Sacramento SceneIn This IssueOctober 2009 The Official Newsletter of the California Agricultural Teachers’ Association

Volume 25, Number 1

Sacramento SceneCareer Tech on Hold; Feds Push Evaluation by Test .............. 1

Officers’ CornerWhat’s in It for Me? Why Am I Here? ........................................ 2The Delta Experience ...................................................................... 4

Teacher Educator NewsCSU, Chico Update .......................................................................... 5Fresno State: Working on Our Temper ....................................... 6

Resources AvailableAgriculture Biology and Earth Science Curriculum ............... 7

CATA Corporate Members - 2009-2010 ................................... 8-12

News and ViewsWhat Do They Think? ..................................................................... 8There’s More to Learning than Just ‘Doing’ ............................ 13Tax Notice ........................................................................................ 14Conference Award Winners ................................................... 15-182009 Blue and Gold Gala Sponsors ............................................ 19

Calendar of Activities ..................................................................... 20

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Career Tech on Hold; FedsPush Evaluation by TestBy Jim Aschwanden, CATA Executive Director

As this edition of the GOLDEN SLATE goes to print, the final daysof this legislative session are grinding to a halt. We are nowheaded to “interim session,” also known as “fundraising sea-son” — that most joyous time of year for most career politicians.In any event, the final bell rang on September 11, with the nextsession set to begin in January. Christmas break comes early inSacramento.

Looking back over this ses-sion, one could surmise thatthe California State Legislatureran pretty much true to form— almost nothing happened,and what did happen hap-pened very slowly. No sub-stantive action on the mostpressing issues of the day, an-other huge budget deficit aboutto be “discovered,” a sordidsex scandal revealed, and theEducation Coalition smashingdown every career technicaleducation (CTE) bill in sight.Oh well (yawn), just anotheryear in paradise.Career Technical Education

Yes folks, our wonderfulfriends in the Education Coali-tion (California Teachers As-sociation in particular) suc-ceeded in holding the mostimportant CTE bill — SB 381 —in the Assembly Appropria-tions Committee, despite somevery heavy lifting from Sena-

tor Steinberg and others. Offi-cially, the bill is not dead —just held over in committee,presumably to be picked upduring the next session in Janu-ary.

The survival rate of held billsis not high, but Senate leader-ship and a strong contingentof Assembly members havevowed to work through theinterim session to convince theSpeaker’s Office staff to allowthis bill to go to the Assemblyfloor. We’ll see what hap-pens….

The most revealing aspect ofthis fight has been the utterand complete unwillingness ofCTA to allow any meaningfullegislation supportive of CTEto see the light of day. If any-thing, this battle has com-pletely and unequivocally es-tablished CTA’s position as thegreatest single threat to the

The GOLDEN SLATE ispublished three times ayear, October, Januaryand May, by the Califor-nia Agricultural Teach-ers’ Association, 9727 ElkGrove-Florin Rd., Suite100, Elk Grove, CA 95624,or P.O. Box 834, ElkGrove, CA 95759-0834.

www.calagteachers.orgcata@calagteachers.org

President:Larry Wright

President-Elect:Darol Fishman

Secretary:Jake Dunn

Treasurer:Steve DeRose

Executive Director:Jim Aschwanden2

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Officers’ Corner

continued existence of CTE inour high schools. CTA simplydoes not want any resources,energy or time devoted to CTE,as those programs are seen as“competing” for dollars thatcould be available for salaryand benefit negotiations. Thedesires and needs of studentsin California just don’t matter— and neither do your pro-grams. At your local level, yourCTA peers may not have thesame viewpoint, but to the CTAgovernmental affairs staff inSacramento, legislation sup-porting CTE is dead meat. Thatmessage has been clearly de-livered this session.

As we move forward, Iwould hope that those of youwho are members of CTAwould take advantage of anyopportunity to share yourthoughts with state CTA lead-ership, and take appropriateaction that might influencetheir performance in Sacra-mento.‘Race to the Top’

In other news, we have beenfollowing the “Race to the Top”initiative being promoted bythe federal Department of Edu-

cation, and I’m beginning towonder if a more appropriatemoniker would be the “RaceOff of the Cliff.”

Basing an analysis of theentire net worth of educationalperformance in this country onstandardized test scores seemsalmost bizarre to me, and Iwonder if any of the policywonks promoting this stuffhave taken a basic course ineducation analysis and assess-ment.

The most meaningful andrealistic assessment practicesinclude a far wider range oftools and activities than sim-ply taking a pencil and papertest, while the least meaning-ful and least revealing meth-ods of assessing performanceare the very tools being pro-moted within this initiative.While most informed educa-tors realize the severe limita-tions of standardized examsand scores in measuring truegrowth and performance of allstudents, we have defaulted totheir use for one simple reason— they are cheap to adminis-ter. It may be a lousy way ofmeasuring performance, but atleast it’s cheap.

That’s one hell of a rationalefor justifying this testing in-sanity, and basing teacher per-formance on such flimsy crite-ria is even a bigger travesty.Wish these folks wouldGetREAL.Thanks

On a positive note, I wouldlike to thank all of the CATAmembers who made our an-nual CATA Summer Confer-ence such a success. The reor-ganized schedule seemed to bemore user-friendly, and wecertainly intend to keep refin-ing our committee structure toallow for greater dialogue andparticipation among members.We really do read all of thecomments and suggestionsthat you make on the evalua-tion form, and we will be do-ing our best to implement thechanges that you would like tosee in the future. I would againlike to thank the Cal Poly fac-ulty and staff for all that theydo to make us feel welcome —we simply could not do thiswithout them.

Finally, I would encourageyou to continue to focus ondoing the great things that youdo with students, and don’t let

Career Tech on Hold; Feds Push Evaluation by Testthe silliness in Sacramento andWashington, D.C. get youdown. Hard work, determina-tion and dedication will ulti-mately overcome shallownessand stupidity (how many ad-ministrators have yououtlasted?), so just keep mov-ing forward. Time and realityare on our side!

Hope your year is off to agreat start. See you down theroad. ✤

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What’s in It for Me? Why Am I Here…?By Larry Wright, CATA State President

I am sure that most of us have at different times looked at things and thought about the title of this article. What do I get out ofthis activity, conference, staff meeting, regional meeting and such? Well that came to my mind when I attended (by choice) the CTSOAdvisor Training that took place August 3–5, 2009 in Sacramento.

The correspondence that Ireceived about this CTSO train-ing stated “Congratulationsand welcome to the first an-nual California CTSO AdvisorTraining!” As I read on, I foundthat I had been selected by myState Advisor and that I wasone of 180 teachers statewideto have the chance to partici-pate in this event. There were30 teachers from each of theCareer and Technical Student

Organizations (CTSO) in Cali-fornia (Cal-HOSA, DECA,FBLA, FHA-HERO, FFA andSkillsUSA). The Radisson Ho-tel and Conference Center, 500Leisure Lane, Sacramento wasthe site of the CTSO training.The facilities are excellent forthese types of events.

There were some tasks thatneeded to be completed byparticipants before the confer-

ence started. Everyone wasasked to complete an “In-sights” personality evaluationand return it to the coordina-tor by July 20, 2009. Thecompletion of this surveywould allow the Insights teamto make sure that each personwho completed their evalua-tion would receive a personal-ized training guide/profile.This Insights Discovery pro-

file is based on the individual’sresponse to the Insights Pref-erence Evaluator. In additionto the “Insights” evaluation,we were also asked to com-plete a survey to be used byanother presenter as part oftheir presentation. Havingcompleted both tasks, I waseager to see how both would

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Officers’ Corner

be implemented at the confer-ence.

The theme of this three-dayCTSO training was “Empow-ering Teachers To DevelopLeaders Through Career Tech-nical Student Organizations.”Day One: Insights

Day one was the InsightsDiscovery program. Accordingto the information we received,“The origins of personality theorycan be traced back to fifth centuryBC, when Hippocrates identifiedfour distinct energies exhibitedby different people. Research sug-gests that a good understandingof self, both strengths and weak-nesses, enables individuals to de-velop effective strategies for in-teraction and can help them tobetter respond to the demands oftheir environment.”

As I listened to that com-ment, I got a flashback to thepast CATA summer confer-ence. Remember the keynotespeaker on Monday morning?OK, for you “memory-chal-lenged” folks, his name wasMark Mayfield, a past NationalFFA Officer from Kansas. Hedid a quick evaluation of CATAmembers and we all found outthat we were one of four types— Jerk, Wimp, Nerd or Mouth.

The Insights Discovery pro-gram told us that we were col-ors — four in fact — Blue,Green, Yellow and Red. Thesecolors told us of our traits indealing with others, events andissues that might present them-selves to us and our students.We were to use this profile ac-tivity to identify the areas inwhich we could develop andtake action, share the informa-tion with others, ask for feed-back from them and find waysto work together on things.Day Two

Day two was a day that hadJim Aschwanden as the key-note and he set the day justright as he always does —thanks, Jim for your words. Therest of the day consisted of

three rounds of workshops:Sue Coupland on fundraising,Steve Paasch on ParliamentaryProcedure and Your Chapter,and Carl Schmidt with his pro-gram on Extending the Class-room. We had three one-hourbreakouts with each of the pre-senters. Thank you to all of the

presenters and a big thank youto Brother Paasch, who did agreat job.

The afternoon workshopswere as follows: Marsha Daveson Chapter Management andTheresa Hagelbarger on Grow-ing the Chapter. Again, thepresenters did a very good jobof providing timely informa-tion.

After dinner there weremeetings by CTSO subject mat-ter. For us “aggies,” BobHeuvel provided infor-mation from the Califor-nia State Department ofEducation and the Agri-cultural Education Divi-sion. That evening, we allgot together to discussissues and to talk to eachother about our studentorganizations. All of theCTSOs have a lot in com-mon and we need to workwith those groups on ourlocal levels if they areavailable at our school.Day Three

Day three keynotespeaker Amy Gallimore,director of leadership atTRI, kept us smiling andreminded us of the needto see and keep humor inour lives, including the

classroom and CTSO pro-grams.

The rest of the day had usagain in workshops with threebreakout sessions. The sessionswere as follows: Kris Elliott onTraining Chapter Officers,Dory Griffin on Communica-tion, and Mike Mederos did a

session on Partnering with In-dustry.

The breakouts were very in-formative — thanks to every-one for their efforts. Kris andMike in particular did a greatjob of providing very usefuland timely information.

Following lunch we onceagain met by CTSOs and ChuckParker gave us a Pig Personal-ity Profile. Thanks, Mr. Parkerfor this profile, which I plan to

use in my classes and with myofficer team this year. Chuckalso provided some ideas thatwe might put to use and somepersonal thoughts from his ex-periences.Attendees

The following is a list of allthe FFA Advisors who at-tended this First Annual Cali-fornia CTSO Advisor Training:

Isaac Robles, Matt Moreno,Mary Kerr, Gary Garcia, BruceCampbell, Kim Dieter, MarleneHepner, Richard Goodding,Samantha Silva, Tony Herron,Debbie Benson, Felicia Rush,Janelle Smith, Jane Recht,Robin Olsen, Virginia Dwyer,Barbara Borklund-Tuyen,Shannon Clark, Stacy Kastler,Bill Stevens, Kris Elliott andme, Larry Wright.

Finally, I take this time tothank Mrs. Angela Mayfield,who coordinated this entireactivity. Angela and her staffdid such a wonderful job withthis training and I for one hopethat this type of activity will becontinued.

So, what’s in for me? Whyam I here? In my case, I got achance to interact with otherorganizations, their advisors

and to see just what wecan do to help each otherthrough good times andhard times. I have beenan FFA advisor for awhile, so I went to findsome new things that Imight try with my pro-gram and my officerteam. We ask our stu-dents to become lifelonglearners, and this was away to demonstrate ourown willingness to grow.We all need to rememberthat there is a plethora ofthings we can accomplishwhen we open ourselvesto opportunities. Don’tpass up an opportunityto learn how to make yourcareer more exciting, funand rewarding — it’s wellworth the effort! ✤

What’s in It for Me? Why Am I Here…?

We all need to remember that there is aplethora of things we can accomplish

when we open ourselves to opportunities.Don’t pass up an opportunity to learn

how to make your career more exciting,fun and rewarding...

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Officers’ Corner

The Delta ExperienceBy Jake Dunn, CATA State Secretary

Nervous about what was about to happen. The best conference I have ever been to! An investment by our state Department ofEducation. A tough pill to swallow. Pumped up about my job and how I can teach. These are all thoughts that I had before and aftermy DELTA experience.

I looked on a few years agoas Mr. Mooney sang the praisesof the DELTA conference. I feltthat I had missed the boat andthat something big was hap-pening. I had reasons, excusesand other plans that kept mefrom attending in previousyears. Frankly, I was afraid ofthe unknown. This past springwhen Mr. Mooney announcedthat the DELTA conferencewould be held in California, Ijumped at the opportunity. Ihave always looked up to Mr.Mooney, and felt that if he, aveteran teacher, could havetaken so much from this con-ference, then I too could try toreap the benefits of the DELTAexperience. I am not the onlyone who I heard say that if itimpressed Hugh, it had to begood, and Mr. Mooney alongwith all of the other people

who came together to makeDELTA happen this summerdid not disappoint!

With apprehension I awaitedmy drive to Fresno for the con-ference in July. We had met afew of the participants at CATAconference, we had been givenhomework, and we had beengiven only enough informationto salivate and aggravate over.I remember sitting in the agbuilding watching as folks whowere attending the conference

filed in. I was impressed withthe diversity of faces I saw.There were new teachers, vet-eran teachers and tweeners allin one room. There were peoplewho I did not know, people Iadmired, and people whowould help me see new waysto reach my students.New Approaches

The DELTA conferencebrought us all together inFresno, it made us get out ofour comfort zone, it made memake new friends, and mostimportant, it made me look atwhat I do in my classroom in anew way. For the first time Iwas told you are not doing thatright, you can do better, yourstudents deserve more. Thenwe were told how to do it rightand better and make it real forour kids. Most of the preceptsof the DELTA conference werenot earth shattering, but thecombination and the simplic-ity that they were made me

have a severe AH HAH!I only hope that this confer-

ence can come back to Califor-nia so the rest of you can seewhat I am talking about. We asagriculture educators alreadydo a tremendous amount abovewhat most other teachers do,so I know that going to a week-long conference away fromfamily is not the top of yourlist, but this one is worth it!Strategies Work

Now that school has started,I am incorporating the strate-gies and they work: my kidsare responding, having fun andlearning… I have books fromthe conference that I am actu-ally reading, notes I took that Iactually have looked back uponto use in my classroom. DELTAgave me tools to take some ofthe stress off of me and put iton the kids, raise their expec-tations and my own. Is it a lotof work? Yes, but that is whatwe are paid to do. If there is abetter way to do our job, don’twe owe it to our kids to use it?

In the meantime, keep doingwhat you do because it doesmatter. When the opportunitycomes to attend a DELTA con-ference, jump on board, andhold on for a great ride.

Thanks to the state staff andall who had a hand in thisyear’s conference! ✤

Delta — Not Your Typical Conference✔ Delta Conference really makes you look inside yourself, ex-

amine your educational philosophies, and determine how youcan become a better teacher.

✔ Delta makes you take a second look at what you do in theclassroom and how it is affecting your students’ learning.

✔ Delta sharpens your teaching skills and provides tools toengage students, so you work smarter not harder and there-fore teach more effectively to every student.

✔ Delta is not a conference; it is an experience!

Delta Conference — Thoughts to Ponder✔ If the information you are teaching is important, then it is

worth the time.✔ Content is never more important than your relationship with

your students.✔ What is important is how well the students learn, not how well

the teachers teach.✔ Testing is not the goal; learning is.✔ Weakness — fixing prevents failure; strengths — building

leads to success.✔ Talent is a recurring pattern.✔ Do not follow the path of others; leave a path for others to

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Teacher Educator News

CSU, Chico UpdateBy Sarah DeForest, Director of Advancement, College of Agriculture

The fall semester is in full swing at California State University, Chico and brings with it some exciting changes on the Chico Statecampus. Meanwhile, we are still celebrating the accomplishments of the previous year.New Faculty

Dr. Eric Houk was hired asan associate professor and pro-gram lead in agriculture busi-ness. He completed his Ph.D.in 2003 at Colorado State Uni-versity in resource and envi-ronmental economics, agricul-ture production and finance.Prior to that, he received hisM.S. in ag economics at theUniversity of Idaho in 2000,preceded by a B.S. in econom-ics at Frostburg State Univer-sity in Maryland in 1997. Houkcomes to us from CaliforniaState University, Stanislaus,where he was an associate pro-fessor in natural resource andenvironmental economics.

Dr. Jacob Brimlow joins us asan assistant professor in agri-culture business. Brimlow is aChico State graduate, havingobtained his B.A. in economicsin 1998. He went on to earnboth his M.A. in economics andPh.D. in environmental andresource economics at NorthCarolina State University.Brimlow’s research interestsinclude the effects of volun-tary, conservation-related landuse restrictions on the marketvalue of productive farmland.He grew up in HumboldtCounty, surrounded by thetimber industry and NorthernCalifornia agriculture.New Outreach andRecruitment Team

While budget cuts preventus from hiring a new outreachcoordinator to replace Shan-non Douglass, who went towork for the Pathways to thePCA program in May, we arefortunate to have a dynamicduo of lecturers who will con-tinue to reach out to prospec-tive students, as well as theirfamilies and teachers. Dr.Mollie Aschenbrener and AudreyDenney will share outreachduties for the College of Agri-culture. Aschenbrener will de-

velop a leadership course toteach and train student ag am-bassadors, while Denney willwork out of the outreach officeto coordinate travel and re-cruitment activities.

Prospective students cancontinue to call (800) 774-1644or e-mail AgOutreach@csuchico.edu with questions about ad-missions, scholarships andadvising.New Event for ProspectiveStudents

Fall Tours will replace Op-portunity Day this semester asour premier outreach event.Prospective high school jun-iors and seniors can sign up toattend with their families or agteachers on either November 6or November 14. Tours will begiven of campus and the Uni-versity Farm, in addition to anonline application workshop.The event on Friday, Novem-ber 6, will include an ag teacherin-service for teachers to at-tend during student tours.

For more information or tosign up, please contact theOutreach Office at (800) 774-1644 or by e-mail atAgOutreach@csuchico.edu.New Rec Center

Students returning to cam-pus this fall were greeted by abeautiful site: the newly con-structed 109,000 square-footWildcat Recreation Center. TheAssociated Students-owned

facility includes a three-courtgym, 15,000 square-foot fitnessfacility, climbing wall, indoorrunning track, multipurposerooms, and a recreational pooland spa. Students can join atno additional fee, as their mem-bership is paid through an ex-isting Student Union Fee,which is part of their tuitionand fees.Recent Accomplishments

Van Peer Wins AssociatedStudents Seat — Senioragriscience and education ma-jor Erin Van Peer won a com-petitive race for executive vicepresident of the AssociatedStudents this past spring, beat-ing the incumbent. Van Peer’swin is the second time in asmany years that an agriculturestudent has been elected to anexecutive office; agribusinessmajor Jesse Eller just completedhis term as Associated Studentspresident.

Chico State Sweeps FoodMarketing Competition —Chico State’s Food MarketingTeams won both the interna-tional and domestic divisionsof the Western Collegiate FoodMarketing Competition inAnaheim, Calif., April 18-19.The teams, coached by Dr.Baohui Song and StephanieHorton, also had first-place fin-ishes for best PowerPoint pre-sentation.

The Domestic Team—con-

sisting of Haley Hunt, JillianKehoe and Natalie Schallberger—outshone the competition withits idea for organic ice creamproduced at the Chico StateDairy, CHIC-O.

The International Team—consisting of Sam Cooley, KevinDonnelly and Rebecca Hein—placed on top with its idea forselling California-grown or-ganic rice to China.

All students were judged onthe market analysis, competi-tive analysis, financials andpresentation of their products.

Livestock Judging TeamCompetes Nationally — The2009 Livestock Judging Teamconsistently placed in the top10 at competitions around thecountry this year. The teamplaced second overall at theArizona National LivestockShow, 10th at the NationalWestern Stock Show in Den-ver, seventh at the San Anto-nio Stock Show, and seventh atthe Houston Livestock Showand Rodeo.

The team will hit the roadagain during the fall semesterand wrap up its season at theNorth American InternationalLivestock Exposition in Louis-ville, Kentucky in November.The team consists of Janell Rice,Haley Hunt, Sarah Hanks,Simmie Stayer, Rex Mendonza,Matt Reed, Brendan Close andcoach Clay Carlson.

Sierra Nevada Continues toInvest in Chico State — SierraNevada Brewing Companydonated $88,000 for the pur-chase of a new smokehouse andvacuum filler to expand thesausage-making capacity at theUniversity Farm Meats Labo-ratory. In addition to provid-ing Sierra Nevada’s restaurantwith a popular menu item, thenew equipment will enhancethe teaching capacity of theUniversity Farm Meats Lab. ✤

Upcoming Events at CSU, ChicoOctober 10: Hall of Honor ReceptionOctober 10-11: Sierra Oro Farm Trail Passport WeekendOctober 17-18: Northern Exposure Beef Jackpot ShowNovember 6: Prospective Student Fall Tours and Ag Teacher In-ServiceNovember 14: Prospective Student Fall ToursJanuary 29: Chico State Ag Alumni Reunion at Red Bluff Bull & Gelding

SaleJanuary 30: Swine Education DayFebruary 3: Colusa Alumni BreakfastFebruary 13: Sheep and Goat Education DayFebruary 20: Beef DayMarch 13: CSU, Chico/Butte College FFA Field DayApril 24-25: Circle of Champions Jackpot ShowJune 14: Superior Ag Golf Classic

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Teacher Educator News

Fresno State: Working on Our TemperBy Dr. Steven Rocca and Dr. Rosco Vaughn, California State University, Fresno

How do you define the word “temper”? For many of us it is a state of feeling or a frame of mind. It can be a proneness to angerthat we need to control. Or for the agricultural mechanics teacher, temper also means to harden by reheating and cooling. Alongthat same line, temper can also be defined as making something or someone stronger and more resilient through hardship.

This word probably best de-scribes the atmosphere atFresno State this fall. Many fac-ulty and staff are frustrated andperhaps even angry aboutmandated furloughs and ac-companying decreases in pay.Students are upset over fewerclass offerings and increasedfees.Trying Times

However, from these tryingtimes we hope to eventuallyemerge as a stronger and moreresilient institution. So this aca-demic year begins with thechallenge of maintaining posi-tive attitudes in the face ofsome very difficult times forhigher education, public edu-cation, and the entire state ofCalifornia.

With all this gloom anddoom we see and hear eachday, it’s difficult to notice thepositive things that are hap-pening on our campus to tellyou about. But after putting onour rose-colored glasses andconvincing ourselves that ourglass is indeed half full, wediscovered there were somegreat things happening atFresno State that you shouldknow about.Record Enrollments

One of the most excitingpieces of recent news came as apleasant surprise to us. Evenwith shortened admissiondeadlines and tougher stan-dards that were implementedthis fall for our incoming stu-dents, we were very pleased tofind that enrollments in ourdepartment and program havereached record levels. Pres-ently we have approximately130 students majoring in agri-cultural education and another23 studying agricultural com-munications. As a department,we have over 580 students nowmajoring in animal science andagricultural education.

This is definitely great newsfor our department faculty,especially when we had firstfeared the changes in our ad-mission procedures mightcause a decrease in numbers.This information bodes well forour future supply of graduatesand new teachers entering theprofession in the years to come.

We would like to continuethe growth we have experi-enced into the coming years,but to do so we really needyour help. With our currentfinancial struggles has comean effort to reduce the numberof students being accepted intothe California State Universitysystem. This means it is goingto be more difficult for stu-dents to get admitted to FresnoState in the future. So, giventhis information, we are goingto need the assistance of sec-ondary and community collegeinstructors even more to helpget your students on the rightpath to admission at FresnoState.

The most important thingyou can do is to stress to yourstudents the importance of sub-mitting applications, tran-scripts, test scores, etc. by thedeadlines. We are no longerable to help students who donot apply on time or do notmeet all admission require-ments.

Make sure students meetwith their guidance counselorsto ensure they have all the re-quired coursework by the endof the spring semester. It lookslike students will no longer beable to take courses duringthe summer before they ar-rive at Fresno State to com-plete admission require-ments like in years past.

As always, the facultyand outreach staff in ourcollege are here to help

your students with the appli-cation process. If you have stu-dents who need assistance,please don’t hesitate to contactDr. Steven Rocca at (559) 278-5088 srocca@ csufresno.edu orour outreach counselor, DesiMolyneux, at (559) 278-5377dmolyneux@ csufresno.edu.Jordan Family Donation

Another positive item tomention comes from the gen-erosity of one of our donors.This past spring we were ex-tremely happy to hear of a $29.4million donation to our col-lege. In recognition of thistransformational gift, our in-stitution has honored the do-nors by naming our college af-ter them, so our college is nowofficially known as the JordanCollege of Agricultural Sci-ences and Technology.

There is a long story behindthis donation, but here is theshort version. The Jordans arenot alumni, but rather learned

all about the college and itsfantastic students from BobGlim, professor emeritus atFresno State.

Over the years, the Glimsshared their passion for FresnoState and its student-grownfarm products with the Jordanfamily at various motor homerallies. The Jordans becamesupporters of the college andin 1995 made a commitment toprovide scholarship funds foragriculture students eventhough they had never visitedour campus. The Jordan en-dowment grew over the yearsto help six to seven studentswith scholarships annually.

This recent gift will do muchmore than provide scholar-ships; these funds will have ahuge impact on our college,giving us the ability to improveon existing facilities and add anew agriculture building in thefuture. These improvementswill allow us to continue tomove forward and improve our

college, even during a timewhen such progresswouldn’t normally be pos-sible. We are very pleasedand appreciative of the Jor-dan family gift.Challenges Ahead

As we look to the future,we foresee many challengesfor our students and faculty,but these challenges are alsoproviding opportunities totemper ourselves to attainthe desired qualities ofhardness, elasticity andworkability we need to suc-ceed in these difficult times.We wish you all the best asyou work to do the same atyour respective institutionsand please let us know if wecan assist you as you guideyour students toward theireducational and careergoals. ✤

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Resources AvailableAgriculture Biology and Earth Science Curriculum

By Angela MayfieldCalifornia has set the pace for states nationwide in the effort to incorporate agriculture biology and earth science courses in the

agriculture education continuum. While many states are currently “exploring” the options for receiving college preparatory creditfor agriculture courses, California has established a strong example of academically rigorous and relevant coursework in theseareas.Tremendous Effort

This has not come withoutits challenges, however, andone must acknowledge the tre-mendous effort on the part ofCalifornia agriculture teachersover the past decade to developand modify labs which meetthe state standards for biologyand earth science, while pro-viding practical career techni-cal education in agriculture.

The countless hours put inby agriculture teachers oftengoes unrecognized; however,the return is hard to miss asstudents in agriculture biologyand agriculture earth science

courses have begun to outpacetheir general education coun-terparts in many schools acrossthe state.Lab Manual

Recognizing a need for cur-riculum support for teachersof these college preparatoryagriculture courses, CaliforniaState University, Fresno, withfunding by a grant from theCalifornia Department of Edu-cation, set forth to compile alab manual for agriculture bi-ology and earth science teach-ers. Teachers from across thestate identified labs they haddiscovered or written, and sub-

mitted these for inclusion inthe lab manuals.

Approximately 150 labs havebeen carefully reviewed, ed-ited in a simple, easy-to-readformat, and aligned with agri-culture, biology and earth sci-ence standards. The labs wereselected with the extremelybusy agriculture teacher withlimited time and budget inmind. A majority of the labsrequire minimal supplies, mostof which can be purchased at alocal grocery or drug store. Afew advanced labs were in-cluded that require specificsupplies which can be ordered

through a lab supply company.The labs have been orga-

nized so that you can quicklyflip to the standard area youare covering, select from sev-eral lab options, copy and be-gin! In addition to great labs,you will find text and onlineresources, as well as a sampleyear plan for both courses.

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News and Views

What Do They Think?By Hugh Mooney, Consultant, California Department of Education

It seems like just yesterday that I made the decision to leave the classroom and accept a position as a regional supervisor. I havemany responsibilities now that I am in my third year. I so look forward to the phone ringing. The best part of my day is when ateacher calls for some advice.

These calls allow me to reflect on my experience as a teacher.I think that since I became a member of the state staff I haveimproved my listening skills. That may be because when I getthose calls I do not have several students or even teachers in thebackground who also want to get my attention. Now there arejust the three walls of my 9,216 square-inch cubicle waiting withme for the phone to ring.Advisory Committee Key

I try to listen to the teacher’s concern and get as much perspec-tive as I can before I often ask them all the same question: “Whatdoes your Advisory Committee think?”

Obviously every high school agriculture education programin California has an Agriculture Education Advisory Commit-tee. After all, when the programs submit the annual applicationfor Agricultural Vocational Education Incentive Grant funding,they check that they meet Quality Criteria six.Quality Criteria

Because programs state that they will meet Quality Criteriasix, we know that they do the following:1. The Advisory Committee is operational and reflects the com-

mittee membership as outlined in the “Agricultural EducationAdvisory Committee Manual.”

2. The Agricultural Advisory Committee meets at least twiceeach year (three times if applying for criteria 12 funding).

3. The Agricultural Advisory Committee has assisted in thedevelopment or revision of the following components of the

Comprehensive Program Plan, as evidenced in the Agricul-ture Advisory Committee minutes:

Job Market DescriptionTotal Program Goals and ObjectivesCourse Subject Matter Outlines5-Year Facility/Equipment PlanGraduate Follow UpTargeted OccupationsProgram Description – courses, SAE, FFAProgram Completion StandardsCurrent Year BudgetList of Active Placement Sites

Community OpinionIt has occurred to me that some in our profession lose sight of

the role of advisory committees. An advisory committee orgroup provides advice without governing responsibility. Theysupport the program’s activities by providing information, re-sources, prestige or influence. They should provide the opinionof the community where your program is located. Though manyof you may value my opinion, what really matters is what yourcommunity thinks.

With these difficult financial times facing our schools, aneffective advisory committee will provide the best opportunity

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to continue to cause program improvement. If when a board isfaced with making difficult decisions the only voice boardmembers hear fighting to improve opportunities for students inthe agriculture program is the teacher, your program may be introuble.Committee Makeup

When developing or updating your advisory committee, re-flect on the following that can be found in the AgricultureEducation Advisory Committee Manual:✔ Are the members of your advisory committee your friends?

You want to avoid friends because they often will not be asobjective in terms of your performance.

✔ Do you have successful agriculturists on your committee?✔ Do they have recent, successful, first-hand and practical expe-

rience in the field of agriculture?✔ Are they truly interested in the agriculture program?✔ Are they also involved with other organizations and service

groups in the community?✔ Do they have frequent dealings with the department? If they

do, they may have some conflict of interest with some deci-sions being made.

✔ Do they recognize the time required being a member and arethey willing to serve on the committee?I am happy to provide teachers with my opinion when asked.

However, what is really important is what the perception is ofyour program in your community. Does the community takeownership of your program? Programs that are truly embracedby the community where they are located are doing just fineduring these difficult times.

It is the community’s program. What do they think? ✤

What Do They Think?

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There’s More to Learning Than Just ‘Doing’By Steven Rocca, CATA Post-Secondary Division Secretary, Assistant Professor, Agricultural Education, CSU, Fresno

Since its inception, agricultural education has been based on a “hands-on” or “learn by doing” approach. This model hasdefinitely served us well and continues to be a common philosophical thread for those of us in the profession. Numerous variationsof the hands-on approach to teaching and learning have been created over the years, including problem-based learning, inquirylearning, discovery learning, experiential learning and the list goes on.

Rufus Stimson, referred toby many as the “Father of Ag-ricultural Education,” createdone of the early “learn by do-ing” techniques with his“Project Method” of teachingagriculture in 1908 at Smith’sSchool of Agriculture in Mas-sachusetts. The “Project” stilllives on today in its modernform as Supervised Agricul-tural Experience projects,which provide our studentswith valuable hands-on learn-ing opportunities.Changes

Over 100 years have passedthough since Stimson’s cre-

ation of the “Project Method”and with it have come manychanges in agricultural educa-tion in California and acrossour nation.

Just in the last two decades,reforms in education and pres-sure for higher student perfor-

mance on standardized testshave had a huge impact on thesecondary agriculture curricu-lum.

It is not uncommon to seehigh school agriculture pro-grams teaching far morecourses traditionally thoughtof as “academic” courses ratherthan the vocational courses thatonce dominated our curricu-lum.

But no matter if you believethis change in our curricularfocus is the best for agricul-tural education and our stu-dents or not, one thing shouldremain the same: our commit-ment to providing studentswith quality hands-on experi-ences with real-world applica-tions.‘Hands-on Learning’?

With that being said, I askyou to consider this: how manytimes can you remember a lab,demonstration or excursion tothe school farm or greenhousethat ended just as the bell rang,allowing you just enough timeto clean up, but far short of thetime necessary to ask your stu-dents to reflect on what theylearned that day? Is this truehands-on learning?

What about the student whoshows a lamb or hog at thecounty fair? He or she picked itout, fed it as you told them,practiced showmanship as in-structed, showed it and sold itat the auction. Is this a goodexample of hands-on learning?

I would challenge you to

think about each scenario a bitmore before answering. Yousee, the term “hands-on” edu-cation tends to lead us to be-lieve that as long as studentsare doing or touching some-thing, than they must be learn-ing.

Unfortunately, I believe thisis a poor simplification of thehands-on approach.

Let’s look at what you cando to provide your studentswith the most effective andbeneficial hands-on learningopportunities.Kolb’s Model

Hands-on or experientiallearning gets its roots from thework of the educational phi-losopher, John Dewey.

Dewey would inspire manyothers to develop their owntheories about experientiallearning, one of those beingDavid Kolb, who developed his“Model of Experiential Learn-ing” in 1975.

Kolb’s model begins with anindividual having some typeof concrete experience, or “do-ing.”

This is followed by the sec-ond step where the studentsteps back from the experience,observes it and then reflects onit.

Based on his or her observa-tions and reflections, the stu-dent completes the third stepby thinking and then forminggeneralizations or principlesabout what he or she learnedfrom the experience.

In the final step the studentapplies their generalizations orprinciples to a new experienceto see if they hold true. Thisleads to another concrete ex-perience thus beginning thecycle again.

One thing should remain the same: ourcommitment to providing students withquality hands-on experiences with real-

world applications.

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Include TimeKolb’s model offers educa-

tors a process to follow to helpensure that students have ef-fective experiential learningexperiences.

We all know that it takes agreat deal of time to preparefor a big laboratory activity orto get that market lamb to thecounty fair.

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So, we really need to fullyutilize these activities andsqueeze every teaching andlearning opportunity possibleout of these experiences for thebenefit of our students.

The next time you plan anagriscience lab activity, trip tothe school farm or even an SAEvisit, try modifying your rou-tine to include time for all fourphases of the experiential

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learning model I’ve men-tioned.Challenge Students to Think

After your students finishthe “experience,” challengethem to think about what it isthat they have just learned.Discuss it with them or havethem write down some of thethings they discovered throughtheir experience.

Next, have them design an-other experiment or develop anew plan for an experience thatwill allow them to see if theirbeliefs are indeed correct.Benefits

I admit using these experi-ential learning methods doestake more preparation time andrequires greater patience andstudent guidance, but you just

have to consider the benefits tobe convinced.

Experiential learning tech-niques allow students to usemultiple senses that can in-crease retention of what islearned.

Multiple teaching and learn-ing techniques can be inte-grated to maximize creativityand student engagement. Theprocess of discovering knowl-edge and solutions builds stu-dent competence and confi-dence.

And possibly most impor-tant for teachers, if studentsare actively engaged in learn-ing, they have a greater stakein the outcome of their learn-ing and are less likely to be-come a discipline problem. ✤

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2009 Conference Award Winners

Outstanding Young Teacher: Shay Williams-Hopper, Tulare HighSchool. Presenting the award is CATA State President Jim Shanks.

Outstanding Teacher: Don Wilson Memorial Award: Darlene Gilles, Madera South High School.Presenting the award is CATA State President Jim Shanks.

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2009 Conference Award Winners

Outstanding Single Person Secondary Program: Buena Park HighSchool: Jessica Weisbart and Outstanding Secondary AgriculturalEducation Program State Winner.

Outstanding 2-3 Person Secondary Program: Nevada Union HighSchool: Karen Henderson and Jim Drew (not pictured: Katie Alling).

Outstanding Large Secondary Program: Hanford High School:Sam Rodriguez, Kris Elliott, Connie Soares, Cortney Bell, SusanMoran, Dennis Mann, Lilly Pimentel, Brian Combes.

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2009 Conference Award Winners

Outstanding Small Community College Program: Shasta College:Leimone Waite, Trena Kimler-Richards and John Livingston (notpictured: Ken Nolte).

Outstanding Large Community College Program: Modesto JuniorCollege: John Mendes, Steve Amador, Dale Pollard, Bill Hobby, DonBorges, Mike Morales, Dr. Karen Walters Dunlap, Mark Anglin (notpictured: David Baggett, Marlies Boyd, Gail Brumley, Todd Conrado,Bill Hobby, Julie Haynes) and Outstanding Community College Pro-gram State Winner.

Teacher of Excellence Winners: Guillermo Guerra, Jerry Delsol, Pam Brem, Rhonda Fuller, JenniferTerpstra, Dennis Mann, Chris McCraw, Steve Amador, Kevin Woodard (not pictured: George Wold).

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2009 Conference Award Winners

2009 Retiring Teachers: Mark Bender, George Kreutz, Dennis Mann, Gary Martin, Ted Kimbler, DavidMattrocce, Richard Harris, Joe Terra, Jerry Clark, James Bomprezzi (not pictured: David Frattalone, DougBell, Chistine Dickson, Don Lopez, Roger Dickson, Jim Isbell, Ron Nishinaka).

2009 CATA Hall of Fame Inductees: Gino Farinelli, Larry Rathbun, Lloyd Doster, Clayton Oilar andRalph Loya.

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October 11 ............................................................South Coast Region Meeting................................................................ HollisterOctober 21-24 ........................................................ National FFA Convention ........................................................... IndianapolisNovember 7 ................................................................. Cotton State Finals .................................................................. CSU FresnoNovember 14 ....................................................... San Joaquin Region Meeting ................................................................ LemooreNovember 14 ........................................................... Central Region Meeting ...................................................................... TurlockNovember 18-21 ................................................. National NAAE Convention ...................................................... Nashville, TNDecember 3-4 ..................................................... New Professionals Conference .................................................................. FresnoDecember 3 - 5 ........................................ Community College Midwinter Institute ........................ Coalinga/Harris RanchDecember 11 ........................................................... Superior Region Meeting ..................................................................... LincolnJanuary 14-15 .......................................................... Winter Governing Board ........................................................................... GaltJanuary 28-29 ......................................................... Student Teacher Conclave ....................................................................... DavisJanuary 30 .......................................................... Natural Resources State Finals ................................................ Reedley CollegeFebruary 6 ........................................ Winter State Finals - Citrus, Tree & Vine Pruning ...................................... CSU FresnoFebruary 20 ............................................................. Superior Region Meeting .................................................................... OrovilleFebruary 22 .......................................................... South Coast Region Meeting.................................................. San Luis ObispoFebruary 27 .............................................................. Central Region Meeting .................................................................... StocktonFebruary 27 .......................................................... San Joaquin Region Meeting ........................................................... BakersfieldMarch 27 .............................................................. North Coast Region Meeting .................................................................... UkiahApril 10 ................................................................... Southern Region Meeting ................................................................... PomonaApril 17 .......................................................................CSU Fresno Field Day................................................................ CSU FresnoApril 17-20 ...................................................... State FFA Leadership Conference ............................................................... FresnoApril 21-24 .............................................................. NAAE Region I Meeting ............................................ Great Falls, MontanaMay 1 ........................................................................ State FFA Judging Finals ................................... Cal Poly, San Luis ObispoJune 19 ................................................................ Executive Committee Meeting .............................. Cal Poly, San Luis ObispoJune 20 ............................................................. Pre-Conference Governing Board ........................... Cal Poly, San Luis ObispoJune 20-24 ..............................................................CATA Summer Conference ................................. Cal Poly, San Luis ObispoJune 24 ............................................................ Governing Board Summer Retreat ............................................ San Luis Obispo