NAAE Region IV Conference

MAAE Summer Professional Development Institute (PDI)

June 25-27, 2013

Firekeepers Casino & Resort

11177 E. Michigan Avenue

Battle Creek, Michigan 49014

REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
Please register online at:

CONFERENCE COST:
NAAE Region IV Conference - $150
MAAE Summer PDI Membership Package - $450
Spousal Cost (includes meals & social, bus transportation to tours is reserved for teacher registrations) - $130 / LODGING INFORMATION:
Firekeepers Casino & Resort
11177 E. Michigan Avenue
Battle Creek, Michigan 49014
Phone: 877-FKC-8777
Rate: $139 + tax for 1 king or 2 queens

Room Block:062513MSUF

CONFERENCE AGENDA:

NAAE Region IV portion of the conference will be in blue, MAAE portion in green,

Tuesday June 25, 2013

8:00 – 9:00 amMAAE Registration(Firekeepers Hotel Conference Center)

9:00 - noonActivities for NAAE Region IV Guests or Families to do on your own
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  • Binder Park Zoo, Phone: 269-979-1351, Address: 7400 Division Drive 49014,
  • Full Blast Water Park, Phone:269-966-3667, Address:35 Hamblin Avenue 49017,
  • Golf:
  • Bedford Valley (Battle Creek)
  • Binder Park Golf Course (Battle Creek)
  • Cedar Creek Golf Club (Battle Creek)
  • Cedar Farms Golf Club (Battle Creek)
  • Custer Greens (Battle Creek)
  • Museums:
  • Dr. John Harvey Kellogg Discovery Center (Battle Creek),
  • Gilmore Car Museum,
  • Kingman Museum,

Tuesday June 25, 2013

9:00 – 9:15Welcome and Agenda/Tour Information (Megan Merrill)

9:15 – 10:15*Summer PDI Session 1 (Firekeepers Ballroom D)(Ag Career Network, National Update with Larry Gossen – in this session, teachers will review AgCN’s new inter-face as well as updates with the connections between Career Cruising and AET, this session will also include other updates from National FFA)

10:15 – 10:30Ramey Lunceford(Firekeepers Ballroom D) – Michigan FFA Foundation Update

10:30 – 10:45Break

10:15 – 11:15MAAE Business Session(Firekeepers Ballroom D) (Kevin Nugent, MAAEPresident)

11:30 - 12:45Lunch(Firekeepers Ballroom C)(Jason Jaekel, MFB Young Farmer Dept.)

11:30 – 12:45(NAAE Region IV Registration)

12:45 – 1:00Transition to next session

1:00 - 2:15 *NAAERegion IV Opening Session - Scott Stone(Firekeepers Ballroom D)(MAAE Members pleaseattend – in this session teachers will be able to learn about the

2:30 – 4:00 *regional NAAE level of organization as well as review NAAE applications)

2:15 – 2:30Break

4:00 - 4:30Prepare for and travel to State Social

5:00 – 8:00Host State Social- Dark Horse Brewing Company (511 S Kalamazoo Ave
Marshall, MI 49068) (Please CARPOOL – map/directions attached)

8:00 -Hospitality Room or Downtown Battle Creek Activities

Wednesday June 26, 2013

7:00 – 8:00 amBreakfast (Firekeepers Ballroom C)

8:00 – 8:30 amGather and Prepare for afternoon sessions (Please choose a set of tours to attend, space is limited to bus availability)

8:30 – 9:15 amTransition to next session

9:15 – 11:15 am*Bus A: Kellogg Biological Station (all day – Megan Merrill)Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) is a Michigan State University research field station with a focus on fundamental and applied research in ecology and agriculture. KBS is home to a National Science Foundation Long Term Ecological Research Site, as well as a Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Field Experiment site. KBS supports undergraduate and graduate education, and K-12 outreach.

Firekeepers Meeting Room 1:Kellogg Company Food Science CDE Preparations (Pat Henne)

11:15 – 11:30 amTransition to Lunch

11:30 – 12:30 pmLunch (at KBS)

12:30 – 1:15 pmTransition to next session

1:15 – 2:45 pm *Tour 2

Bus A: KBS (Megan Merrill);Bus B: Avalon Farms (Pat Henne)Avalon Farms has been in the family since 1932 and in 1999 they built a hydroponic greenhouse and in 2002 began a Share of the Farm subscription delivery service, a "hybrid CSA".

2:45 – 3:15 pmBreak

3:15 – 5:00 pm*Tour 3

Bus A: KBS (Megan Merrill); Bus B: Livestock Farm Tour (Pat Henne)Oswalt Angus Farm, Vicksburg, MI

5:00 – 5:30 pmTransition to Dinner

5:30 - 7:30 Dinnerat Oswalt Farm

8:00 – ?Hospitality Room or Downtown Battle Creek Activities

Thursday June 27, 2013

6:45 – 7:45 amBreakfast (Firekeepers Ballroom D)

Teachers – Be sure to visit with our Affiliate Members attending the conference!

8:00 – 9:00 *MAAE Teachers Teaching Teachers Session 1 (Please choose one):

  • Session A(Firekeepers Meeting Room 2): Plumbing Unit – Jeremy Glaspie – in this session teachers will learn how to incorporate a simple plumbing unit to serve multiple purposes in your program.
  • Session B(Firekeepers Meeting Room 3): Parliamentary Procedure – Bill Butcher – this session will give teachers some of tools they can utilize to help prepare students in the parliamentary procedure contest for the regional or state level.
  • Session C(Firekeepers Meeting Room 4): Dairy Foods Contest – Margo Fether & Jennifer Wheeler – this session will showcase how to prepare and facilitate the practicums in the dairy foods contest in your classroom.

9:00 – 10:00 *MAAE Teachers Teaching Teachers Session 2 (Please choose one):

  • Session A: Plumbing Unit(Firekeepers Meeting Room 2)
  • Session B: Parliamentary Procedure(Firekeepers Meeting Room 3)
  • Session C: Dairy Foods Contest(Firekeepers Meeting Room 4)

8:00 – 10:00 amNAAE Region IV Session part A - Scott Stone(Firekeepers Meeting Room 1)(In this session teachers will be able to learn about the regional NAAE level of organization)

10:00 – 10:15Break

10:15 – 12:00 pmNAAE Region IV Session part B - Scott Stone (Firekeepers Meeting Room 1)(In this session teachers will be able to learn about the regional NAAE level of organization)

10:15 – 11:00MAAE Meeting(Firekeepers Ballroom D)(Kevin Nugent, MAAE President)

11:00 – 12:00 *MAAE Teachers Teaching Teachers Session 3 (Please choose one):

  • Session D(Firekeepers Meeting Room 2): Farm Business Management – Brian Kiesling, Mark Forbush, and Tate Forbush – this session will focus on how to prepare your students for the farm business management contest.
  • Session E(Firekeepers Meeting Room 3): iPads in your classroom – Megan Merrill & Nick Thompson – with the increase in schools going one to one iPads or even having a classroom set, this session will be utilized to share how to integrate them in the classroom.
  • Session F(Firekeepers Meeting Room 4): Ag Communications Contest – Megghan Honke – in this session teachers will get an inside look on the state and national contest in order to better prepare teams for competition.
  • Session G (Firekeepers Ballroom D ): Empowering Your Students for the 21st Century – Christian LeButt, M.Ed. – in this session teachers will focus on how to empower students to think critically, solve problems, be creative, be innovative and learn for a lifetime.

12:00 - 1:00Lunch (Firekeepers Ballroom D)Presentation by Sue Smith, Tower Gardens

1:00 – 2:00MAAE Teachers Teaching Teachers Session 4 (Please choose one):

  • Session D(Firekeepers Meeting Room 2): Farm Business Management
  • Session E(Firekeepers Meeting Room 3): iPads in your classroom
  • Session F(Firekeepers Meeting Room 4): Ag Communications
  • Session G (Firekeepers Ballroom D): 21st Century Skills

2:00 pmConference Closing Remarks & Evaluation (Megan Merrill)(Firekeepers
Ballroom D)

MAP/DIRECTIONS:

Tuesday June 25th, Host State Social at Dark Horse Brewing Company, 511 S Kalamazoo Ave,
Marshall, MI 49068

Directions: Go left out of the casino parking lot down Michigan Ave 6 miles into Marshall. Turn left on to Kalamazoo, Old US 27 about 0.3 miles to Dark Horse, which will be on your left.


Conference Assignments:

  • Arrange Door Prizes – Conference Planning Committee
  • Presenter & Tour Guide Certificates – Conference Planning Committee
  • Bags/Folder & Conference Agenda Copies – Conference Planning Committee
  • Sponsors (meals, hospitality, etc.) – Conference Planning Committee
  • Final Consultation with Speakers & Tours - Conference Planning Committee
  • Conference Evaluation – Conference Planning Committee
  • CEU Signers – Bob Johnson & Megan Merrill (or Conf. planning committee members)
  • Silent Auction – MAAE President Elect
  • 50/50 Raffle – Bill Wheeler
  • Hospitality Room (Beverages) – Brian Kiesling & Torey Birchmeier
  • Salary Survey – Jennifer Wheeler
  • Registration – Megan Merrill & Conference Planning Committee
  • Conf. Badges – Megan Merrill
  • MAAE Business Program – MAAE Officers
  • Laptops & Projectors – MAAE Officers

MI Association of Agriscience Educators & National Agriscience Association Schedule

June 26th 2013

8:00leave Casino

9:00 -9:15 a.m. Arrive at KBS: General Overview of the Kellogg Biological Station

(meet at Dairy and split into two groups)

AM TourGroup A: Dairy Tour with Pasture Walk (Howard Straub Jr.)

Group B:Kellogg Forest Overview of Research and Wagon Ride (Greg Kowalewski)

10:15 -10:30 Travel Between Sites

10:30 – 11:30 a.m. AM Tour

Group A: Kellogg Forest Overview of Research and Wagon Ride (Greg Kowalewski)

Group B: Dairy Tour with Pasture Walk (Howard Straub Jr.)

11:30 - 11:45 Reconvene at the Carriage House Parking Lot

11:45 Walk Along Shoreline, Look at Landscape Design Features

12:00 -1:00 Picnic Style Lunch on Windmill Island (see map)

1:00 – 1:45 PM Tour

Group B: LTERAgriculture & Ecology Walking Tour (Meet at LTER site Site) (JoelynDe lima)

Group A:Bird Sanctuaryself-guided $3.00 per person (Introduction by Sanctuary Staff)

2:00 -2:45 PM Tour

Group A: 3 LTER Agriculture & Ecology Walking Tour (Meet at LTER site Site) (JoelynDe lima)

Group B: Bird Sanctuary self-guided $3.00 per person (Introduction by Sanctuary Staff)

3:00Walk KBS grounds to investigate greater landscape

4:00 PM Depart for Casino

Tour Bus Itinerary for Wednesday:

8:00 – 8:30 amBUSES Gather at Firekeepers

8:30 amBus A DEPARTS: Kellogg Biological Station – Dairy Farm Site, 3700 Gull Lake Dr E, Hickory Corners, MI 49060

BUS B WAITS: Firekeepers Meeting Room 1: Kellogg Company Food Science CDE Preparations (Pat Henne)

11:15 amBUS B Departs for
KBS

12:00 – 1:00 pmLunch (at KBS) Windmill Picnic Area

1:15 pmBus A STAYS: KBS (Megan Merrill)

Bus B DEPARTS: Avalon Farms (Pat Henne)14302 East OP Ave, Climax, MI 49034

3:00 pmBus A STAYS: KBS (Megan Merrill)

Bus B DEPARTS: Sheep Farm (Pat Henne)Oswalt Angus Farm, 10144 East XY Ave

Vicksburg, MI 49097, Phone 269-649-0283

4:15 pmBus A DEPARTS: Sheep Farm

Bus B STAYS: Sheep Farm

7:30 pmBOTH Busses DEPART for Drop-off at Firekeepers Casino