The NAAE Virtual Book Club is a fun way for agricultural educators to personalize their professional development. NAAE members can participate in the Virtual Book Club and earn professional development credit or CEU's.
The NAAE Virtual Book Club seeks to develop agricultural educators in the following ways:
- build understanding of students' needs as readers by engaging in reading and reflection
- experience professional development as an engaged learner inquiring into and reflecting on teaching and learning goals
- engage in deep conversations, layer personal experiences with literacy learning, and probe instructional issues
2026 participants will read "Atomic Habits" by James Clear.
Participants will be required to read the book and engage in the NAAE Virtual Book Club assignments, participate in small discussion group conference calls and/or discussion threads. Professional development credit will be awarded at the end of the last scheduled virtual event. This year up to 12 hours of professional development credit will be awarded. However, we will only be providing professional development credit to those who complete the required work for the following professional development hours; 2 hours, 4 hours, 6 hours, 10 hours and 12 hours. NAAE will not be issuing professional development credit for hours below those identified and will round up or down accordingly. We welcome all interested participants, however only Active NAAE Members and Student Members are eligible to receive professional development credit. If you are unsure about your membership status, please contact Ashley Hood.
Additionally, the book club is self-paced, and you can sign up at any point this summer to complete assignments for credit. However, we recommend registering by June 1st in order to receive the full benefit of participation and engagement with the community.
Be sure to join our NAAE Virtual Book Club Facebook Group as well to stay up-to-date with information and resources.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NAAEVirtualBookClub
Registration will be open May 1st - June 1st. Please have your book no later than June 1st as the 2026 NAAE Virtual Book Club will officially begin on June 1, 2026.
***You may still register past June 1st, but please notify Robin McLean if you register past that date so she can get you caught up.
Questions may be directed to Dr. Robin McLean at mclean.robin.c@gmail.com