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Career and Technical Education (CTE) has an active link on the OSPI website entitled CTE Resources and Essentials. This website provides important resources for CTE agricultural education teachers that could prove useful this school year. Check out all the fabulous finds below.
As a new teacher, have you ever wondered where to find all the mysterious FFA resources that everyone is always talking about? Well now, you have the opportunity to check them all out in one convenient location. Just "click" on any of the links below and you will be taken directly to documents that are important to familiarize yourself with.
To increase clarity among state staff and our local chapters, we have published the Chapter in Good Standing tracker on our website. This tracker can be found under the “Advisor” tab and "Chapters in Good Standing" page. This report will be updated weekly to ensure it is accurate and up-to-date. As a reminder, chapters that are not in good standing will not be able to participate in any state FFA events.
Registration for all non-convention spring Career Development Events (CDE’s) with the exception of Meats Evaluation CDE, will open on January 15, 2023. Contest and registration details will be posted on our website and communicated via email when registration is live. We will continue to utilize Judging Card as our registration platform.
We are excited to be rolling out development opportunities for our FFA advisors starting this coming January with our Award Application training. The intent of these trainings is to review the various award areas and do a deep dive into the applications and rubrics, and share advice on how to put together successful applications with your students. Please review the agenda for a more detailed outline and registration information. Clock hours will be provided by OSPI.
Dates and locations include:
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January 7, 2023: 10am–2pm
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January 21, 2023: 10am–2pm
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Grant County Fairgrounds – 4-H Building
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Washington Farm Bureau – Harvest Room
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3953 Airway Dr NE, Moses Lake, WA 98837
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975 Carpenter Rd NE, Lacey, WA 98516
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Registration is open now and will close on December 16, 2022.
This year, "Corduroy at the Capitol" is happening on February 2, 2023 at the Farm Bureau Building in Lacey. The scheduled portion of the day will be from 9:00am–12:00pm with lunch provided by the Council for Ag. Cooperatives, who are sponsoring the day.
"On your own" legislator visits will be conducted that afternoon or the following day. If you plan to participate in this event, please begin scheduling your visits with your hometown legislators as soon as possible. Jesse Taylor, FFA Foundation Director has provided a cheat sheet for you to assist with that process. Please find your legislator on that page and reach out to their assistants to schedule.
Please check out the registration link provided. The number of students that can attend will be capped at six per chapter and registration will close on Friday, January 13. If you have questions, please contact Jesse Taylor directly at Jesse@washingtonffa.org
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The FFA Member Leadership Series will be held at Big Bend Community College March 3–4, 2023. Lodging will be at the Best Western Plus Lake Front Hotel. We are planning on having check in at 4:30pm on Friday and will be wrapping up at 1:30pm on Saturday. We are looking to finalize registration costs (includes rooms and meals) in the next few weeks and get that information out, so that everyone can be prepared for registration to open on January 15, 2023. Chapters will be limited to 8 members per chapter and it will be first come, first serve.
FFA Award Application Review will be happening in person this year on March 4, 2023 from 8:30am–1:00pm at Big Bend Community College. We will be reviewing Proficiency Award Applications and American Degree Applications. Clock hours will be made available for agriculture teachers that attend.
Each year, agriculture education teachers across Washington state submit data during an Ag. Ed End of Year Report. This year CTE also asked teachers to help fill in the gaps in the contact list and participate in a survey during the month of October to help collect some additional data that could prove useful in seeking funding for our Ag. Ed programs. We really do appreciate everyone’s willingness to participate in both of these surveys and hope you find this data useful. The agricultural education data for 2022 can be found at the following link.
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Save the Date Everyone! The Washington Association of Agricultural Educators (WAAE) Summer Conference that provides a great professional development opportunity for Washington state agriculture education teachers will be taking place at the Northern Quest Resort in Spokane on June 19-23, 2023. More information to come in the New Year! |
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