Illinois Association of Community College Agriculture Instructors

October 6 & 7, 2011

Parkland College

Fall Conference

Conference Agenda

Thursday, October 6, 2011

10:00 – 11:15 a.m. IAI Ag Panel Meeting, Room W110

10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Conference Registration, Tony Noel Ag Technology Bldg. (W Bldg.)

11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Opening Session and Lunch-Dining Room W115

Call to Order – Larry Thurow

Welcome- Parkland Administration

Lunch

Introductions

Conference Overview

IAVAT Report

FFA Report

IL PAS Report

ISBE Report

FCAE Report

ILCAE Report

ICAE Report

Announcements – Dr. Jeff Galle – P-20 Agriculture Discussion

1:30 – 2:00 p.m. Program Area Committee Meetings

Program Administrators (formerly Div. Chairs): Chairperson, Jim Caudle, Room W112

Horticulture –Chairperson, Rich Alde, Room W120

Ag Business and Production –Chairperson, Mike Tenhouse, Room W110

Agriculture Mechanics – Chairperson, Scott Balding, Room W101

2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Organizational Committee Meetings

Ag Advocacy (formerly Awards, Legislative and Public Relations -Chairpersons, Sara Pohl and Bill Harmon, Room W112

Articulation –Chairperson, Gary Shupe, Room W110

IL PAS –Chairperson, Jim Caudle, Room W101

In-service – Chairperson, Larry Thurow, Room W120

2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Dr. Andy Baker Illinois Basic Skills Exam’/Teacher Education

3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Break – Refreshments Room W115

3:15 – 5:00 p.m. In-Service Workshops

Strategic Farm Marketing, W110

Mind Your Theory – Design for Learning - Landscape Tour, Leave from W Bldg.

Case New Holland In-service-Diesel Tech Program/Tour, W Bldg. Lab


5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Check in at Drury Inn & Suites

905 West Anthony Drive, Champaign, IL 217-398-0030

7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Banquet Dinner and Program (Tony Noel Ag Tech Center, Parkland College, Room 115)

Invocation – Bruce Henrikson

Banquet

Introductions – Larry Thurow

Keynote Address – Dr. Robert Easter, former Chancellor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Awards Presentation

Announcements

Friday, October 7, 2011

6:30 – 7:30 a.m. Breakfast on your own. Those of you staying at the Drury Inn, breakfast is provided.

7:45 – 10:15 a.m. Tours – leaving from Tony Noel Ag Tech Center, Parkland College

Monsanto Seed Production Facility, Farmer City

Stone Ridge Dairy Farm Tour, Mansfield

Prairie Fruits Farm, Urbana

Classroom Technology Workshop – iTunesU: A New Learning Venue for your Students

10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Break and Refreshments (Noel Ag Tech Center, Room W115)

10:00 – 11:30 a.m. IACCAI Business Meeting (Room W115)

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Lunch (Room W115)