NCATA: NAAE Wrap-Up and Legislative Report December 10, 2019

NAAE Convention Wrap-Up

The NCATA was well represented in Anaheim, California this past week at the NAAE National Convention.  Members were able to gain valuable professional development and make decisions for the future of the organization.  Some of the highlights from the North Carolina delegation are listed below.

Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient:
-Dr. Jim Flowers, NCSU (Retired)

XLR8 Participants:
-Chad Ayers, Madison High School
-Keonte Edmonds, Heritage High School

Teachers Turn the Key Participant:
-Tori Cardea, West Rowan High School

National Agriscience Ambassador Participant:
-Stefanie Goblet, Millbrook High School

Workshop Presenters:
-Dr. Marshall Baker, NCSU
-Keonte Edmonds, Heritage High School
-Stefanie Goblet, Millbrook High School
-Dr. Gary Moore, NCSU (Retired)
-Dr. Joy Morgan, NCSU
-Dr. Travis Park, NCSU
-Dr. Wendy Warner, NCSU
-Dana Wood, Anson High School

National SAE Recognition Program Planning:
-Joshua Bledsoe, NCFFA
-Jennifer Broadwell, Millbrook High School
-Andy VonCanon, NCFFA

Other Members Attending from North Carolina:
-Clark Adams, McDowell High School
-Candace Grimsley, Lumberton High School
-Elizabeth Hamm, Greene County Middle School

We hope you can join us for next year’s convention! Make sure that you place yourself as a priority and use professional development such as this convention to “pour” back into yourself after you have given so much to your program.
Below are members of the NC Delegation at the NAAE Region V Meeting. We hope to see you in the picture next year!

Legislative Update from Bryan Holloway
Received December 10, 2019
 

 We hope everyone is happily preparing for the holiday season and getting students ready for exams at the first of the year.
When we last left off, legislators adjourned until January 14^th, 2020, still without a conclusion to the budget. This has left us without our priorities, pay increases, and with uncertainty about local budgets. Both the legislature and the governor’s office have reached out to us to inquire about what teachers are saying. We continue to advocate for this budget impasse to end and for state leaders to let educators know where they stand. We remain hopeful that the fight will close early in 2020.
In the meantime, we hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday season. We will be reporting back at the first of the year, and hopefully with good news. We will also try to forecast what the short session will look like in the coming year, but the long session will have to end first.