Hard work and dedication have paid off for Livia Doyle, a fourth-grade teacher at Mineral Point Elementary School in Iowa County. Recently, Livia was selected as one of eight teachers from across the nation to receive the 2018 Excellence in Teaching About Agriculture Award from the National Ag in the Classroom Organization.
National Ag in the Classroom Organization, USDA and Farm Credit partner to honor teachers from around the country for the innovative ways they use agricultural concepts to teach reading, writing, math, science, social studies, STEM, STEAM and more.
“Livia is everything you could ask for in a teacher and educator,” said Darlene Arneson, Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s Ag in the Classroom Coordinator. “She lives and breathes agriculture and incorporates it when she can in her classroom and in everyday life.”
Doyle, her fourth-grade students, Darlene Arneson, Wisconsin Ag in the Classroom Coordinator, and Luke Francois, Mineral Point Schools Superintendent.
Doyle earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from UW-Platteville with a minor in early childhood, inclusion (special education) and Spanish. She also earned her master’s degree in elementary education from UW-Platteville. She has taught in the Mineral Point School District since 2010.
“Livia has used agricultural resources, grants and opportunities to enhance her students’ lives in so many ways,” Arneson added.
Doyle will be recognized at the 2018 National Ag in the Classroom Conference June 26-29 in Portland, Maine.
Farm Bureau’s Ag in the Classroom program provides teachers and students K-12 with an understanding of how their food is produced. The program seeks to work within existing curricula to provide basic information on our nation’s largest industry: Agriculture.
Wisconsin’s Ag in the Classroom program is carried out by a network of local educators, volunteers and representatives from agricultural organizations and businesses. The goal of the program is to help students gain a greater awareness of the role of agriculture in the economy and society, so that they may become citizens who support wise agricultural policies.
For more information about Ag in the Classroom, contact Darlene Arneson, at (608)828-5644.