Mr. Honeycutt and Mr. Bledsoe

 

 

Notes from the day:

• What's the future?
• What's some pressing issues:
• Relevance: AFNR (career learning and exploration)
• Developing programs of study
• Certifications
• Whatever we inspect is what we respect.
• Engaging people
• How do we tell our story?
• How do we engage our partners more?
• Standards:
• AFNR standards are a good roadmap but look at your local needs!
• Inclusion:
• How do we build that?
• Build that family relationship
• It starts at the local level.
• As a teacher, don't spread yourself so thin that you sacrifice inclusion.
• How welcome, safe and connected will your students feel in your classroom?
• Expose your students to great people, great experiences and books.
• Invest in your students.
• Grades: as a teacher determine how you will grade students fairly so every student can succeed.
• Share with parents and administration!
• How to maximize student teaching:
• Diversify your experiences as much as possible.
• Persevere! Motivation, set backs, lessons will all be challenging so learn from it all. 

 

Links:

• Revised AFNR National Standards revised for 2015.
• This link also has SEVERAL documents about the career clusters and standards.
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• Video chat with Mr. Honeycutt and Mr. Bledsoe

 

 

 



Session 12 Follow Up - What does the Future Look Like? October 3rd

Remember to put your rubric completed on all submissions.

Link to Mr. Bledsoe's Presentation: https://meeting.psu.edu/p82b7zwsni5/

Response to Tickets Out

What are you curious about?

• How do you begin to put an advisory board together?
• Dr. Ewing teaches this in AEE 413 in your Senior Fall
• How is the supply for Teachers Now? There is obviously a concern.
• Yes, Huge Shortage. Learn more here: http://communities.naae.org/message/20374#20374
• Tell me more about badges?
• http://www.macfound.org/programs/digital-badges/
• How do you start an FFA Alumni Program?
• https://www.ffa.org/alumni/Pages/Start-an-Affiliate.aspx
• Mr. Beldsoe, How did you decide to take so many different job opportunities?
• Hopefully he responds with a blog comment!
• What are some top suggested age classes for a program?
• You need to think programatically to develop a course of study...not just random class names.
• How do you start an ag program in a new school?
• Assess community support/interest, work with department of education for requirements, approach local school board.
• What does COO stand for?
• Chief Operating Officer

What did you learn?

1. It is a process to become an ag teacher. The journey of an ag teacher does not happen over night.
2. It is not just about the blue jacket warm fuzzies, we need real data.
3. FFA is only one piece of Ag Education and without Ag Education it would not survive.
4. Experience = Belief = Action = Results
5. The heart of the FFA is at the LOCAL level
6. Tips on how to develop a great community based program
7. Be a Catalyst of Change
8. Quality Experience leads to Quality Results

What do you want to learn more about?

• Techniques to distribute tasks to others
• A POA :)
• Urban Area Ag Programs. I have not heard about them?
• Some Examples are:
• WB Saul in Philly
• John Bowne in New York
• Chicago School for Agrisciences
• Ag Career Network?
• https://www.ffa.org/myagcn/Pages/default.aspx
• Ways to help your chapter (as the teacher) to get funding
• Dr. Ewing discusses in AEE 413
• National FFA Convention
• Come with us! We will have spot. Email instructors. Also read here: https://www.ffa.org/Events/conventionandexpo/Pages/default.aspx
• I am curious to examples of where Ag Programs "Failed"
• I will work on this.
• How do you reach out to the Alumni or find them to get involved with the chapter?
• http://www.paffa.state.pa.us/Alumni/PA%20Alumni.htm
• Are there example POAs we can look at?
• Yes, look at the Weekly Web Wonder for POAs to see what your peers found, look on ANGEL for the POA lesson to see examples of the assignment handed out in class