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INFLUENCE is a year-long immersive program designed to help agricultural educators develop their
leadership and advocacy skills, while setting them on the path to building and sustaining influence within their local community, school, state agricultural teachers' association, other state organizations, and at regional and national level.
This program will include participation in an intensive professional development experience (multiple sessions) both in-person and virtual throughout the year.
Selected participants will be required to engage in all sessions (virtual and in-person) with the final capstone project presentations during the
2026 NAAE Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana which will occur December 1–5, 2026. The program will kick off in advance of the National Policy Seminar, taking place
March 21–24, 2026 in Washington, D.C.
Eligibility:
All active NAAE members, except current members of the NAAE board of directors, are eligible to apply.
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Each applicant must have been an active NAAE member the five (5) previous years or continuously since the applicant began teaching. *Selected applicants
must remain active NAAE members in the agricultural education profession throughout the cohort program.
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Applicants must be in at least their fifteenth (15th) year of teaching at the time they apply for this program.
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Applicants must be classified as full-time middle or high school agricultural educators, 2-year postsecondary agriculture teachers, teacher educators, or
state ag education staff to apply.
Visit our INFLUENCE webpage for more details and to access the application. Applications are due Friday, January 16, 2026.
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