MAITCA Teacher of the Year APPLICATIONS ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 FOR THE 2011 AWARD. Congratulations to Ted Kryzak for 2010 Teacher of the Year. Ted has received an all expense trip to Baltimore, MD for the AITC National Conference. 2011 Applications due September 1, 2010. Winner will receive a trip to Ft. Lauderdale, FL In June of 2011. Click here for 2011 application. Read ME Agriculture A volunteer to classroom reading project for grades PreK to 4 during Ag Week, March 15-19, 2011. Information and sign up forms now available. MAITC Grants Available As a direct Result of the Agriculture Specialty License plate Agriculture Awareness and Agricultural Leadership grants were awarded this year for over $50,000 total. 2010 grant winners are now posted. Request for 2011 Applications will be posted here in January for 2011 awards. Click here to view past recipients and more information.   2010 Summer Teacher's Institute The Institute this year at the University of Maine, Machias was truly wonderful. Online Curriculum, On-Site Visits, Hands-on Learning, 3.5 CEU's, knitting, taste testing, Asian Longhorn Beetle alerts, bees & pollination, blueberries, aquaculture, alpacas. Teachers learned to make Bio-Diesel and saw a reactor used to heat a school greenhouse all winter using recycled vegetable oil. Next year the Institute will be held at the University of Maine Farmington… check back for the dates and more information soon. Click here to see pictures of the 2010 Institute.