Thank you for listening to the second episode of #TeachAgTalks, the podcast bringing you the news of Pennsylvania Agricultural Education!
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Details of this episode:
Article from Jaclyn Ryan
Jaclyn Ryan is an Agriscience Teacher and FFA Advisor at Signal Knob Middle School in Strasberg, VA. Signal Knob Middle School was named the Number One Middle School FFA Program in the United States during the 2013-2014 school year by the National FFA Organization.
http://www.advanc-ed.org/source/importance-agricultural-education-and-ffa
ACES Workshop for FFA Advisors
During all three weekends of ACES, an interactive workshop in collaboration with the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation will be held from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM on Saturday. The workshop is titled, “Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences in Agricultural Science”, and is intended to explore how Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEE’s) can be used to support student achievement in agricultural sciences as well as enhance and extend Supervised Agricultural Experiences for students across the state.
More information on ACES: Reach out to John Ewing ([email protected])
More information on MWEE’s: www.baybackpack.com
SLLC
The State Legislative Leadership Conference will be held March 18-20, 2018. This conference will teach over 400 students the legislative process. Teaching today's youth how government works is vital to the future of our industry and our country. The deadline to register is February 19, 2018.
More Information: http://www.paffa.org/page.aspx?ID=343
Banquet Visits
If you would like a State Officer to attend your spring FFA banquet, please submit all requests to Mike Brammer([email protected]).
Meet Your State Officer
The annual Meet Your State Officer at Hoss’s night will be held on February 20th. State officers will be at 7 convenient locations around the state: Elizabethtown, Huntingdon, Meadville, Lititz, DuBois, Enola, and Williamsport. Be sure to RSVP to Mike Brammer ([email protected]) with a location and number of guests by February 12th.
Calling for 2019 Cooperating Teachers!
We currently have 10 candidates looking to student teach in Ag Ed in Spring 2019. We would like to provide them a list of possible cooperating centers in early February. We encourage students to visit programs until after Spring Break (March), interview candidates about placement in April and hope to finalize our 2019 placements by May 15th! Thanks for Your Consideration from Dr. Daniel Foster.
New Century Farmer Conference
July 8-14, 2018 in Des Moines, IA.
All applications must be completed by Feb. 15, 2018 at 5 p.m. EST.
More Info: https://www.ffa.org/participate/conferences/new-century-farmer
The “Mechanics” Of Teaching Ag Workshop
This Penn State Teach Ag workshop focuses on the power, structural, and technical systems AFNR content standards and is intended for any student interested in becoming an Agriculture teacher. The first 30 students registered will receive a Teach Ag Mechanics Essentials kit. Registration closes February 28th.
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScX9bYBG1QviTnSHiDPRMifqct-rsOsswN5X0lU6ygbNqtwDg/viewform
Student Teacher
We heard from Ms. Cheyenne Myers, one of The Pennsylvania State University’s 2018 student teachers currently teaching at Kennard-Dale High School in York County.
Follow Cheyenne of Twitter: @MyersCheyenneM
Read Cheyenne’s Blog: http://gallopingintoaged.blogspot.com/
Theme Music Adapted From:
Android Sock Hop
Kevin MacLeod
USUAN1700060
https://soundcloud.com/kevin-9-1/android-sock-hop
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
