The District V Agriculture Education Career Development Event was held on Tuesday, December 6th at Mt. Vernon High School. Thank you to Ms. Cherie Rogier for serving as the location host. 

Students participating submitted a lesson plan, prior to the event, that they would teach to an Intro to Agriculture Education class. Participants then presented a ten minute segment of their designed lesson to a room of students while the judges observed. The individuals participating were scored on their lesson plan, delivery of lesson as well as follow up questions in addition to their provided reflection and a written test. 

Congratulations to our top individuals: 

1st place - Ms. Kylee Wesselman, Carlyle

2nd place - Mr. Caleb Seboldt, Valmeyer

3rd place - Ms. Victoria Rudolphi, Olney

Other schools participating included Carrier Mills, Marion, Mt. Vernon, New Athens, North Clay and Vienna.

A special thank you to our judges for the event:

• Jennifer Ehrhart, Wayne City Agriculture Teacher

• Rhett Ellis, Spring 2024 SIUC Agriculture Education Graduate

• Vanessa Hanke, Odin High School Family Consumer Sciences Teacher

• Dusti Ingles, Former Illinois Agriculture Teacher

• Jaci Limestall, Former Illinois Agriculture Teacher

An additional thank you goes to the section officers that helped make this event possible by serving as the “students” who the participants presented their lesson to. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Farm Credit of Mt. Vernon for providing a light meal for all volunteers and section officers that made the event possible.