OVATA Summer Conference 2015
Business Session II
#oragteachers#agedu#ovata15
Agenda | Wednesday morning
Agenda | Wednesday morning
Agenda | Wednesday morning
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HOW?
Agenda | Wednesday morning
HOW?
• Be a good ag teacher
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Can students meet science requirements by taking Agricultural Science & Technology coursework at your school?
Agenda | Wednesday morning
• Welcome – YCHS• Greg Newman, YCHS Principal
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• Introductions• Northwest• Mount Hood• Lower Willamette
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• SAIF• Trevor Ansbro, Loss Control Program Adviser
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• Les Schwab Food Drive
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• Reports• OSU Report – Dr Misty Lambert
• Introductions• Southern Oregon• Central Oregon• Snake River
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• Reports• Ag in the Classroom – Jessica Budge
• Introductions• Strawberry Mountain• Eastern Oregon• Blue Mountain
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• Reports• Community College Report – TVCC, BMCC, KCC, LBCC• NAAE
• Introductions• Capital District• Upper Willamette• Umpqua
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• OVATA Board Representation• Oregon FFA Alumni Council• Oregon FFA Foundation
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• Nominations• Fall Conference 2015 Nominations• Summer Conference 2016 Nominations
• Hood River Valley• John Day/Strawberry Mntn
• President-Elect• Rachel Kostman
• Secretary-Treasurer• Sam• Meghan
• Newsletter Editor• Lance Hill
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• Reports• Team Ag Ed Report/ODE Report – Dr. Reynold Gardner
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• Story Telling
#ovata15#ffa#STEM#CTE
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• Logistics• Committees• Workshops
Lunch Presentation - OFRI
Lunch | Wednesday
• Nutrients for Life
Tour Options for Thursday
• Slater Machines• ADEC Manufacturing• Bailey Nurseries• Dundee Fruit Company
Wednesday Afternoon
• Workshop III• Workshop IV• Skills/Team Building• Carlton – Wennerberg
• Dinner – Wildhaber’s
OVATA Summer Conference 2015
Business Session III
#oragteachers#agedu#ovata15
Agenda | Thursday Morning
• Elections• President-Elect
• Rachel Kostman• Secretary-Treasurer
• Meghan Biggs• Newsletter Editor
• Lance Hill• Sam Herringshaw
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• Elections• Summer Conference
• Hood River Valley• John Day/Strawberry Mountain• Jackson County/Crater
• Fall Conference• Enterprise• North Clackamas
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• Committee Reports• CDE Days• Professional Growth• Marketing
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• Proposal – Change in Address and Money Receiving• Move all check receiving to Oregon State University Agricultural
Education Department:• OSU Ag Ed will be recipient of registration checks and invoices for OVATA• OSU Ag Ed office staff will deposit checks and forward invoices onto the
current Secretary-Treasurer• OSU Ag Ed office staff will assist with the processing and tracking of
membership, and work with the Secretary-Treasurer to file necessary membership with other entities (Ex – NAAE)
Agenda | Thursday Morning
• Proposal – Change in Address and Money Receiving• Move all check receiving to Oregon State University Agricultural
Education Department:
• Rationale:• Provides a consistent mailing address for school business offices as the
Secretary-Treasurer position changes• Stabilizes a procedure for yearly membership, etc• OVATA Secretary-Treasurer is still responsible for writing checks and keeping
financial and membership records, and presenting to the Finance Committee for oversight
Agenda | Thursday Morning
Establish Strands for Professional Development provided by OVATA• OVATA will adopt the following areas (referred to as ‘Strands’) that all professional development programming
will be based upon.
Procedure: • Program planning for Fall, Summer, and other conferences and programming organized and executed by OVATA
will utilize the following Strands in order to plan workshop and programming topics• All topics must fit into at least one of the Strands• At least one Program of Study Pathway will be emphasized yearly, with all pathways being emphasized at least
once every four years• All Strands do not have to incorporated into every PD event• Every effort for a diverse program of topics and content areas should be made• OVATA Leadership and Program Organizers will identify which Strand(s) every session is aligned with for
communication with administrators and other stakeholders• Strands will be reviewed and modified as needed by the Professional Growth Committee
Agenda | Thursday Morning
Suggested Strands:• Program of Study Pathways Content Areas
• Animal Systems• Plant Systems• Agribusiness• Power, Structure, and Technology
• Other Agricultural Science & Technology Content Areas
• FFA (including but not limited to)• CDE• Leadership Development• Program of Activities• Awards• Alumni
• Supervised Agricultural Experience
• Agriscience Inquiry• Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies• Program Planning• Early
Career/Mid-Career/Experienced Teacher cohorts
Agenda | Thursday Morning
Proposal – Constitutional Change• Term Length of Secretary-Treasurer• Change the current term length from 3 years to 2 years• Change would be retroactive and affect the currently-elected Secretary-Treasurer
Rationale:• No other position is committed to attending regional and national events as long as the
current term• Can be prohibitive to those considering running (length of commitment)• Change in mailing address would alleviate issues with checks/invoices being sent to
former Secretary-Treasurer address• Those interested in serving longer can run again
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Proposal – Constitutional Change
Name of the Organization• Change the name of “Oregon Vocational Agriculture Teacher’s
Association” to “Oregon Agriculture Teacher Association”
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Proposal – Constitutional Change
Rationale:• The term vocational communicates that agriculture teachers are out of date and
operating in a part of education that no longer exists.• The change will not affect those who are unfamiliar with ‘vocational’ vs ‘professional
technical’ vs CTE, but will matter to those who are• As OVATA increases its presence and influence via Team Ag Ed, Legislative Actions, and
interaction with ODE, the Association must come across as modern, professional, and relevant
• The historical ties and significance of the name OVATA will not be lost by those who are past members as the name is not a drastic change
• The FFA Emblem dropped the term ‘Vocational’ 27 years ago. This is the only place it is still used
Agenda | Thursday Morning
• Needs Survey – Region I
• http://goo.gl/forms/u6y0xZqlqx
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• Program of Study – Dr Gardner
Ideas Unlimited
• Don Schmidt – portability• Stephanie Schofield – Parli Cards• Stephanie Schofield – pocket
pouches for cell phones• Ben Kercher – sprinkler• Anna-Marie Chamberlain – brands• Allison Meadows – yard signs• Allison Meadows – magnets• Scott Fitterer – clean up list with
magnets
• Scott Towery – CAD project• Seth Bingham – Nice posters• David Neese – scrotum simulator• David Neese – feet protector• Joe Denig – Oregon FFA
shield/bars• Kristin Kostman – officer retreat
binder• Nichole Gregory – proficiency
rubric
Expertise List
• http://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_78PhwiUKfzXaSfr
• DON’T TYPE IT IN! Go to www.ovata.org or check your email for the link!
Agenda | Thursday
• Logistics• Tours• Workshops• Snapshots• Banquet
• Parking• DOOR PRIZES