Sent to Section 6-7 and 9-10 Advisors & FCAE LPS. 

Good afternoon!  I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving break and are ready to take on these last 3 weeks before winter break!  I thought I’d email some reminders, upcoming opportunities, and resources that might come in handy this month.  

Reminders

Rosters - Don’t forget to get rosters cleaned up.  If students are in your roster who are no longer in classes and not using a conflict or graduated, need to be inactivated by clicking the “x” beside their name.  If this is your first time doing the roster and you need help, just let me know. 

Foundation Drive - It’s time to raise $ for the Illinois FFA Foundation! You can find information to help your Chapter get started in the Foundation Tool Kit in the “GIVE” section www.ilaged.org. Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday as well, so the perfect time to encourage people/individuals to donate online! See Riley Well’s email from today for more information.  

Upcoming Opportunities (for teachers)

ELS Workshop (12/10) - Are you provisionally licensed and teaching Ag? If so, this workshop is for you!  You can register through your dashboard in ILAGED or let me know and I’ll get you signed up.  It’s coming up quickly, so don’t miss this opportunity!  

1st Year Teacher Chat (12/11) - If it’s your first-year teaching, make sure you pop into this month’s chat on SAE’s and FFA Week!  It starts at 3:30pm on Zoom.  Here is the link & info:  https://zoom.us/j/98350579915?pwd=Q0VZOGNxaDFhVzlkOTBoZXBTOW1xUT09

Meeting ID: 983 5057 9915 & Passcode: yzPsQ1

Upcoming Opportunities (for students)

Middle School Mania, Sections 6 & 7 (12/18) - Take advantage of this event just for middle school students! Middle School Mania is a night of micro versions of CDEs complete with banners for winning teams and prizes for top individuals.  This year, it will be hosted at Grand Ridge Elementary.  Contact Kylie Benson, bensonk@grgs95.org, for more information.  

Resource Parking Lot

25 SAE Project Ideas - YouTube - It’s time to get students excited about starting an SAE project!  Pop on this video, 25 SAE Project Ideas || SAE Project Ideas || MyFFAExperience (it’s a student’s SAE project) as a bellringer and have students write down their favorite ideas and do a bit of research to find out other things they can do as their SAE project.  

Enlightened Concessions, National Ag in the Classroom - a problem based learning lesson for 6-8th grade students.  They will learn about healthy eating and food science while developing the next best healthy snack to sell at concessions.  This would be a great introduction to the Food Science CDE.  Enlightened Concessions | National Agriculture in the Classroom

Training a Meat Evaluation team, but still looking for good online resources?  Check out Texas Tech! They have retail pics and lots of practice classes. Check them out here: Practice Classes | Meat Science & Muscle Biology | TTU

CBS News Clip on Christmas tree farms - perfect for a Plant Sci or Hort class to learn about this sector of the industry. https://youtu.be/AdwmnVaraRM?si=ZBhJ0DVWD7UvJ9V_ After they watch it, have them research tree farms in Illinois. 

I look forward to seeing all of you at winter IAVAT Section meetings! In the meantime, I’d love to get visits scheduled to programs that I haven’t been to yet this year.  Let me know if you’d like to get something scheduled for January or February!  

So very thankful to be a part of District 2 and work with all of you!

Have a great week back!

Jenny