A Cherokee County School District teacher has been selected for the 2016 National Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Professional Development Program in Food Science!

Woodstock Middle School teacher Georgia Heard will join middle and high school science and family and consumer science educators from across the country this summer at an all-expenses paid, week-long workshop in Washington, D.C.

Participants learn best practices for teaching topically relevant lessons in food science to their students. The program, sponsored by the FDA and the National Science Teachers Association, is in its 17th year. Classes are conducted by a leadership team of master teachers and representatives of FDA and the Graduate School USA.

Ms. Heard plans to redeliver the knowledge she attains in this workshop to Woodstock MS science teachers and family and consumer science teachers from across the District.