures for ensuring consumers a safe food source.
• They are exposed to the complexities of agricultural marketing and economics, both of which play an important role in agriculture today.
• The participants gain first-hand experience with agriculture through tours of processing plants, farms, nurseries and businesses

• K-12th grade teachers in Oregon who have little or no background in agriculture

West Session, Corvallis: June 17-21, 2024

• To increase your knowledge and understanding of agricultural issues and applications.
• To gain information with the goal of helping people make well-informed decisions about agriculture.
• Receive fun, engaging curriculum to utilize with students. 90% of the participants were using SAI materials five years after attending SAI.
• Teachers indicated a very high rating for usability of materials received at SAI.

• Each participant is responsible for a $800.00 registration fee (including a $200 non-refundable deposit). In exchange, Summer Agriculture Institute participants receive tuition for (3) graduate level credits, lodging, meals, transportation, classroom-ready curriculum and resources.

• Stefani Evers, West Session Coordinator, Corvallis
  Email: [email protected] 

2024 Application Form