Transcript STATE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION LEADERS’CONFERENCE CALL May 8 & 13, 2014 *Recorded* WELCOME Dial In: 1-800-779-9088 Pass Code: 8500690 **MUTE YOUR PHONE**

STATE AGRICULTURAL
EDUCATION
LEADERS’CONFERENCE CALL
May 8 & 13, 2014
*Recorded*
WELCOME
Dial In: 1-800-779-9088
Pass Code: 8500690
**MUTE YOUR PHONE**
Mike Honeycutt
Managing Director
National Council for Agricultural
Education Update – May 2014
 Held
Spring Face to Face Meeting March 31-April 2
 Selected Jason Davis, North Carolina, as
President-Elect
 Allocated funding for Standards Revision Project
and SAE Renewal Activities
 Agreed to provide support for the development
of an online Farm Business Management
Curriculum
National Council for Agricultural
Education Update – May 2014
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activities and upcoming events
Participated in the USA Science and Engineering
Festival in Washington, DC
Ira Beckman and Mike Honeycutt attended National
Ag Day
Currently pulling together an RFP for a service provider
to help with online review of AFNR standards
SAE Renewal Committee will be meeting face to face
in the Summer of 2014
LPS working with states on state level SAE Renewal
activities
Data Collection Committee to meet and finalize plans
in spring of 2014
National PAS Organization Update
Craig McEnany
Executive Director
National PAS Organization
 “Uniting
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Education and Industry in Agriculture”
 www.nationalpas.org
(One of the many purposes of PAS is to
provide an opportunity for developing
leadership abilities through participation in the
employment experience programs, course
work and organization activities).
National PAS Organization
 National
Officer/State Officer Training
 Ridgewater College – Willmar, MN
 Strength Finders program
 May 30 – June 1
 National
Conference – Pre-conference
planning
 June 11 – 15, 2014
 Boise, Idaho
National PAS Organization
 National
Board Meeting
August 3 – 5, 2014
Ankeny, IA
 Strategic Planning for Growth
 Committee Work
 Financial Planning
 National
PAS Conference
 March 11 – 14, 2014
 Boise, ID
National PAS Organization
 Craig
McEnany, Executive Director
 Lori Obernolte, Administrative Assistant
 National
PAS Organization
 1055 SW Prairie Trail Pkwy
 Ankeny, IA 50023
Minorities in Agriculture Natural
Resources and Related Sciences
Mrs. Ebony Webber
Chief Officer of Operations
http://www.manrrs.org
2014 National Conference
Total Attendees: 875
• Students 625
• Jr. MANRRS – 75
Sponsors: 20
Exhibitors: 65
Inaugural 5K Fun
Run/Walk – raised more
than $1,000 for
scholarships and had 80
participants.
March 27-29, 2014
Sheraton Birmingham Hotel, Birmingham AL
Conference Co-Hosts: Alabama A&M University,
Auburn University and Tuskegee University
Introducing the MANRRS Conference App!!
National Officer Leadership Training
May 12-17, 2014
Riverdale, MD
Hosted by
USDA APHIS Animal Care and USDA APHIS Veterinary Services
2014-2015 Presidents
L to R:
Maurisha Ross, Graduate Student
President – Auburn University
Koni Patterson, National President
– Dow AgroSciences
Marquel Lett, Undergraduate
President – University of Kentucky
2014 Regional Cluster Meeting
September 26-28, 2014
Atlanta, GA – Marriott Century
Center
October 17-19, 2014
Ames, IA – Iowa State University
October 24-25, 2014
Las Vegas, NV – UNLV
November 7-9, 2014
Dover, DE - Delaware State
University (tentative)
November 14-15, 2014
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX - Farm
Credit Service (tentative)
2015 Information
30th Conference Anniversary
March 26-28, 2015
Crowne Plaza Houston
Houston, TX
Conference Co-Hosts:
Prairie View A&M
University, Texas A&M
University
National FFA Organization
and
FFA Foundation Update
State Leaders
Conference Call
May 2014
Awards and Recognition Update
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SAE-Based Programs Award Application Rollout
(Summer and Fall of 2014)
 In-servicing for the following individuals took place May 6 and 7
 Revision Committee:
o 5 – State staff
o 4 – Teachers
o 1 – Business and industry representatives
 LPS staff
 AET staff
 Selected NFFA staff
 States are completing the process of scheduling
training for their teachers on the new applications in
the Summer or Fall.
 States should reserve 90 minutes per area (i.e., Proficiency
Awards, American FFA Degree/STARS, etc.) for training.
 New SAE-based award Educational Specialist hired:
 Daniel Chabot – former agricultural education instructor from
North Carolina starts in June.
 New Individual/Chapter Award Program Manager
hired:
 Madeline Young – former agricultural education instructor from
Indiana starts in June
The New FFA.org
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Beta test: Aug. 1, 2014
Launch: Nov. 12, 2014
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Best practice: a website should be reviewed and
refreshed every three to five years.
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Websites are becoming an integral part of any
organization’s need to respond to its constituents.
 FFA needs to be more responsive to its various
constituents and encourage ongoing engagement.
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FFA received a grant from IBM in 2013 that resulted in
the delivery of substantive research findings on
www.ffa.org.
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The working module of AgCN is our inspiration for
building upon the all new FFA.org platform.
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FFA.org will expand the focus on career success in
AgCN.
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We will provide a seamless single sign-in process
between all functions within FFA.org.
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Information provided by our visitors will be used to more
effectively engage and provide enhanced FFA benefits.
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The National FFA Organization is committed to continual
improvement of the overall FFA online experience for all
stakeholders.
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The new website will begin beta testing Aug. 1 and
launch Nov. 12, 2014.
 The next version will include a more robust
personalized experience, mostly for the
member/student (2015).
National FFA Alumni
Jada Buchanan
Promotional Program Manager
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Hometown: Greencastle, IN
Degree: Public Relations and Communications from
Ball State University
Past Employer/Job: Manager of Marketing for The
American Quarter Horse Association in Amarillo, TX
 Alumni Development Conference
 July 9-12
 Grand Rapids, Michigan
 Register by June 1 for Early Bird
 www.ffa.org/adc14
 Social Media
 Facebook & Twitter
 Alumni Member Profiles on AgCN
 Encourage Alumni members to
complete.
 Completed profiles help us
communicate tools to you that will
help make you an even better
advocate for FFA.
Win a Yamaha Viking
1. Become an FFA Alumni
member.
2. Complete your profile
page in AgCN.
3. You are entered!
National FFA Foundation
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State Foundation Working Group
 Oregon, California, North Dakota, Ohio,
Virginia and Kentucky were invited to
participate.
 Asked states to be our sounding board
and work with us on fundraising for the
greater good of FFA.
Individual Giving Council
 Elect a state leader to be part of the
council.
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Surpassed $11 million
 On pace to surpass the three-year average
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Awarded 1,781 scholarships
 $2,246,783
 Up from 1,640 in 2013
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Sponsor increases
 CSX, John Deere, Kraft, TSC, AGCO, Mahindra, CF
Industries, Keystone Steel and Wire, CHS
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Net cash value delivered to states from the
National FFA Foundation
 $4,115,257
 Culver’s, Scholarships, Zoetis Vet Program, Online
giving, CSX grants, TSC
 Recently learned Monsanto provided $500,000 to
local FFA chapters through Ag Leaders Grow
Communities grants
National Association of Agricultural Educators
Dr. Wm. Jay Jackman
Executive Director
NAAE Update
2013-14 NAAE Board of Directors
President
Kevin Stacy, Oklahoma
President-elect
Charlie Sappington, Illinois
Region I vice president
Nick Nelson, Oregon
Region II vice president
James Cannon, Arkansas
Region III vice president Terry Riekman, South Dakota
Region IV vice president Scott Stone, Missouri
Region V vice president
Daryl Behel, Alabama
Region VI vice president Krista Pontius, Pennsylvania
Executive Director
Wm. Jay Jackman, Ph.D, CAE
www.naae.org
NAAE Update
New NAAE Website
www.NAAE.org
NAAE Update
2014 NAAE Convention
November 18- 22, 2014
Nashville, TN
NAAE Update
NAAE Membership
State Leaders: Please submit
final membership rosters as
soon as possible.
Professional Development
Farmer to Farmer Program
• NAAE is a partner with several other organizations on
a Farmer to Farmer Program supporting East Africa.
All expense-paid trips to East African nations to
conduct agriculture-related projects in partnership with
East African hosts are available to agricultural
educators.
Learn more
Professional Development
2014 NAAE Award Applications
• Award applications are available online. Click here
for 2014 applications.
• State winning applications are due to the NAAE office
postmarked by May 15, 2014.
• Please make sure each application has all
components including the cover sheet, narrative,
letters of reference, signature sheet, and CD or USB
flash drive.
• Check with each individual application to see specifics
for those components.
Professional Development
2014 NAAE Awards Judging Committee Volunteers
Needed
• For the first time in NAAE's history, we will judge
several of the NAAE awards virtually. If you are
interested in getting involved on the national level by
volunteering to be a part of the 2014 NAAE Awards
Judging Committee, please complete the Volunteer
Form by May 10th. You can find out more about the
judging process here.
Professional Development
2014 NAAE Convention Professional Development
Workshop Proposals – Due June 2, 2014
• Share your expertise at the 2014 NAAE Convention in
Nashville, Tennessee, November 18-22, 2014. Last
year, NAAE provided over 1,800 professional
development credit hours to members who attended
workshops. To find out more and how to submit a
proposal, go here.
Professional Development
NAAE’s Virtual Book Club
• Earn Professional Development Credit this
Summer
• The NAAE Virtual Book Club is designed for agricultural educators
to personalize their professional development. NAAE members,
including student members, can participate in the Virtual Book
Club and earn up to 5 hours of professional development credit or
CEU's. To learn more about goals and further information about
the book club go to here. Make sure to sign up by June 1.
Professional Development
CASE Update
• Lead Teacher Orientation, April 25 – 27, Denver. Professional
development for 67 Lead Teachers, 31 of whom are new this year!
• CASE Institute Registrations (as of May 8, 2014)
Total # CI’s: 28
Total # registered: 474 (target for budget was 350)
AFNR: 183 (all CI’s are full except one, and it continues to get
registrations)
ASP: 107 (2 institutes full, a couple others with just a few slots
remaining)
ASA: 112 (3 institutes full, several others with just a few slots
remaining)
APB: 17 (basically full)
NRE: 25
FSS: 30
Advocacy
State Agricultural Education Profiles
• We invite you to help us either update your developed
profile (that can be previewed here) or develop one
for your state by completing a template you can
request from Savannah Robin or that will be resent on
the listserv. If there are no updates to your profile, we
will leave it as is. But please remember these are a
resource for your teachers and other stakeholders so
it is essential they have the most up to date
information you can provide.
Advocacy
Advocacy Workshop Resources
• If you’re interested in hosting an advocacy workshop
at your state/regional conference please feel free to
contact Savannah Robin regarding workshop
materials and outlines. She can provide resources for
you to use to focus on different elements of advocacy
and can help you find ways to facilitate. Also, the new
NAAE website will feature a lot of resources for you to
use and will provide educational tools to help develop
advocates.
National Teach Ag Campaign
State Teach Ag Results (STAR) Program
• Eleven states were selected to begin the program in
April 2014 (CA, IL, IN, KS, MN, MO, MS, NE, NY, NC,
OR) with another 4 starting in January 2015 (ID, IA,
PA, SD). These states will work collaboratively with
the Teach Ag Campaign over a 2 year period to
develop a sustainable and effective recruitment and
retention model that implements strategies based on
data driven assessments.
National Teach Ag Campaign
AAAE Supply and Demand Study
• The National Teach Ag Campaign will be working with
the national supply and demand team to gather
data. Having this AAAE team will ensure consistency
and reduce data collection inefficiencies and
redundancy.
National Teach Ag Campaign
National Teach Ag Day
• National Teach Ag Day will be held Thursday,
September 25, 2014. CHS, Inc. in Minnesota will host
the live web cast.
National Teach Ag Campaign
Open Positions
• The number of open positions this spring is expected to
be at record numbers. Teacher candidate enrollment
remains relatively stagnant and high numbers of new
and expanding programs will likely mean another year
with hundreds of unfilled positions. For the 2013-14
academic year we had approximately 350 positions
filled with alternative licensure candidates or they
remained vacant.
National Association of Supervisors
of Agricultural Education
Dr. Jack Staats
President
The National Association of Supervisors Agricultural Education
(NASAE) is a professional organization established to provide
members with information essential for planning and conducting
quality agricultural education programs.
American Association for
Agricultural Education
Dr. Tim Murphy
President
http://www.aaaeonline.org/
AAAE Update
National Leadership Team
Tim Murphy – President
Donna Graham – President-Elect
Greg Thompson – Past-President
Shannon Arnold – Secretary
Roger Tormoehlen – Treasurer
James J. Connors – Historian
Emily Rhoades-Buck – V.P.
Mark Balschweid – V.P.
David Jones – V.P.
Brian Warnick – V.P.
AAAE Update
The annual meeting will be held in Salt Lake
City, Utah next week, May 20-23, 2014. There
are three regions, North Central, Southern and
Western, each with their own annual meetings.
National and regional meetings feature
presentations describing current research
findings and other professional development
activities regarding agricultural education.
The research priorities of the AAAE can be
found in the National Research Agenda at:
http://aaaeonline.org/nationalresearchagenda.php
AAAE Initiatives Related to SchoolBased Agricultural Education
• Established a Teacher Education Caucus in
AAAE
– Will meet May 19-20, 2013 in Snowbird, UT
• Identify current priorities in teacher
education and school-based
agricultural education.
– Speakers include: Dr. Steve Brown (USDOE);
Anna Bates (Agriscience Teacher, CA);
Dr. Brad Greiman (Univ. MN); Buddy
Deimler, (UT CTE State Staff), Ben Meyer
(NFFA - LPS Staff Member).
AAAE Initiatives Related to SchoolBased Agricultural Education
• Established Teacher Education Standards
Committee
– Committee met at NAAE in Las Vegas, will
meet again on May 19-20 in Snowbird, UT.
• Have completed the first round of a National
Study of teacher preparation programs to
validate core competencies for program
completers.
• Will develop Standards for program
completers from these competencies.
AAAE Initiatives Related to SchoolBased Agricultural Education
• AAAE Members presented twelve posters at
the 2013 NAAE Meeting. The feedback from
this initiative was very positive, and we are
soliciting our Regional and National winners
this year to submit their posters for the 2014
NAAE Conference.
• AAAE Members presented research in the
Break Out sessions at the NASAE Annual
Conference on October 28-30, 2013.
National FFA Board Update
Dr. Steve Brown
National FFA Advisor
National FFA Board of Directors
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Natl FFA Organization - 2013 Clean Audit
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Natl FFA Officer Report (TO DATE) – 23
State Conventions, 55 Workshops,
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Natl FFA Foundation – Slightly Ahead of
2013 (TO DATE)
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Corporate
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Individual
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Planned
National FFA Board of Directors
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MOTIONS:
Capital Expense Data Storage
Discretionary Pension Contribution
Governance Committee Appointment
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Board Retreat Advancing Into the Future
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Farmland Movie Prescreening
National FFA Board of Directors
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2015-16 National FFA Dues
Recommendation
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Natl FFA Organization Foundation Support
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Retiring Board Members (Chip Bridges, Erin
Noble and Matt Gonzales)
US Department of Education Update
Dr. Steve Brown
National FFA Advisor
Sherene Donaldson
National FFA Exec. Secretary
The Agricultural Education
Mission
Agricultural Education prepares students
for successful careers and a lifetime of
informed choices in global agriculture,
food, fiber and natural resources
systems.
US Department of Education Update
OVAE Name Change to:
Office of Career Technical and Adult Education
(OCTAE)
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Departure of Dr. Brenda Dann-Messier,
Assistant Secretary of OCTAE and Acting
Assistant Secretary of Postsecondary Education
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Dr. Johan Uvin will serve as Acting Assistant
Secretary of OCTAE
US ED Announcements
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Presidential Memorandum – Job Driven
Training for Workers
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/01/30/presidentialmemorandum-job-driven-training-workers
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Career Pathways Request for Information
notice- (April 23, 2014 FEDERAL
REGISTER )
US ED Announcements
You are Invited!
Webinar: OCTAE Presents a Common Framework
for 21st Century Employability Skills
May 22, 2014 • 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (EST)
Please join the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) for a webinar to
learn about strategies for integrating employability skills into high quality career technical
education programs. The webinar will address why employability skills matter from the
federal and state policy and employer perspectives and demonstrate the potential uses of
OCTAE’s newly updated Employability Skills Framework website. Implementation strategies,
including applications for the workforce system, student organizations, and community
colleges, also will be shared.
Speakers include: Niki Clausen, SkillsUSA; Stephen DeWitt, Association for Career and
Technical Education; Lauren Fairley, U.S. Department of Labor; Kimberly Green, National
Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium; Kathy Mannes,
American Association of Community Colleges; Sharon Miller, OCTAE; and Grace Suh, IBM
Corporation.
Please register in advance for the webinar at the following link:
http://cte.ed.gov/register_esf/. After registering, you will receive additional details and a link
to the webinar.
Contact Laura Rasmussen Foster at RTI International with any questions ([email protected]).
US ED Announcements
Forecast of National Activities
Career Guidance and Counseling Models
and Best Practices Project
Applications that assist students in career
guidance and career development
CTE Dissemination and Stakeholder
Perceptions of CTE Project
Perkins Collaborative Resource Network
(PCRN) http://cte.ed.gov/
Awareness & Advocacy
National Coordinating Council for Career and Technical
Student Organizations (NCC-CTSO)
- NCC-CTSO Coordinated Web site (DRAFT)
- http://www.ctsos.org/
- Provides Profiles by State & Congressional District
US Department of Education
2014 CALL DATES
September 4 & 9, 2014
Times: Thursday - 2 p.m. EDT
Tuesday - 2 p.m. EDT
STATE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
LEADERS’CONFERENCE CALL
May 8 & 13, 2014
Questions?
Thank You for Participating!
The Recording and PowerPoint Presentation will
be posted on the Perkins Collaborative Resource
Network (PCRN) http://cte.ed.gov/