Oklahoma Agricultural Education Teachers Association

In celebration of NAAE’s 75th anniversary, NAAE’s $75 for 75 Campaign invites anyone who has ever been positively impacted by NAAE, an agriculture teacher, or agricultural education to make a $75 contribution and share their story!

Donors can honor an individual or program who has impacted them with a short tribute and photograph. These stories of positive influence will be highlighted throughout the year in NAAE communications, culminating at the 2023 NAAE Convention in Phoenix.

Your donation of $75 to celebrate 75 years of NAAE will have a big impact. Your donation works to continue programs that support current and future agricultural educators through scholarships, professional development, and more. Make your donation today! Click here ➡️ https://bit.ly/47ltdfz

Check out the OSU Agricultural Education apparel!

OSU Ferguson Agricultural Education Fall Apparel 2023 Online ordering for OSU Ferguson Agricultural Education Fall Apparel 2023 ends on Sun, Sep 24, 2023 (11:59 PM CDT)

3rd annual co****le tournament is in the books! Thanks to everyone who came out and participated.

Also, a big thank you to our sponsors!
Banners and Food: Brownco MFG, Jami Longacre, Joe McGovern and AFR
Venue: The Headquarters (Bell Family)
The Cook: Travis Jenkins
Dessert: Courtney Cakery

Today NAAE released regional winners for awards. Congratulations to the following Oklahoma teachers and programs for their awards! Awards will be presented at the national conference in Phoenix later this year.

Congratulations, Mr. Walden!

The Teacher of the Year is Jonathan Walden! Congratulations Jonathan!

OAETA board members hosted a dinner for new and returning teachers. The event was graciously sponsored by ONEOK and Ferguson College of Agriculture. Good luck this year!

Hope to see everyone there!

Our 2023 OAETA/ STAR Committee Summer Professional Development Conference is in the books after another day of industry tours and teacher-led workshops in Durant and Madill.

Attendees toured Savage Pecan Equipment and Oklahoma Steel & Wire plants. These are great examples of Oklahoma agricultural enterprises employing hundreds of workers in the region who produce products shipped and sold worldwide. After another tasty lunch provided by Madill FFA, our teachers participated in several teacher-led workshops. We ended the conference with round table small group discussions about common AgEd teacher issues, duties, and plans for the future.

Special thanks to Madill FFA, Silo FFA, and Durant FFA and the entire group of Southeast Area AgEd Teachers for hosting us this week. Also, thank you to the OAETA Professional Membership and STAR Committees for their work to make this conference happen.

Make plans to attend next year’s OAETA summer PD conference!

Yesterday, we kicked off the 2023 OAETA/ STAR Committee Summer Professional Development Conference in the Southeast Area. We started off with a tour of Silo’s AgEd facility and a tour of Top Notch Turf sod farm. After a fabulous fish fry lunch provided by Top Notch Turf, we had an afternoon of teacher-led workshops at Durant High School focusing on a wide variety of topics. We got an inside look at Durant’s future AgEd facility and some communication tips from Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s Communications. We finished the evening with a meal at Lost Street Brewing Company.

Special thanks to our industry tour partner, Top Notch Turf and our host AgEd sites, Silo FFA and Durant FFA.

More professional development and industry tours are happening today! Details posted soon!

See you there!

Oklahoma State is looking forward to hosting professional development for Oklahoma ag teachers at the end of THIS MONTH!

June 28th and 29th they will be offering workshops that align to the Top 5 Needs identified from our needs assessment earlier this spring. The Top Five Needs are: Establishing Personal Balance, Managing Records and Awards, Improving Instructional Practice, Strengthening Technical Skills, and Agriscience Integration.

Registration is free and more information is provided at https://forms.office.com/r/aQmFx0f5Ez

Registration and more information are provided at https://forms.office.com/r/aQmFx0f5Ez

Registration is free

Registration and more information are provided at https://forms.office.com/r/aQmFx0f5Ez

Registration is free

Fill | OKSTATE Summer PD 2023 June 28 - 29, 2022 in Stillwater, Oklahoma

Don't miss out! We're one week away from the start of our OAETA/ STAR Committee Summer Professional Development Conference in the Southeast Area (Silo, Durant, and Madill).

You can still register via the Paypal link OR you can email Mr. Taylor at [email protected] and pay via invoice.

This conference will feature industry tours of the Southeast Area (Sod Farm, OK Wire & Steel, and Savage Pecan Equipment) and teacher-led workshops presented by your fellow OAETA members. We will also have many opportunities for you to network and collaborate with other instructors during our evening networking social and roundtable discussion sessions.

Workshop topics include CASE Curriculum benefits, Beneficial Grants, Electricity/Wiring Applications, Ag Communications Projects, National Chapter Award/POA Development, Marketing Plan CDE, Forestry CDE, Wildlife CDE/Natural Resources classroom lessons, and Sausage Making/ Meat Lab projects.

We will be starting the conference at Silo's AgEd Facility at 8 a.m. on Monday, June 12, 2023.

See you there!

Congratulations to the following OAETA Award winners.

Teachers Turn The Key – Cody Dean, Edmond
Outstanding Early Career Teacher – Randy Bean, Strother
Teacher Mentor Award – Melinda Tague, Washington
Outstanding Ag Ed Program – Allen
Ideas Unlimited – Jordan Miller, Shawnee
Outstanding Ag Ed Teacher – Kadie Smith, Oologah
NW-Keith Dillingham
SW-Emily Schmidt, Chickasha
Central-Jeremy Schmidt, Edmond
NE-Kadie Smith, Oologah

Consider nominating a deserving Oklahoma ag teacher!

It's almost National Teacher Appreciation Week! National Teacher Appreciation Week is a week-long celebration of educators across the country and is celebrated May 8-12, 2023.

Looking for a unique way to celebrate an agricultural educator in your life? As a part of our 75th Anniversary Celebration of NAAE, we'll be highlighting 75 NAAE members who go above and beyond for their schools and communities. We'll highlight their nomination and stories here on our social media channels and send those recognized a limited-edition honorarium package.

Nominations close Friday, April 28. Click the link to learn more and nominate an agricultural educator today! ➡️ https://bit.ly/3olcyab

Teach Ag Day at Oologah today!

Thank you to Donnie Krumsiek with ONEOK for sponsoring a meal for new teachers in town for their career tech new teacher meetings.

Star Committee Members and OAETA board members are at the Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture career fair today promoting agricultural education as a career path.

The STAR Committee is working on creating an updated resource list that will be available for teachers on the OKFFA website. Please use the link below to help them identify those teachers who are willing to serve as a resource for a variety of topics. Feel free to check as few or as many topics as you are comfortable with.

https://forms.gle/m2Awu68VsjVJQ1KKA

Please complete this survey by 9/16 and reach out to a STAR committee members if you have any questions.

OK Ag-Ed Teacher Resource Form 2022 Please complete the following form to indicate what areas you feel most comfortable and confident in sharing with other ag teachers. Expertise, skill and/or experience with the following categories related to all things agricultural education. Our goal is to create an updated list of Oklahoma teache...

Congratulations to all the award winners from Oklahoma! Way to represent Region II!

2nd annual co****le tournament in the books! Thanks for everyone that came out to play or just hang out. A huge shout out to the Bell Family for hosting us and feeding us dinner.

We are set up and ready to go! Please be registered by 5 today. If you are running a little behind please shoot me a text of your team name 918-810-0047. Once we start the bracket it will be hard to add to the bracket.

Address: 38769 W 241st St S
Bristow OK 74010

The Ferguson College of Agriculture is going to be offering FREE headshot photos to ag teachers during the OKACTE Summit Tomorrow (Monday, August 1st) - be sure to get yours taken!

Monday, August 1

{8:00 am - 11:30 am (ish)}
Just outside of the committee meeting rooms (Greenwood, Cheery Street, Brookside, Blue Dome and Boston)

{11:30 am (ish) - 12:30 pm}
Just outside of Legacy Hall (2nd Floor - AGED Division Meeting Room)

Once headshots are uploaded to KitchenSink, a link will be shared with all of you.

Chesley Comstock, Prospective Student Coordinator and Elizabeth Purdue are the two who are making this happen. Please be sure to thank them if you get the chance!

OAETA Golf Tournament Information!!!

Sunday July 31st
Shotgun Start 8:30am
Hard Rock Hotel- Cherokee Hills
770 W Cherokee St , Catoosa Ok

4 Person Scramble $55 player pay club house directly
Profits will come from hole sponsors- you can donate to OAETA if you would like.
Not worse than Par

Dress Code:No denim allowed, collared shirts required - women have the option of a shirt with collar or sleeves or both, no tank tops

PayPal link will be in the comments. Please pay in advance through this link.

We are a few days away from the event! Here is the venue address: 38769 W 241st St S
Bristow OK 74010

The Bell family is rolling out the red carpet for us and excited to host!

2022 XLR8 Professional Development Applications Now Open!

We're pleased to accept applications for the 2022 NAAE XLR8 Professional Development Program! XLR8 is a year-long professional development program that targets agriculture teachers in their 7th-15th year of teaching. This program will include participation in an intensive professional development experience (multiple sessions) during the 2022 NAAE convention, recurring virtual learning experiences, and online collaboration.

All active NAAE members who are currently in their 7th to 15th year of teaching are eligible to apply. Each applicant must have been a NAAE member the three (3) previous years while teaching agriculture. Participants must also be active members and working in school-based agricultural education in the 2022-2023 NAAE Membership year. Use this link for more information and to access the application: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6915706/2022-NAAE-XLR8-Professional-Development-Application

2022 NAAE XLR8 Professional Development Application 2022 NAAE XLR8 Professional Development Application.

Don't forget to register for Oklahoma Summit before this Friday, July 15, to receive the early bird registration discount of $75!

After July 15, conference registration charges increase to $100.

https://conference.okacte.org/User/Login?ReturnUrl=%2F

conference.okacte.org

Miss the For Teachers. By Teachers. Conference last month? No worries! Check out the Oklahoma Teach Ag YouTube Channel for the our 2022 FTBT Conference playlist that features the recorded workshops along with links to presenter resources!

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlEUx2Wb97DXx6X80p2SZQRGikn97LyiM

OAETA Golf Tournament Information

Sunday, July 31st
Shotgun Start at 8:30am

Hard Rock Hotel-Cherokee Hills
770 W Cherokee Sreet
Catoosa, OK

4 Person Scramble
$55 player
Pay club house directly

Profits will come from hole sponsors- you can donate to OAETA if you would like.

Not worse than Par

Dress Code: No denim allowed, collared shirts required - women have the option of a shirt with collar or sleeves or both, no tank tops.

Contact Jeff Conner if you have any questions.

We are seeking Oklahoma PK-12 teachers with less than three years of classroom experience to participate in a new cohort of First Class beginning this September.

First-year teachers will be paired with mentors, while second- and third-year teachers will be paired with virtual instructional coaches. ⭐Stipends available!⭐

Come learn the fundamentals of classroom management, student engagement and more from experienced teachers. Applications will be open until capacity is reached.

Register and find more information here: https://bit.ly/FirstClass05

It's not too late to join us next week in Stillwater for the For Teachers, By Teachers – OSU Summer Professional Development Conference!

There is an outstanding lineup of over 30 workshop sessions and presenters. There will also be Swivls set up in each workshop session to record and share with everyone later.

OSU is excited to see everyone together again and provide a high-quality professional development event at no cost to teachers. We have over 130 teachers pre-registered, but all ag teachers are still welcome to join us, regardless of pre-registration – so bring a friend!

Updates and a detailed schedule can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cxznCJfoZfvQzYotDcBNLTNbdAaj5OZuKyIv80JNLK4/edit

For Teachers. By Teachers. Conference registration is still open! This is a free professional development conference that OSU is hosting on June 20-22

The majority of the confirmed workshops are being led by current ag teachers, and there are a few faculty from other departments who are also excited to present! We will also have sponsored dinners on Monday and Tuesday for continued networking with fellow ag teachers.

Below is the link to the registration form if you haven't registered yet! There is also a link to the updated tentative schedule.

Whether you can be there the whole time or can only join us for part of the time, please consider marking this event on your calendar! We will also be recording sessions for our YouTube page, as well as live streaming some of the workshops on our page.

Finalized information will be sent to everyone who has registered at the end of next week or the beginning of the following week.

Please reach out to Emily Sewell (918-606-4310 or [email protected]) if you have any questions!

Hope to see everyone in Stillwater later this month!

Link to registration: https://okstatecasnr.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_doDHHX35ftaoxWm

Link to tentative schedule: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1azPPU6NIoTFhnQl3AKcBQlzLzVub0bD1/view?usp=sharing

Registration is now open for the 2022 NAAE Virtual Book Club!

The NAAE Virtual Book Club is a fun way for agricultural educators to personalize their professional development. NAAE members can participate in the Virtual Book Club and earn professional development credit or CEU's. For more information, visit https://www.naae.org/profdevelopment/bookclub.cfm.

2022 participants will read The Legacy of the New Farmers of America, by Dr. Antoine J Alston & Dr. Dexter B Wakefield.

Registration will be until June 8 -- https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6826684/2022-Virtual-Book-Club-Registration

Present a workshop at the 2022 NAAE Convention, which is being held in Las Vegas from November 29 through December 3!

NAAE is accepting proposals for workshops related to topics appropriate for middle and secondary agricultural educators, teacher educators and post-secondary agricultural educators.

Proposals for Professional Development Workshops at the 2022 NAAE Convention are to be submitted by Monday, June 6, 2022 at 11:59PM EDT.

For more information such as suggested topics, parameters, etc., and to submit your workshop proposal, use the link: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6801745/2022-NAAE-Convention-Professional-Development-Workshops-Request-for-Proposals

Information for the co****le tournament this summer!

We can't say thank you enough. Happy National Teacher Appreciation Week!

Check out the professional development opportunity hosted by OSU! This will be similar to last year's STAR professional development event.

We are looking for not only interest in attending on June 20-22, but also for teachers who would be willing to present a workshop.

Tag an ag teacher friend and share with your neighbor teachers, so we can get a rough estimate of teachers who are interested!

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=HclpKknoNE6iMM34sn4ZZDfNI79RJYFBrxrQ5N5egPhUODFOWU4wOUxHQk83T1lGWkVaVzhUN1E0UC4u&qrcode=true

Congratulations to our Outstanding Ag Teacher Award recipients!

Nominate an awesome ag teacher in your life!

Agricultural Educators are the G.O.A.T. [Greatest Of All Time]!

National Week is just around the corner! Nominate a special agricultural educator in your life for a chance for them to receive one of 100 exclusive NAAE National Teacher Appreciation Week Honorarium Packages! ➡️ https://bit.ly/3Mfb7AA

If you have a 12th grade student that has committed to pursue an agricultural education degree at a post-secondary institution, we would like to recognize those students at a Signing Day Ceremony at the State FFA Convention.

The ceremony will be on Wednesday, May 4th at 10 AM in Grand Hall A.

Students that wish to take part in the ceremony must complete the following Google Form by Tuesday, April 12th.

Oklahoma Teach Ag Signing Day Ceremony Registration Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScEGYj0amJs0seQI7Kvp7x6WrMQpu0SR9s8Eqg3aGO6pOTPLA/viewform

SPOTLIGHT ON TEACHING AG AWARD

Reminder: If you wish to nominate an outstanding peer teacher that does outstanding work in the classroom/lab and with local program success, you can fill out a quick online form.

The forms are due this Friday, April 1st

https://form.jotform.com/210454749397163