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Vo-Tech ag council
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -
Professionals from agricultural
industry and vocational/technical
education have joined forces to
provide national leadership and
direction for the total vocational
instructional program at secon
dary and postsecondary schools
across America.
The National Council for
Vocational and Technical
Education in Agriculture held their
first meeting April 9-11 to adopt
bylaws, elect officers and an
executive committee, discuss
funding and identify priorities for
action in vocational and technical
education.
During the two-day meeting held
at the Farmland Training School in
Kansas City, Missouri, the council
moved to set priorities for action
in: integrating new technology into
vocational and technical
agricultural curriculums;
collecting data on the manpower
demands for agribusiness oc
cupations and developing a
FFA teams compete for honors
ANNIVLLE Teams from
Lebanon, Berks and Schuylkill
Counties participated in area FFA
contests on April 17.
In a hard-fought Parliamentary
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national commission on vocational
and technical education in
agriculture.
The council is the end product of
nearly two years of work by the
Ad-Hoc Steering Committee for
National Leadership, sponsored as
a special project of the National
FFA Foundation by Farmland
Industries, Inc. Financial support
for the council will come from
Farmland Industries, Inc., the
National FFA Foundation and
member organizations.
The council made up of
representatives from the U.S.
Department of Education;
American Vocational Association
(AVA); National Vocational
Agriculture Teachers’ Association
(NVATA); National Young Far
mer Education Association
(NYFEA); National Association of
Supervisors of Agricultural
Education (NASAE); American
Association of Teacher Educators
in Agriculture (AATEA); the
Procedure contest, the Little
Dutchmen Team placed second.
Other participating teams were
Cedar Crest, first, Twin Valley,
third; and Conrad Weiser, fourth.
The Little Dutchmen chapter
also participated in three speaking
contests. Troy Moyer placed fifth
in the Extemporaneous Speaking
Contest, and Dale Balmer placed
fifth in the Public Speaking Con
test.
In the FFA Creed Speaking
Contest, Sue Elliott placed first.
Sue, along with the Parliamentary
Procedure, continued onto the
Regional contest on May 3.
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