MINUTES

Meeting of District 7 Agricultural Educators

Westfall High School- April 12, 2021

  1. Call to Order - 4:08pm - Megan Moorman, chairmen
  2.  Reports
  1. Secretary - Christine Balint
  1. See minutes posted on the district website.
  2. Gina Neff moved to approve secretary minutes, seconded by Scott Patrick. Motion passes.
  1. Treasurer - Christi Bachman
  1. The following schools have paid their District 7 Dues for the 2020-2021 school year.
  1. AC, Adena, Centerburg, Clearfork, Fairfield Union, Fredericktown, Liberty Union, Northridge, Mt. Vernon, Teays, Utica, Westfall
  1. Balance: 7,761.27
  2. Debra Burden moves to approve the treasurer minutes, seconded by Jena Kemmerer. Motion passes.
  1. Delegate Council - Megan Moorman
  1. Camp is not financially stable at this time. It is really important to try and get kids to the camps this summer. Using legislative connections, OAAE will try to lobby for COVID funds to youth camps. Districts who have extra money and can make a donation is encouraged.
  2. Summer conference information coming out and will be in June.
  1. Legislative - Scott Sharp
  1. Has not had much discussion recently - 5th quarter money has not changed. Scott plans to reach out to them soon.
  1. Membership - Tom Holton
  1. Pay your dues! Megan will email the link for dues payment.
  1. https://ohioaae.com/members.php
  1. CDE Advisory - Debra Burden
  1. Upcoming dates: State Forestry September 25th, State Soils October 9th
  2. Wildlife and Nature contest may not stay in fall, unsure of right now.
  3. Next state meeting on May 18th, then a final calendar should come. Please note and see if you are willing to host again
  1. Following are changes ONLY for the 2021-2022 year, if not listed, assume same host and location
  1. Soils - Knox will host seeing that they could not this past year (Licking next year)
  2. Food Science - to be hosted by Zane Trace
  3. Job Interview (Logan Elm host at Zane Trace) will also be held with district Food Science
  4. District ParliPro - Liberty Union (Brandon Thomas) - in 2022-2023 Clearfork (Adam Staley contact) will host.
  5. Power Diagnostics - Chris Turner
  1. Camp Board - Adam Staley
  1. Get kids to camp!
  1. Mentor - Jena Kemmerer
  1. Jena just reached out to 1,2,3 year teachers, so check your emails for Tpt gift cards!
  1. FFA Advisory - Gina Neff
  1. Have not met since last fall - no updates
  1. Alumni - Colton Kreager
  1. Absent
  1. Trophies - Jeff Tilley
  1. Tentative trophy guy may or may not work for us. More to come. Make sure the results are up to date on the website. Check name spelling! Estimate the cost that awards will be around $200-$300 (Normally $600)
  1. Old Business
  1. Online Evaluation Reflection
  1. If there is going to be online again, we need the spring evaluation dates ahead of time (preferably in the fall) versus over holiday break.

  1. New Business
  1. FFA Camp Donation
  1. Scott Sharp moved to give a $2,000 donation to Ohio FFA Camp.  Rachel Scior seconded. Motion passed
  1. 21-22 Calendar
  2. Elect VP and FFA Advisory, any other positions?
  1. Megan Moorman - Vice President
  2. Jennifer Johnston - FFA Advisory
  3. Moved, seconded, and passed.
  1. Items for Delegate Council
  1. Rachel moves to structure the state FFA agriscience award similar to nationals where the students would find out the results of the competition at the same time during the session on stage. (similar to proficiency Top 4) Jennifer Johnston seconded. Motion passes.
  2. Scott Sharp moved to recommend that the state host evaluations in person no matter what unless the governor restricts in person meetings. Debra Burden seconded. Motion passed.
  3. Scott Sharp moves that district 7 take to delegate council the study and reference material piece proposal as prepared by Eric and the concern that ag teachers need to be clearly notified for when the test writing for WebXam is coming up. Karley Gill seconded the motion. Motion passes.
  1. Random info from Eric ~~ Allow unlimited testing for students and teachers. Provide practice tests for all areas. Pasts tests use validated questions only. Allow notes to be taken. Along longer review time. Don’t charge for pre testing practice. Remove ODE from the test writing process. Have 5+ years to write as a teacher. Industry personal vs. current industry?
  1. Jennifer Johnston moves to have any rules and all dates involving competitions or evaluation events to be posted to Ohio FFA by August 1st and not be changed. Seconded by Debra Burden. Motion passed.
  1. Items for CDE Advisory
  1. Scott Sharp moved to recommend that the state host evaluations in person no matter what unless the governor restricts in person meetings. Debra Burden seconded. Motion passed.
  2. Jennifer Johnston moves to have any rules and all dates involving competitions or evaluation events to be posted to Ohio FFA by August 1st and not be changed. Seconded by Debra Burden. Motion passed.
  1. Items for FFA Advisory
  1. Rachel moves to structure the state FFA agriscience award similar to nationals where the students would find out the results of the competition at the same time during the session on stage. (similar to proficiency Top 4) Jennifer Johnston seconded. Motion passes.
  2. Scott Sharp moved to recommend that the state host evaluations in person no matter what unless the governor restricts in person meetings. Debra Burden seconded. Motion passed.
  3. Jennifer Johnston moves to have any rules and all dates involving competitions or evaluation events to be posted to Ohio FFA by August 1st and not be changed. Seconded by Debra Burden. Motion passed.
  1. Other Concerns
  1. Interested in planning your own WLC? Contact Scott
  1. ODE Report- Questions for Ryan
  1. Two big things to be aware of - Questions on WebXam -- https://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Career-Tech/CTE-Assessment-System
  2. Updates due to House Bill 67 - simplified is showing that 11/12th graders use their end of course grade in place of the WebXam - whichever is the better. We still want kids to take the WebXam still if possible.
  3. Thursday May 6, 3:30-5pm STATEWIDE update - check Ag Ed Newsletter from Brenda
  4. Working on clarifications with CTE funds to pay for students to go to CTSO camp

     8. Adjourn

        Scott Patrick moves to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Gina Neff. Motion passes.