Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** a. Purpose: the major problem to…

Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** a. Purpose: the major problem to address with this project is the current dearth ofinternships and career mentoring experiences for wuhs students in our agriculture cteprogram compared to the number of student participants. This program will focus onincreased number of students being placed in summer-based work experienceopportunities as well as develop a summer leadership institute for agriculture educationstudents.b. Audience: our current and future agriculture education students at wuhs will be thetargeted audience for this program, which serves approximately 400 students annually. Our 4 agriculture teachers will also be a targeted audience as they will be developing asummer leadership institute for our agriculture students.c. Products: a week-long agriculture-based summer leadership institute will be theprimary product, along with an increased number of summer student placements ininternships and career mentoring with local agricultural producers and businesses.d. Outcome/impact: the anticipated outcome will be an increased number of studentsgraduating high school ready for college and career opportunities in the local agricultureindustry or entering college certificate or degree programs in agriculture.