Hay Bales and Teacher Tales

 February 9 I had the opportunity to pack into a school bus and travel to Harrisburg with the Grand Canyon FFA to attend the ACES conference. I had attended this conference before but as an FFA member. Attending this as an advisor and teacher is a whole different level and I loved it! One part of this trip that I thought was extra great was going to lunch with all the students in Harrisburg. When we arrived at the hotel, Mrs. B, the students and myself walked to the plaza and all enjoyed burgers together! It was so simple but it gave me an awesome opportunity to have more bonding time in a casual setting with my FFA members. I believe this is why being an agriculture teacher is the best. We receive the opportunities such as these ones to better connect with our students. These relationships can help us to excel our students in the classroom.  While the members were rotating through workshops, I sat in on a professional development workshop on a curriculum program. In ...

In January, I had the awesome opportunity to attend Mid Winter FFA Convention and The Pennsylvania Farm Show. The best part of this trip was I got my first taste of a taking students on a field trip because I attended this with my Wellsboro students! In the morning, before going over to the farm show complex, I attended a soils workshop with my cooperating teacher in the department of agriculture building. Before the workshop, Mrs. B took our square dancers to where they needed to be and gave the students instructions to start touring the farm show. After the workshop, we headed over ourselves to check out the farm show and do a check in with our students. A big highlight of the day was our local representative, Clint Owlett, was also in attendance and wanted to do a large group picture with all the school districts he represents. We gathered our students to do this before the convention started. During convention, Grand Canyon FFA members participated in receiving keystone degrees and...