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)