Insight From The South-Central PAAE

What is PAAE you might ask? PAAE stands for the Pennsylvania Association of Agriculture Educators; in order to be a part of the organization, you must pay dues every year! After a long drive to Cumberland Valley High School, Mr. Webreck and myself arrived at the South-Central PAAE meeting! Although Bellwood-Antis is located in Blair county, we are still considered part of the South-Central region! As you may have guessed, these meetings are not necessarily the most fun thing to be at, but they are necessary and informative! I find it very interesting how seasoned Ag. teachers handle all of their responsibilities!

While at the meeting, I got to see fellow student teachers Matt Holt, Jenna Timmons, Katie Andrews, and Kelsey Henry! It was nice to see so many familiar faces at a meeting like this!

There were a few main topics of interest for the night. These topics included the PAAE Summer Conference, Center of Dairy Excellence, and Mr. Schott Shelly from the Workforce Development! Here is what we learned about each:
PAAE Summer Conference: 

• This years PAAE conference will be held at Midd-West High School! I attended the 2015 summer conference which was held at Tyrone Area High School; this was a fun and informative day!

Center For Dairy Excellence: 

• The Center For Dairy Excellence sent one of their representitvies to share cool ideas and resources that they offer for Agriculture teachers! One of the coolest ideas was that they could actually receive a certificate in dairy herd management. 

Workforce Development: 

• Workforce Development is ensuring that students are being best prepared for what awaits them in the future, especially after they graduate high school.

Although I did not arrive back to State College until midnight, I had a good evenings at Cumberland Valley High School with Mr. Webreck, fellow student teachers, and veteran teachers 

from the South-Central Region! Any time spent on the road with 

Mr. Webreck will guarantee some laughts!  

Until Next Time, 

Mike