VIRTUAL SHOW: This DuQuoin (Ill.) FFA member shows his pig at the Virtual Section 24 Livestock Fair. How hands-on ag teachers in Illinois are faring in the pandemic and how many ag teacher positions are open?
Remote learning, hybrid teaching and virtual activities are only a few of the changes made to the usual teaching style of an educator this year. Dean Dittmar and Ann Piotrowski say that Illinois agricultural instructors choose to make the most out of the adjustments made by the COVID-19 pandemic.
COORDINATOR: Dean Dittmar serves as the coordinator for the Facilitating Coordination in Agricultural Education unit of Illinois Agricultural Education and FFA. His role is to help boost education that is centered around agriculture. (Courtesy of Dean Dittmar)