Amanda J Stafford

Amanda Stafford XXXX Birch St. Marshall, MN 56258 (651) 600-XXXX 16th October 2017 Kari Schwab XXX Ruttan Hall MAELC XXX Buford Ave St. Paul, MN 55108 Dear Community Program Assistant Kari Schwab, I am writing in interest of the Summer 2018 Agricultural Education Internship position. After learning about this opportunity last fall from my college Agricultural Education professor, I believe I can offer the leadership, independence, and learn a great deal from an opportunity like this. I am committed to creating strong and meaningful relationships through all opportunities I endeavor. During my FFA experience and other employment, I have had the opportunity to work with a variety of people. My position with Walmart and Running Aces has allowed me to practice my communication, efficiency, and money management skills. While my FFA history shows a great deal of my leadership orientated life, and pursuit to learn more in the area of agriculture. Additionally, I am...

If you don't recall, I am an agricultural education major, with Ag Ed there are many things I could share about this career. Today let us talk about teaching in the classroom. There are many changes coming to our classrooms and there will be many more by the time I graduate. In Agriculture, we work to meet the demands and needs of students inside and outside of the traditional farm setting. As urban interest increases we work to bring more hands-on learning to students. This graphic was created to talk about some changes for the classroom and education system. It focuses on the idea of educators being the change in people's lives.

As an assignment this week we were asked to write several different letters. This one was designed to be written to a reader to encourage them to work for the same company you do. I decided to write to the Ag Ed majors about the company that offers an internship I did over the summer. MAELC was the organization that held this internship that I was able to participate in and hope to continue to participate in next summer. Dear Agricultural Education students, Thank you for taking the time to hear about my internship during Agriculture Club last week. I hope this letter finds you well as you begin thinking about future internships. This position I had at Kasson-Mantorville High School, through MAELC, is definitely an opportunity that all Ag Ed majors should consider. MAELC stands for the Minnesota Agricultural Education Leadership Council. They are a legislative council that supports agricultural education across the state of Minnesota. They have an internship each year wh...

As our Writing in Professions class learns more about formal letter writing, I recall experiences in the past where I have taken time to write business letters. In high school, my College Preparation Composition class learned about complaints, inquiry, and compliment letters. As an added twist, we could mail our letters for extra credit. Of course I sent mine, since I wrote honest letters that included how I felt. After sealing and mailing these letters, it was a short 3-weeks and I had gotten a response from the companies. I wrote a complaint letter to the manufacturer of my screen protector on my Ipad. It wasn't a terrible protector, but there was clearly a defect in the one I had gotten. The company responded with sending me a new protector and reimbursing my original purchase. I still use their screen protectors to this day because the quality of their customer service and know they truly stand behind their products. One of the other letters I wrote was an inquiry to a fo...

In professional writing communication happens in many ways, one way is email. Below is a sample email on to a professor. Keeping in mind familiarity and seniority of the professor, here is an example. From: <Amanda Stafford> To: <Lee French> Subject: AGRO 132: Absence 9/21 Good morning Professor French, My name is Amanda Stafford. I am currently in your Thursday 3pm Crop Production Lab. I am emailing you because I will unfortunately be out of class Thursday, September 21st for the SMSU Ag Advisory Meeting. Is it acceptable to miss lab for this? Additionally, would attending your Tuesday morning lab be welcomed to make up Thursday's lab? Sorry for the inconvenience and I appreciate your guidance, thank you! Sincerely, Amanda Stafford

It is important to work with the team and not rely fully on your own ideas and thoughts. In our Writing for Professionals class, we have formed teams to learn collaboratively. I would like to take a second to introduce to you my team. Our team name is the Magic Carpets, because why not bring some imagination and risky busy to our team. We all have a passion for agriculture and the outdoors. But more importantly we all have a career in taking risks when working with others. First and foremost, my name is Amanda Stafford, I am serving as the team Leader. I am from Columbus, MN and am a sophomore here on campus. I am studying Agricultural Education with a Agribusiness and Agronomy minor. I am highly active on campus, serving on three executive boards, and holding office as the Minnesota PAS Secretary. The second team member is Donavan Phoenix. He is serving as our team Editor. Originally from the great southeastern town of Hayfield, MN, Donavan is another sophomore Agricultural Educ...