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National Association of Agricultural Educators
Providing Leadership, Service, and Advocacy for
your State Association!
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2007-08 NAAE Board of Directors
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NAAE Mission
Professionals providing agricultural education
for the global communitythrough visionary
leadership, advocacy and service.
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NAAE Provides Opportunities
... for professional development through
workshops at the NAAE convention, the National
FFA convention, and during the summer.
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NAAE Provides Opportunities
... for you to receive awards and recognition
designed to reward excellence in agricultural
education programs and in teaching.
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NAAE Provides Opportunities
... for you to network with your peers and to
enjoy camaraderie and fellowship with others in
the agricultural education profession.
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NAAE Provides Service
... such as professional liability insurance
coverage to help you be more secure in doing your
job from day to day. ... to keep you up-to-date
on whats happening in agricultural education
through News Views, our bi-monthly electronic
newsletter and Advocacy in Action, our
semi-monthly advocacy report. ... to supply you
with instructional materials such as the USDA Hot
Topics Lesson Plans.
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Professional Liability Insurance
Active, Active Life, and Student Members have the
100,000 coverage at no extra cost! Members may
increase their coverage to 1,000,000 for an
additional 35.00 per yearorincrease to
2,000,000 coverage for an additional 50.00 per
year.
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Additional Group Insurance
Since NAAE is a member of the Trust for Insuring
Educators (TIE), you have access to these plans
Term Life Private Practice Liability Long
Term Health Care Disability Income Protection
Cancer Plan Personal Auto
For details, call [phone]or visit
www.ftj.com.
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U.S. Ag Ed Listserv

• Interact with your colleagues across the United
  States
• Get access to great teaching ideas
• Get current NAAE, FFA, Ag Ed information
• Learn about funding opportunities
• Stay up to date on advocacy alerts
• And much, much more

Visit the NAAE website athttp//www.naae.orgfor
details on subscribing to the listserv.
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NAAE Provides Advocacy
... to represent YOUR interests in agricultural
education
Through government relations -U.S.
Congress -U.S. Department of Education -U.S.
Department of Agriculture Through representation
on other boards, such as -National Council for
Agricultural Education -National FFA Board of
Directors -ACTE Ag Ed Division
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National Policy Seminar Make plans to attend next
year!

• Learn how to effectively advocate for your local
  and state agriculture programs.
• Held in early March
• NAAE pays the registration for one member from
  each state
• Spend 2-3 days in Washington D.C. learning about
  advocacy and how it relates to ag ed and CTE
• Make visits to your representatives and
  congressman to show your support for agricultural
  education, Perkins, and Career Technical
  Education

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Whats Changed at NAAE?

• Upper Division Scholarship
• only open to NAAE student members who will be
  doing their teaching in the fall or spring of the
  following year.
• Teacher Turn the Key Award
• only teachers who are currently in their 2nd,
  3rd, or 4th year of teaching may apply.
• Ideas Unlimited Award
• Will change format in the 2008 year
• Look for more information on this in the upcoming
  months.

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Whats Changed at NAAE?

• Active Life Membership Dues Increase
• 500 to 720 for the 2007-08 year
• Associate Life Membership Dues Increase
• 250 to 420 for the 2007-08 year

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2007-2008 NAAE Dues July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008
Amounts in RED indicate a price change from last
year.
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Whats New at NAAE?

• New Retired Life Membership category
• 120 for membership
• Active Life Members who retire will be move to
  Retired Life Membership with out additional
  payment

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Whats New at NAAE?

• New NAAE Mentoring Website Launched
• can find great resources about mentoring and
  induction programs specific to agricultural
  education at http//www.naae.org/links/mentoring/
• New NAAE Membership process
• 07-08 Membership forms are electronic with
  electronic submission required

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2007 NAAE Convention
December 11-15, 2007 Las Vegas, NV
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Registration

• Early Bird Registration-Save 125.00 if you
  register by July 13, 2007.
• Registration information can be found on the web
  at www.naae.org under the convention tab.
• ACTE gives a 10 discount rate when your register
  10 or more from one organization and pay with one
  check or purchase order

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ACTE First-Time Attendees Stipend

• Must be a first-time attendee to qualify.
• Can apply to have your registration reimbursed
  through ACTE
• Must be pre-registered by September 28th to
  qualify.
• You can find the application at
  http//www.acteonline.org/convention/
• Applications are due by September 28th to ACTE

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NAAE Convention Lodging
http//www.rivierahotel.com/

• Riviera Hotel and Casino
• Room Rates 79.00/per night for single or double
  occupancy
• Make sure to request the NAAE Convention Block
• Make hotel reservations by calling
  1-800-634-6753

Visit our website for more information about
convention! www.naae.org
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NAAE Convention Travel- Travel Discounts through
ACTE

• Discounted airline tickets to Las Vegas for the
  convention from
• United Airlines
• Continental Airlines
• American Airlines
• Discounted car rental with Avis Rental Car
• Check out our website to find specifics on
  receiving discounts http//www.naae.org/conventio
  n/housing/

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The Councilis the leadership group representing
allsegments of school-based ag ed. NAAE
encourages all members to contribute2.00
annually to The Council. (You may submit your
contribution as a stateassociation through NAAE
or you may submit your individual contribution
directly to The Council.)
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Team Ag?Ed
Promoting StudentandTeacher Success!