My second SAE visit was to visit Miss. Krista Cohick. Krista works on her family dairy farm, Triple K Dairy, and keeps records on this as her Unpaid Placement. Krista also shows Holstein Dairy cows at the Shippensburg Fair, and sometimes the All American Dairy Show, which she has a second SAE for.   Krista is currently in her second year in the Shippensburg FFA. She is serving as the chapter's chaplain this year, which she is very passionate about. Krista spent time at Career Tech for Early Childhood Education for the first half of this school year. Her goal is to become a social worker in the future. Currently, Krista is one of my asynchronous students in Ag Leadership.  Krista works to milk the cows on her family farm. They milk the cows on a regular schedule at 5am and 5pm. Our visit occurred on her family farm in Newburg, Pennsylvania. Prior to the visit Mrs. Bier and I talked about the need for biosecurity, and how I should not wear my barn clothes to the SAE visit seeing...

Hello again! We are here for an update about student teaching, and the DIY project that I have just completed. For the AEE 495 class this semester I was assigned to work with my cooperating teacher, Mrs Bier, to develop a new assignment that will contribute to my growth and development as a teacher candidate.   For my assignment, I chose to work with Shippensburg's FFA officers to prepare for their annual School Board Meeting Presentation. I have been teaching the Ag Leadership class since January 23, a class that gives the FFA officers a look into real world applications of leadership both in and out of the ag industry.  In Ag Leadership, with the help of the officers and Mrs. Bier, I was able to help the students develop their script for what they would say on February 27th at the Regular Shippensburg Area School Board Meeting. We spent time working on the script on February 24th, after the President, Maddie, completed a list of what she thought should be included in the pre...