1	AITC 2006 State Reports 45 States and the District of Columbia Reporting Debra Spielmaker June 2007
2	2006 Report Background State reports assist state Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) directors and researchers with benchmark data concerning (AITC) programs. This year several questions were added to profile state program leaders and to determine curriculum and research needs. Some comparisons have been made between 2005 and 2006 data, only if the question remained the same.
3	Demographics Total years of service to AITC (volunteer and/or paid) Average 11.6 years, Range 0 -27 years Number of years as the AITC State Contact Average 8.2, Range 0 – 22 years Age of State Contact Average 48, Range 31 – 66 Gender of State Contacts 11 male, 35 female
4	Demographics Level of Education 3 High School, 1 Associate Degree, 19 Bachelor of Science Degrees, 18 Master Degrees, 2 Post Baccalaureate, 2 Doctorate Degrees Degree Majors (for completers) 6 Ag Education, 9 Ag Related, 16 Education, 15 others Minors were varied, evenly divided between science, education, political science, and others
5	Demographics Does your state have adopted state/district educational standards? All said YES Would you be interested in receiving research assistance in measuring your program impacts? 39 Yes, 2 No, 4 Unsure Does your state develop AITC classroom materials? 44 Yes, 2 No
6	Demographics Do your state materials address educational standards? 45 Yes, 1 Unsure Does your state AITC program use or adapt other state AITC materials? 37 Yes, 9 No Which State materials do you use? IL (F=19), CA (F=12), UT (F=11), OK (F=10), others
7	Which subject areas of the educational standards have AITC materials addressed? Other includes materials addressing career education & economics
8	Program Assessment Do you assess or measure the effectiveness of your agricultural literacy efforts? 43 Yes, 3 No
9	University Involvement with AITC Do you think professionals in university agricultural education departments are capable of developing K-12 curriculum for mainstream education (not “career and technical” curricula, elementary and secondary)? 29 Yes, 5 No, 12 Unsure
10	Ag Literacy Courses at Universities Do any of the universities in your state have agricultural literacy courses for non-ag majors? 17 Yes, 13 No, 16 Unsure If a university course for agricultural literacy were to be developed (for non-ag majors) what do you think the course topics should be?
11	Estimated number of teachers contacted/trained face-to-face statewide with AITC programs, curriculum, or other resources in 2006
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13	Number of Pre-service teachers contacted or trained with AITC. Five states (AZ, CA, IL, MN, NE, UT) accounted for nearly half (4,837) of the total 10,178 Pre-service teachers trained.
14	Total AITC annual budgets and grant dollars for 2006 (46 Reports, 32 received grants) & 2005 (38 Reports)
15	Funding sources for State AITC budgets (46 Reports, these figures should not include one-time grants) 25 reported 100% private funding 16 reported state and private funding 14 states receive more than 15% of their budgets from state funds (range: 8% - 100%) 10 states receive a legislative appropriation (range: $4,400 – $120,000; Average $60,220) 40 states receive more than 25% from private funds 2 (NY, ND) reported 100% state funding 1 (CT) reported 0 Budget (1,250 grant) 1 (DC) reported 100% federal funding 2 (KS – 1%, MD – 4%) reported they received federal funds
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17	Accomplishments vs. Impacts Accomplishment: achieving the completion or fulfillment of something Impact: to have an immediate and strong [measurable] effect on something or somebody [related to program goals or objectives]