North Carolina
Agricultural Education
Professional Development
Workshop Series
Coordinated by the
Agricultural Education Team
at
NC State University
Summer 2015
North Carolina Agricultural Education
Professional Development Workshop Series
Introduction
The 2015 Agricultural Education Professional Development Workshop Series offers 20 in-service education opportunities this summer, plus workshops offered through the NC State University Horticultural Science Department, North Carolina A & T State University, and REAL Entrepreneurship. These workshops are designed to make you a more effective teacher and manager of a successful agricultural education program. However, these workshops will only be successful if you choose to participate. You are encouraged to make plans to participate in these professional development workshops this summer.
Process
As you review these workshop opportunities, you are strongly encouraged to visit with your principal and Career Technical Education Director. Their involvement and support of your professional development activities is critical. They are welcome to register and participate as well. Please note that you are welcome to attend workshops anywhere in the state. The regional distribution of workshops has been done in an effort to reduce your travel time to workshops and to ensure access for all agricultural education teachers.
The registration form enclosed in this guide is due on May 15, 2015. It is critical that you register by May 15 so workshop presenters can be confirmed for the workshops. Any workshops that are not sufficiently filled by May 15 will be cancelled. All questions regarding workshops should be forwarded to the contact person for each workshop selection.
Registration for the REAL Agricultural Entrepreneurship workshops must be done on-line. All middle and high School agricultural education teachers are encouraged to attend one of these workshops.
2015 Summer Professional Development Opportunities
Workshop Registration Form
(Duplicate as necessary)
Please carefully complete this workshop registration form and email, fax or mail it, depending on the region, to the appropriate contact listed below. All workshop registrations are due by May 15, 2015. You may copy this form if you wish to register for more than one workshop. All workshops will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please do not send a check with the registration form. Checks will be collected on the first day the workshop you are attending, unless otherwise noted. Please read the workshop descriptions carefully for information on whom to make the check payable. Also, please be aware that if you sign up for a workshop and do not attend you may still be responsible for the fee due to the cost associated with holding the workshop.
Name: ______
School:______
School Address: ______
Email Address: ______
Home Address: ______
School Telephone: ______
Home Telephone: ______
Mobile Telephone: ______
Workshop Title: ______
Workshop Date: ______
Please email, mail, or fax this form to the appropriate contact person listed below:
For Western NC Workshops:Jerry Davis
5823 Will Plyler Rd.
Waxhaw, NC 28173-9748
Phone: (704) 576-0507
Fax: (704) 843-3336
Email: / For Central NC
Workshops:
Sue Gambill
NCSU Box 7654
Raleigh, NC 27695-7654
Phone: (919) 513-2017
Fax: (919) 513-3201
Email: / For Eastern NC
Workshops:
Melinda White
Vernon James Center
207 Research Station Rd.
Plymouth, NC 27962
Phone: (252) 793-4428 ext. 126
Fax: (252) 793-5142
Email:
ARE YOU AN AGRICULTURE TEACHER OR CTE DIRECTOR INTERESTED
IN TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP
USING HANDS-ON, ACTION LEARNING TECHNIQUES?
You need to attend the NC REAL Agriculture Entrepreneurship
Workshop in Your Area!
Please attend ONE of the following all-day workshops sponsored by the NC Tobacco Trust Fund and presented by NC REAL Entrepreneurship and NC Agricultural Education/FFA program this summer:
June 22 / Riverside High School / 1260 Godwin Road, Williamston, NCJune 23 / North Lenoir High School / 2400 Institute Rd, LaGrange, NC
June 29 / Corinth Holders High School / 6875 Applewhite Rd, Wendell, NC
June 30 / Southern Alamance HS / 631 Southern High Rd, Graham, NC
July 20 / Cox Mill High School / 1355 Cox Mill Rd, Concord, NC
July 21 / South Iredell HS / 299 Old Mountain Rd, Statesville, NC
July 22 / Enka High School / 475 Enka Lake Road, Candler, NC
July 27 / Grays Creek HS / 5301 Celebration Drive, Hope Mills, NC
July 28 / NC FFA Center / 1247 Hwy 53 East, White Lake, NC
Aug 3 / Avery County HS / 401 Avery High School Rd, Newland, NC
Aug 4 / Ledford High School / 140 Jesse Green Rd, Thomasville, NC
Agenda: 9:30 Registration; 10:00 Sharp Start; 12:15 Lunch; 3:00 Adjourn
Cost: Free to N.C. public school teachers, thanks to a grant from the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission. Registration for all other workshop participants is $100 to cover costs of materials, lunch and instruction. Register by clicking on the links above, or at the NC REAL website (http://www.ncreal.org) under “Upcoming Training Events.” Registration deadline, 10 days before each workshop.
Title: How I Teach Animal Science in the NE
Date: Wednesday, Thursday, July 8-9, 2015: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.
Location: Pasquotank High School, Agriculture Department
Instructor: Ms. Susan Jackson, Ms. Amanda Lee, Ms. Kim Ballance – Agricultural Education Teachers at
Pasquotank High School
Contact: Benjie Forrest, Eastern Region Agricultural Education Coordinator
Description: This workshop is designed for teachers to better teach the content and material involved with the
Animal Science curriculum
CEU: 1.2
Class Size: Minimum 5 – Maximum 20
Fee: $25.00; To Whom: Please make checks payable to Pasquotank HS FFA.
Title: Preparing Students for the Forestry CDE
Date: Monday, Tuesday, July 20-21: 9:00am – 4:00pm.
Location: University of Mount Olive
Coordinator: Mr. Tim Warren, Agribusiness Education, University of Mount Olive
Contact: Benjie Forrest, Eastern Region Agricultural Education Coordinator
Description: This workshop is designed for the teacher to become more familiar with how to be successful in
preparing students for the FFA Forestry CDE
CEU: 1.2
Class Size: Minimum 5 – Maximum 20
Fee: $30.00; To Whom: Please make checks payable to the University of Mount Olive.
A meal will be provided during the last day of the workshop.
Title: Meats Evaluation CDE Workshop
Date: Tuesday, Wednesday, July 21-22; 9:00am – 4:00pm
Location: University of Mount Olive
Coordinator: Dr. Stephen Edwards, Agribusiness Education, University of Mount Olive
Contact: Benjie Forrest, Eastern Region Agricultural Education Coordinator
Description: This workshop is designed for the teacher to become more familiar with how to prepare students
for the Meat Evaluation CDE.
CEU: 1.2
Class Size: Minimum 5 – Maximum 20
Fee: $30.00; To Whom: Please make checks payable to the University of Mount Olive.
A meal will be provided during the workshop.
Title: Eastern North Carolina Agriculture Tour
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2015; 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Location: University of Mount Olive, Raper Hall, Agribusiness Center
Instructor: Dr. Sandy Maddox, Director, UMO Agribusiness Center /Agriculture Education
Contact: Benjie Forrest, Eastern Region Agricultural Education Coordinator
Description: This workshop is designed as a tour for attendees to explore the diverse agriculture production and processing industry in eastern NC.
CEU: .6
Class Size: Minimum 5 – Maximum 14
Fee: No Cost. A meal will be provided.
Title: How to Teach and Compete in Parliamentary Procedure
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2015; 9:00am to 4:00pm
Location: NERSBA Campus (Old Jamesville High School)
Instructor: Mr. Hal Davis, Principal of NERSBA
Contact: Benjie Forrest, Eastern Region Agricultural Education Coordinator
Description: This workshop is designed to prepare teachers to instruct students on winning techniques for the
FFA Parliamentary Procedure CDE
CEU: .6
Class Size: Minimum 6 – Maximum 15
Fee: $25.00; To Whom: Please make checks payable to NERSBA. A meal will be provided.
Title: Small Engines Workshop
Date: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, June 24-26; 9:00am – 4:00pm.
Location: Wayne Community College, Magnolia Building
Coordinator: Mr. Gabe Mitchell, Head, Agribusiness Department, Wayne Community College
Instructor: Mr. David Byrd
Contact: Benjie Forrest, Eastern Region Agricultural Education Coordinator
Description: This workshop is designed for the teacher to become familiar with teaching small engines to
students at a fundamental level.
CEU: 1.8
Class Size: Minimum 5 – Maximum 20
Fee: No charge. A meal will be provided during the workshop.
Title: Horticulture Workshop
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2015; 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Lenoir Community College, Horticulture Department
Instructor: Ms. Amy Thomas, Lenoir Community College, Horticulture Department Instructor
Contact: Benjie Forrest, Eastern Region Agricultural Education Coordinator
Description: This workshop will provide training and skill development in plant propagation techniques to
include: cuttings, division, grafting, micro-propagation, seeding, etc.
CEU: .6
Class Size: Minimum 5 – Maximum 15
Fee: $70.00; To Whom: Please make checks payable to Lenoir Community College. A meal will be
provided.
Title: How I Teach Animal Science in the Southeast
Date: Wednesday, Thursday, July 8-9, 2015; 9:00am – 4:00 pm
Location: Rosewood High School
Instructor: Mrs. Allison Jennings, Agricultural Education Teacher at Rosewood High School
Contact: Benjie Forrest, Eastern Region Agricultural Education Coordinator
Description: This workshop is designed for teachers to better teach the content and material involved in the
Animal Science curriculum.
CEU: 1.2
Class Size: Minimum 5 – Maximum 20
Fee: $25.00; To Whom: Please make checks out to Rosewood High School FFA. A meal will be
provided.
STERN NORTH CAROLINA WORKSHOPS
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WORKSHOPS
Title: Agriculture Energy and Tour Workshop
Date: Wednesday, Thursday, July 29 - 30, 2015; 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Triton High School, Erwin, NC
Instructor: Facilitators: Gary Pierce, Andy Cole, John Hardee, Agricultural Education Teachers at Triton
High School; Instructors: Tom Butler, Larry Lanier and Ryan Patterson
Contact: Horace Johnson, Central Region Agricultural Education Coordinator
Description: Teachers will experience some of the most cutting edge technology being using in agriculture today through these on-site visits.
A. Ryan Patterson will explain how Patterson Farms uses old pallets to grind into chips and then sawdust to run the boilers to cure tobacco and heat his greenhouse operation. Teachers will be exposed to the largest portable boiler in North Carolina.
B. Tom Butler of Butler Farms will provide a tour of the capped lagoon system he is using to trap methane that is then converted to electricity to sell to the power company. This operation includes a mini-solar farm that provides all the electricity for the farm and a large composting system to take care of the mortality from his finishing hog operation.
C. Larry Lanier will provide insight into his converted chicken operation and state of the art waste treatment facility to ensure clean water and water with a high nutrient content to raise fish. His geothermal system provides heating and cooling for the aquaculture system that replaced the chicken operation.
D. Gary Pierce will provide information on new technology emerging to use LED lights and energy efficient structures to produce crops in lieu of the traditional greenhouse operation.
CEU: 1.4
Class Size: Minimum 8 – Maximum 20.
Fee: $ 35.00; To Whom: Please make checks out to Triton High FFA. A meal and refreshments will be provided.
Title: AET and My Journey Workshop
Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2015; 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Gray’s Creek High School, Hope Mills, NC
Instructor: Mrs. Tara King, Mrs. April Pittman, Agricultural Education Teachers at Gray’s Creek HS
Contact: Horace Johnson, Central Region Agricultural Education Coordinator
Description: This workshop is designed to provide teachers with training to successfully use the Agriculture Experience Tracker (AET) to track SAE projects and chapter activities. Please bring your laptop and log in information and be prepared to explore AET and learn how it fits into the “My Journey” National FFA website.
CEU: .7; 1.0 for those that complete and return the special project assigned by the instructor
Class Size: Minimum 10– Maximum 20.
Fee: $ 35; To Whom: Please make checks payable to Gray’s Creek High FFA. A meal will be provided.
Title: Fencing Options and Pasture Management for the School Agricultural Education Farm
Date: Monday, July 20, 2015; 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Montgomery County Schools Central Office, Troy, NC
Coordinator: Mr. Adam Garner, Agricultural Education teacher, East Montgomery HS
Instructor: Mr. Brad Ross, Pasture Management Representative
Contact: Horace Johnson, Central Region Agricultural Education Coordinator
Description: This workshop is designed to give teachers practical experience in installing a safe and effective fence system and provide pasture management. This workshop will show teachers different options of fencing to fit their needs and budget. Time will be dedicated to discussing fencing options that will keep animals safe and secure on school properties.
CEU: .6
Class size: Minimum 10 – Maximum 20
Fee: $15.00; To Whom: Please make checks payable to East Montgomery FFA. A meal will be provided.
Title: “High Tunnels and Hydroponics” Workshop
Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2015; 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Scotland High School, Laurinburg, NC
Instructors: Mr. Reed Ledbetter, Agricultural Education teacher, Scotland HS
Contact: Horace Johnson, Central Region Agricultural Education
Description: More and more programs are looking for ways to expand their horticulture programs to include broader areas such as fruit and vegetable production to complement their culinary arts program. Hydroponic vegetables offer several advantages and introduce students to technology and scientific principles that can be applied to other areas as well. Teachers attending this workshop will receive instruction in these modules.
A. Resources and websites
B. NFT Hydroponics –Teachers will build a small system to return to program.
C. Bato/Dutch Bucket Hydroponics-Teachers will build small system to return to program.
CEU: .7
Class Size: Minimum 8 – Maximum 20
Fee: $ 35.00; To Whom: Please make checks payable to Scotland County High FFA. A meal will be provided.
Title: Incorporating Local Food Production through Advanced Studies and Agriscience
Applications
Date: Tuesday, July 7; 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Gray’s Creek High School, Hope Mills, NC
Instructor: Mrs. April Pittman, Kenan Fellows Institute and Agricultural Education teacher, Gray’s Creek HS
Contact: Horace Johnson, Central Region Agricultural Education Coordinator