If you are on the tours, you will not be able to also participate in an on-site workshop due to travel times.
Four 50 minute sessions will be held at the hotel starting at the top of each hour from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. with the last session ending at 4:50 p.m.
There are two workshops that are double blocked. Be sure to use care when registering for your workshops.
Session 1 Workshop Options:
Kicking off Ag Biology with Storylining
TRS Start to Finish Program
SAE Choice Boards with Jason Perry & Kara Barling
Show Smart Animal Science Program
Session 2 Workshop Options:
Kicking off Ag Biology with Storylining
TRS Start to Finish Program
SAE Choice Boards with Jason Perry & Kara Barling
Show Smart Animal Science Program
Session 3 Workshop Options:
TRS-SSP is the Supplemental Savings Plan
5E Lesson Components with Cutting Edge Curriculum
Utilizing Your Scantron Machine and Judging Card with John Edgar
Inquiry Based Learning Using the CASE Model
Session 4 Workshop Options:
Pathway Endsorement & College Career Readiness
TRS-SSP is the Supplemental Savings Plan
Divide and Conquer: Sequencing and Standards with Cutting Edge Curriculum
Session 1 & 2 Combined:
Flavors of North America (FONA) International Workshop
Session 3 & 4 Combined:
Fun with Floral Design with Dr. Kimberly Bellah, National FFA LPS
DESCRIPTIONS:
5E Lesson Components
Presented by Cutting Edge Curriculum, Callie Schorfheide - cschorfheide@caert.net
The 5E Lesson model comes with an array of hands-on activities. Each attendee will have the opportunity to participate in at least one activity representing each “E”. This highly interactive workshop will reflect the classroom you’ll create with the 5E Model: Immersive, engaging, and exciting.
Divide and Conquer: Sequencing and Standards
Presented by Cutting Edge Curriculum, Callie Schorfheide - cschorfheide@caert.net
Dive into the essential steps of designing a course outline while the key attributes meet standards. Take the framework of your local needs and identify specific units. Let’s build a course outline using these specific units and topics while at the same time keeping alignment to standards as a goal. Assessments of these specific units will validate student knowledge. Planning a course outline with solid course content will increase student engagement.
Show Smart Supplemental Curriculum
Presented by Show Smart - Christina Ward - christina@showsmartlivestock.com
Show Smart is an innovative video-based teaching tool that supports agriculture instructors. Diversify your animal science curriculum, streamline supervising livestock SAE projects, and build student confidence with materials made by teachers for teachers. We will discuss easy ways to implement our new lesson plans, improve parent communication, and help with student recruitment. Learn how teachers of all experience levels use Show Smart to bridge the gap between the classroom and the show ring while teaching best practices in animal health, handling, and care.
Developing your AFNR Pathway Endorsement Plan
Presented by Andrew Klein, ISBE & John Heiser, FCAE - AKLEIN@isbe.net & jheiser@ialged.org
Has your Administrator or local EFE asked you to plan on implementing Pathway Endorsement in your program? Wondering what the Endorsement Plan is or the impact/value of completing it? By attending this workshop we will answer these questions and identify how it fits in your program. We will give strategies for each requirement plus showcase what activities and projects you are already doing fit into the Endorsement Plan. The goal is to make Agricultural Education Programs ready for this requirement that begins in the 2024-2025 school year.
TRS Benefits: Start to Finish
Presented by Illinois TRS - Sandra Benhart - SBenhart@trsil.org
As much fun as teaching is, there may be a day when you are ready to pass the baton to the next generation of educators. We will talk about what you can expect from TRS and how you might ensure you will have enough money to enjoy the retirement you have earned. The considerations are different for those that are early in career compared to those that plan to retire in the next few years. This seminar will help you determine where you fit in and provide concepts for you to think about … including an up-to-date status on legislative actions that will affect you.
TRS-SSP is the Supplemental Savings Plan
Presented by Voya - Tonya Coleman - Tonya.coleman@voya.com
As a Retirement Education Specialist, Tonya will join us to provide financial wellness information and share how the Supplemental Savings Plan can help you prepare for your retirement.
CRM - Kicking off Ag Biology
Presented by FCAE-CRM - Chris Embry-Mohr - chrisembry.mohr@olympia.org
Agriculture Biology curriculum development is in process. Come be introduced to the current storylines (units) being developed around the themes of apples, soils, hydroponics, and bees. This is the draft of the first semester of the curriculum. Learn about storylining and this new curriculum.
Inquiry Based Learning Using the CASE Model
Presented by FCAE-CRM - Jesse Faber, Riley Hintzsche and Liz Harris
The CASE model is teaching through inquiry. This workshop will explore the methodology that all CASE courses are built around and introduce the courses and pathways developed through CASE.
Fun with Floral Design
Presented by Dr. Kimberly Bellah, National FFA LPS - kbellah@ffa.org
In this fast-paced workshop, we will spend time designing and creating a floral design, and will also use some trips and techniques to make teaching floral design in your classroom engaging and mindful of resources. All participants will leave with their own completed design.
Utilizing Your Scantron Machine and Judging Card
Presented by John Edgar, Illinois FFA Center - jedgar@illinoisffa.org
If your chapter or section is looking for insights on how to use a scantron machine and JudgingCard.com to make your contests more efficient, please join John Edgar to learn more about this system and how it can benefit you.
The Science Behind Food and Flavor with Flavors of North America (FONA)
Presented by Katie Sudler, FONA International - KSudler@fona.com
Join us to understand why flavors are necessary in our food, how our bodies respond to flavors and aromas, dive into food trends, learn how flavors are created, and ultimately the application of trends and flavors to make food products. There are many careers that are responsible for making sure the food you buy from the grocery store is not only nourishing, but maybe a little fun, too.