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Supplemental Materials      
Includes electronic conference program with detailed agenda, committee/university/affiliate reports, and more!


Professional Development      
IAVAT Conference Workshop Registration is open at www.ILAgEd.org. Use this link to learn more about the workshops. If you have additional questions, please email Casey Bolin at cbolin@ilaged.org


Trivia Night      
Start getting those trivia teams ready to go!  Click here to register. Money raised will support Crisis Relief.

Sip & Snack Auction      
Please donate a favorite sip or snack for our auction! See flyer below. Use this link to share what your donation will be.
Desserts, Snacks, Dips, Wine, Craft Beer, Spirits Items will be bundled to make a food & beverage basket. These proceeds will go to the Advocacy Fund. Contact Emily Backeberg with questions at ebackeberg@cusd322.org or 815-751-2175

Silent Auction      
The Member Services Committee is collecting silent auction items! Please consider donating items. The proceeds go to the Crisis Relief Fund. All you have to do is bring items to Conference and check them in with a member services committee member. If you have any questions, contact Kara Barling at barlingk@husd4.org

Door Prizes      

Door prizes will be given out throughout the conference. Examples of items- free items from old chapter t-shirts, local businesses, items made by students in agriculture classes or from their SAE's, gifts baskets of small items with a theme put together by members of your section, educational or agricultural items. 

-Odd-numbered sections: bring door prizes on Monday, June 16. 

-Odd-numbered section chairs will be asked to assist with passing out tickets and facilitating the handing out of these prizes. 

-Even-numbered sections: bring door prizes on Wednesday, June 18. 

-Even-numbered section chairs will be asked to assist with passing out tickets and facilitating the handing out of these prizes.


General Information      
Teacher registration is now open for the 2025 IAVAT Conference.

2025 IAVAT Conference - Springfield, IL
Monday, June 16 - Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Click here to view a current agenda for the conference including locations for each day.
*Note adjustments made due to scheduling conflicts around Juneteenth holiday

Crowne Plaza Hotel Room Block

Booking Link: 2025 - IL Association of Vocational Ag Teachers SPICC

Group Code: D9A (217.529.7777 for reservations over the phone)

Cutoff Date: May 16, 2025

For more information on how to register, please use the links below based on your circumstances:

  1. I am a current teacher who is not changing schools. 

  2. I am a current teacher and will be changing schools. 

  3. I registered with my current school but then accepted a position at another school.

  4. I will be a first-year teacher in 2025-2026 who is paying with a credit card. 

  5. I will be a first-year teacher in 2025-2026  who is paying with a check and will need an invoice. 

  6. I am a current college Ag Ed student, Student Teacher, Ag Ed Intern, and/or GAST Intern. 

Specific registration and event questions may be directed to Patti Davis at pdavis@illinoisffa.org.   
Questions related to IAVAT Dues may be directed to Lori Copsy at 
lcopsy@illinoisffa.org.   
Payment Questions/W-9:  Tammy Mullins,
tmullins@illinoisffa.org 


   
 
 
     
     
 
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