Join NAAE in a celebration of Agricultural Education on National #TeachAg Day, September 17, 2026!
How will you celebrate NAAE National #TeachAg Day this year? Whether it’s a classroom party, a community service activity, or a screening of It Starts in the Classroom, we love to see the unique and exciting ways you celebrate the career of agricultural education.
This year, as an addition to any other activities you have planned, NAAE is inviting your students to Break Out of Ordinary 2.0 with our NAAE National #Teach Ag Day Breakout 2.0 Challenge.
The challenge is designed for high school students to work as a team, solving breakout-style puzzles. Along the way, they will both learn about the career of agricultural education and how each of their unique skills, talents and personalities will be an asset if they choose a career as an agricultural educator.
As a NAAE member, you have the opportunity to be selected to receive an instructional materials kit, if you are not selected to receive a kit, you can still participate in the Breakout 2.0 Challenge by downloading the digital materials online.
If you are selected to receive an instructional materials kit, here’s how the challenge will work:
- NAAE will ship a #TeachAg Breakout Challenge kit of instructional materials for the challenge, to arrive before National #TeachAg Day.
- You will create a Teacher Account and pre-register your teams for the Breakout 2.0 Challenge
- On #TeachAg Day, your students will complete the #TeachAg Breakout Challenge in class and post their time and team picture on NAAE’s Breakout Wall.
- The team with the best time wins! Glory, fame and a potential career as an agricultural educator are all at stake.
- Students will be engaged in a fun learning activity, discover why their unique skills are needed in agricultural education, why they might want to become agriculture teachers, and compete with other students and programs across the United States.
- Teachers will gain a fun new way to teach about the career of agricultural education they can use not only on #TeachAg Day, but any time it fits into the curriculum.
Collegiate Agricultural Education Programs
At the collegiate level, our #TeachAg Breakout 2.0 Challenge will be the same activity, but with an added twist. We want you to invite a group of high school or middle school students to complete the challenge and practice your growing agricultural educator skillset by leading them in this activity.
It’s a great way to get students to campus and do some recruiting, or to get out to area schools and make connections. Same activity, same competition, but with the added bonus of connecting high school students with collegiate agricultural education programs!
Instructional Materials Kit Application Requirements
To receive a kit and participate in the challenge, you must meet all of the following requirements:
- The person submitting the request must be a 2026-2027 NAAE member (The NAAE membership year begins July 1, 2026 and ends June 30, 2027. Please check with your state dues remitter to be sure your dues have been submitted before you apply.)
- Active participation throughout the day on September 17th, 2026 from the event organizer and at least 5 students.
- Access to the Breakout Challenge website on September 17th, 2026
- At least one device with access to social media on September 17, 2026 to post about NAAE National #TeachAg Day activities.
- Watch the NAAE 20-minute documentary It Starts in the Classroom with your class, at a state association meeting, or with your FFA chapter. You can learn more about this documentary and find related activities at https://www.naae.org/teach-ag/promote-teach-ag/it-starts-in-the-classroom/
- After September 17th, complete a quick survey about the impact of your #TeachAg Day celebration.
- Willingness to provide pictures and/or video of your group participating in the NAAE #TeachAg Break Out 2.0 challenge activity and your It Starts in the Classroom documentary viewing event.
Challenge spots are limited, so sign up now and make plans to Break Out of Ordinary 2.0 with your students this #TeachAg Day! Applications close on May 29th, 2026.
You Must Complete the Follow Up Confirmation Email to Participate in the Challenge!
Questions may be directed to Ashley Rogers, arogers.naae@uky.edu