Career and Technical Education Summer Conference 2011
Agricultural Education
Date: July 26-28, 2011 (Preconferences available July 25-26)
Location: Sheraton Greensboro Hotel at Four Seasons/Joseph S. Koury Convention Center
Cost: $165. Online registration will close July 8. Payment must be mailed by July 9 in order to be processed. Some sessions require additional payment. No credit card payments can be accepted.
Program Highlights
A useful and exciting conference is planned to highlight accomplishments in Agricultural Education and to share new and valuable information for teachers. This conference provides opportunities to network with teachers from across the state and provide training necessary to improve your skills as an Agricultural Education teacher.
Program Focus
Tuesday
- Opening Agricultural Education Session: Essential Standards, online resource sharing, articulation agreements, curriculum update, partner updates and the Agricultural Education State of the State address
- Agricultural Education Awards Ceremony (Off-site Evening Event)
Wednesday
- Agricultural Education Trends and Issues
- Experiential Learning and Supervised Agricultural Experience Strategies
- Career Development Events
- Leadership in Agricultural Education
Thursday
- Updated National FFA Career Development Event and Award Applications
- Agricultural Education Animal Laboratory Practices
- Experiential Learning and Supervised Agricultural Experience Strategies
- Wildlife Education
- Regional Updates
Preconferences
- Developing and Teaching CTE Honors Courses, $100
Monday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Preregistration and payment required for this session. The Honors Course Policy requires teachers interested in offering honors CTE courses to develop and submit for approval to local administrators a portfolio of curriculum materials for each honors course. This portfolio is called the Honors Teaching Preparation Portfolio. The purpose of this workshop is to provide participants with the requirements and procedures for preparing the Honors Teaching Preparation Portfolio for any CTE Honors class. Join in the networking and get ready for teaching an honors course in the fall. This session is presented by Cynthia Rossi Sovich, M. Ed., CFCS, NBCT Family & Consumer Sciences/Early Childhood Education. Register through the summer conference registration system for this preconference opportunity. - Agricultural Education New Teacher Workshop, No fee
Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
There is no fee, but you must register for this workshop as part of the conference registration process. - Pesticide Recertification Workshop, No fee
Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
There is no fee, but you must register for this workshop as part of the conference registration process.
Registration
Register for the conference online.
Become an exhibitor at this conference.
To register onsite or pick up preregistration materials
Monday
5:30-8:30 p.m. Exhibit area
Tuesday
8 a.m.-1 p.m. Exhibit area
5-8 p.m. Third floor prefunction area
Wednesday
7:15 a.m.-4 p.m. Third floor prefunction area
For more information
For more information about Agricultural Education activities at the 2011 Summer Conference, contact Joshua Bledsoe (919-515-4206) or joshua_bledsoe@ncsu.edu. For general conference information, call or email (not both) Helaina Hinson (919-807-3878 or hburton@dpi.state.nc.us).