Agenda
Michigan Horticulture Teachers Association
Winter Professional DevelopmentSchedule
McGuire’s Resort, Cadillac
January 15 - 17, 2009
Thursday January 15
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM MHTA Board Meeting
3:00 PM –5:00 PM Conference Committee planning and set-up
Dinner on your ownMHTA Board and Conference Planning committee will dine in the board room.
* 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Team Floral Design Workshop. Teams of two teachers will be given a vase of cut materials and a container. Your job will be to make a design to fit the conference theme “Winter Wonder Fest”. You may bring hard goods from home to use in the design. Bring your own tools.Arlon Slagh, Liz, Tomac, Tracey Groom
Friday January 16
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Registration and Breakfast
*8:00 AM – 9:00 AM State Department Updates - Presenter: Dr. Randy Showerman MDLEG/MSU
Dr. Showerman will provide State Department updates as related to Careers and Tech Education along with FFA updates.
Integrating Math in Agriscience: Tammy Hyatt
Tammy will provide math curriculum to achieve the 12th grade math credit for your agriscience programs in several areas.
*9 AM – 10:30 AM Grafting Techniques with World Renown Grafter - Gary Gee, Gee Farms, Stockbridge, MI. Gary will demonstrate basic grafting techniques and explain the purpose of grafting in the Landscape Industry. Participants will practice hands-on grafting techniques and will take home several grafted plants. Bring your own knife.
10:30 – 10:45Break
*10:45 AM – 12:00 PMGrafting Continued.
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch
*1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Part 1 - Step by step Landscape design – Mary Kim Myers.
Part 2 - Landscape Computer Applications – Arlon Slagh, Don Fowler, Katie Wager.Participants will view demonstrations of several different computer aided landscape programs.
3:00 PM – 3:15PMBreak
*3:15 PM –4:15PMStep by Step Greenhouse Mum Production – Tammy Hyatt. Participants will prepare cuttings for mum production and learn the cultural techniques used in their production.
*4:15 PM – 5:15 PMStep by Step Poinsettia Production – Anna Blight and Don Fowler. Don and Anna will discuss the curriculum and hands-on techniques to grow poinsettias in your school greenhouse. Poinsettias are the perfect project for starting off the school year.
6:00 PM – 7:00 PMDinner
7:30 PM Sleigh ride and Campfire
Saturday January 17th
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Check out and Travel to Wexford-Missaukee Career Center
*8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Using GoogleApps in the Classroom: Jennifer Woods. Go beyond the search engine! Learn how to use the multitudes of applications available through Google in the Classroom.
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Break
*10:15 AM – 12:15 PMWeb Design 101 Using Microsoft Publisher: Megan Merrill. Participants will sit at a computer and learn hands-on how to create a website for FFA or their classroom.