IALF-Annual-Report-2020

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STAFF
Will Fett, Executive Director
Cindy Hall, Education Program Manager
Chrissy Rhodes, Education Program Coordinator
Melanie Bruck, Education Program Coordinator
Melissa Anderson, Administrative Assistant
Ellie Cook, Education Programs Intern
$100 to
$999
$50 to $99
At a Distance
The COVID-19 pandemic forced many
teachers and schools to consider mixed
instruction for students or to transition to
100% online classes. Many Iowa schools
moved between remote, hybrid, and fully
in-person models assessing the changing
conditions as they moved through the
school year. With this need for in-person
and virtual lessons, the Iowa Agriculture
Literacy Foundation developed virtual
learning models that could be paired with
our normal teacher lessons and can suit
both needs.
School districts implemented strategies
for safe schools that involved some
amount of continued online instruction and
virtual learning for groups of students or
periods of time. Students participated in a
combination of facilitated and independent
learning opportunities that take place at
school and at home, which requires some
new instructional approaches and content.
Agriculture in the Classroom programs
offer content-rich virtual programming.
Schools require teachers to adapt to the
“new norm” of teaching and learning.
Changes include finding new ways to
blend face-to-face and virtual teaching,
staggered teaching times, teaching in new
settings, complex scheduling, and more.
Partnering with Agriculture in the
Classroom can help support teachers,
students, and families when they most
need it.
$50,000 and
above
$25,000 to
$49,000
Farm Credit
Services of
America
National
Agriculture
in the
Classroom
Organization
$2,500 to
$9,999
$10,000 to
$24,999 Bayer CropScience
Carroll Co. Farm Bureau
Dollar General Literacy
Cargill
CHS Foundation
Corteva Agriscience
GROWMARK
Iowa Beef Industry Council
Iowa Dept. of Agriculture and
Land Stewardship
Iowa Dept. of Transportation
Iowa Egg Council
Iowa Soybean Association
Midwest Dairy
Nutrien
Tyson Foods
USDA NRCS
West Pottawattamie County
Farm Bureau
Foundation
Harrison Co. Farm Bureau
Iowa Dept. of Education
Iowa Turkey Marketing
Council
Iowa Dept. of Natural
Resources
Shelby County
Cattlemen's Association
$1,000 to
$2,499
Bayer Fund
Carroll Co.
Cattlemen's
Association
Natural Fertilizer
Services, Inc.
Shelby County
Community
Chest
Silos &
Smokestacks
National Heritage
Area
Agriland FS, Inc.
Aspinwall Coop Co.
Melanie & Richard Bruck
Lindsay Calvert
Gary Collins
Coon Rapids Rotary Club
Michael Fara
Will Fett
Jennifer Fischer
Jim Gardner
Harrison Co. Soil & Water
Conservation District
Sharon Heim
Jim Heithoff
Iowa Savings Bank
John Deere / Lauren Kornmann
Barb Lykins
Joel McKeever
Montgomery Co. Farm Bureau
Puck Enterprises
Dean and Esta Raasch
Connie Riesselman
Shelby County Community Foundation
David and Mary
Dickinson
Daniel Elliott
Cindy Hall
Mark Hamilton
Nancy Hamilton
Randy Heitz
Bill Iwen
Judy Iwen
Becky Rea
Lance Scott
Betty Stamp
Board of Directors
Lindsay Calvert, Chair Iowa Corn Growers Association
Amy Powell, Vice Chair ISU Extension & Outreach
Ronnette Vondrak, Sec./Treas. Iowa Farm Bureau
Joyce Hoppes
Iowa Pork Producers Association
Morgan Hammes
Corteva Agriscience
Casey Anderson
Iowa Beef Industry Council
Laura Elfers
Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area
Vic Jaras
Iowa Department of Education
Karen Jones
GROWMARK
Julie Kenney
Iowa Dept. of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Morgan Minnehan
Iowa Turkey Federation
Bre Wagner
Iowa Soybean Association