State Programs
State Summary 2010 — Louisiana
State Contact
Ms. Lynda Danos
Louisiana Farm Bureau
P.O. Box 95004
Baton Rouge, LA 70895-9004
P: 225.922.6503
F: 225.922.6229
E: lyndad@lfbf.org
Website
Classroom Resources
1. New Forestry and Equine Commodity Fact Sheets http://www.aitcla.org/teacher-resources/supplemental-materials/ 2. 2 new issues of Sow, Grow and Know Newsletter http://www.aitcla.org/pages/newsletter/ 3. Exploring Water Resource Unit Lesson Plans http://www.aitcla.org/teacher-resources/lesson-plans/ Watershed and Envirosnacks Make and Take Ag-tivity http://www.aitcla.org/teacher-resources/make-and-takes/ Watercycle Braclet Make and Take Ag-tivity http://www.aitcla.org/teacher-resources/make-and-takes/ Water Natural Resource Fact Sheet http://www.aitcla.org/teacher-resources/make-and-takes/ 4. Exploring Horses Resource Unit Lesson Plans: A Handy Measure, Hands Across the Horse, Horse Breeds of the U.S., Horse Cents, and Horse Hoof Angles http://www.aitcla.org/teacher-resources/lesson-plans/ Lucky Horseshoes Make and Take Ag-tivity http://www.aitcla.org/teacher-resources/make-and-takes/ Horse Video 5. Earth as an Apple Lesson Plan http://www.aitcla.org/teacher-resources/lesson-plans/ 6. Ag Literacy Day 2010 Resource Guide 7. www.aitcla.org is an all new site! It was completely overhauled and designed specifically for teachers.
Major Program Accomplishments or Outputs
Each year, LA AITC host a series of teacher workshops across the state to provide educators with material needed to integrate agriculture into their existing curriculum. Lesson plans correlated to the Louisiana Grade-Level-Expectations, hands-on activities, new resources and ideas are all provided at the comprehensive seminars. A total of 15 workshops were held in 2010.
Two issues of our Sow, Grow and Know educator newsletter were developed and distributed to 2,500 classroom teachers.
We continue with our Outstanding Teacher Award. The winning teacher receives an expense paid trip to the National Conference and a $500 award.
The second annual Ag Literacy Day was held in April 2010. There were 200 volunteer readers in 550 classrooms across the state. Over 10,000 students were reached with this project.
Our AITC program also does volunteer training through Louisiana Farm Bureau. An AITC workshop is conducted at the Annual Farm Bureau Convention in June as well as various presentations made to the Farm Bureau Women's Leadership Committee and the Young Farmers and Rancher meeting statewide.
Major Program Impacts or Outcomes
425 educators were trained at AITC workshops this year; these teachers have a direct impact on over 14,000 students
48% of teachers trained were new comers to the program; 16% were pre-service teachers
98 % of teacher attending a workshop in 2010 ranked the workshop as extremely beneficial
Biosketch
Lynda Danos has been the Ag in the Classroom State Coordinator for Louisiana Farm Bureau for 11 years.
Prior to joining the LFBF staff, Lynda taught high school physical science and biology.
A native of Thibodaux, Louisiana, Lynda holds a B.S. in science education from Nicholls State University. She is also a graduate of the LSU AgCenter Agricultural Leadership Development Program.
Lynda has been active on the National level with the Ag in the Classroom National Consortium, where she has served as the Southern Region Representative and hosted the National Conference in 2007.
Lynda is married to Willie Danos. They reside is Iowa, Louisiana, where they farm 2,500 acres of grain, crawfish and beef cattle. Lynda and Willie have 3 sons.