Awards

NAAE: 2019 Award Recipients

• Outstanding Early Career Teacher Awards
• Outstanding Agricultural Education Teacher Awards
• Outstanding Middle/Secondary Agricultural Education Program Awards
• Outstanding Postsecondary Agriculture Program Awards
• Teacher Mentor Awards
• Ideas Unlimited Awards
• Lifetime Achievement Awards
• Outstanding Cooperation Awards
• Outstanding Service Citation Awards
• Teachers Turn the Key Awards
• Upper Division Scholarship Recipients

*News releases about each award winner will be issued after the award is presented at the 2019 NAAE Convention.

Outstanding Early Career Teacher

The Outstanding Early Career Teacher Award is a means of encouraging young teachers to remain in the profession and to recognize their participation in professional activities.

This program is sponsored by John Deere as a special project of the National FFA Foundation. Follow this link for pictures of the 2019 Outstanding Early Career Teacher award winners at NAAE Convention.

Region I		Alan Willmore, ID
Region II		Anthony Meals, KS
Region III		Kirby Schmidt, MN
Region IV		MaryAnn Boro, MO
Region V		Mary Lett, MS
Region VI		Matthew Sweeney, NY

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Outstanding Agricultural Education Teacher Award

This program recognizes NAAE members who are at the pinnacle of their profession—those who are conducting the highest quality agricultural education programs. The award recognizes leadership in civic, community, agriculture/agribusiness and professional activities. Outstanding agricultural educators are innovators and catalysts for student success in agricultural education.

The Outstanding Agricultural Education Teacher Award is sponsored by Caterpillar, Inc. and Tractor Supply Company as a special project of the National FFA Foundation. Follow this link for pictures of the 2019 Outstanding Agricultural Education Teacher award winners at NAAE Convention.

Region I		Marc Beitia, ID
Region II		Rockie Ernst, CO
Region III		Alan Spencer, IA
Region IV		Brittany Kloer, IN
Region V		LuAnn Carey, TN
Region VI		Deborah Fletcher, NY

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Outstanding Middle/Secondary Ag Ed Program

A goal of NAAE is to promote outstanding programs in agricultural education and effectively communicate success stories. The Outstanding Middle/Secondary School Ag Ed Program Award promulgates that goal. Agricultural education programs in middle schools and secondary schools are eligible to participate in this recognition program.

The Outstanding Middle/Secondary Agricultural Education program award is partially sponsored by Bayer as a special project of the National FFA Foundation. Follow this link for pictures of the 2019 Outstanding Middle/Secondary Ag Ed Program award winners at NAAE Convention.

Region I		Union High School, OR
Region II		Stillwater High School, OK
Region III		Howard Lake-Waverly-Winstead High School, MN
Region IV		Montgomery County R-II High School, MO
Region V		Henry County High School, TN
Region VI		Appomattox County High School, VA

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Outstanding Postsecondary Agriculture Program

The Outstanding Postsecondary Agriculture Program award recognizes exemplary postsecondary institutions and full time young farmer and adult agricultural education programs. Qualifying young farmer and/or adult ag ed program staff must devote at least 50 percent of their teaching time to this level of instruction.

The Outstanding Postsecondary Agriculture Program award is sponsored by Bayer as a special project of the National FFA Foundation. Follow this link for pictures of the 2019 Outstanding Postsecondary Agriculture Program award winners at NAAE Convention.

Region II		Kansas State University, KS
Region III		Chippewa Valley Technical College, WI
Region IV		Lincoln Land Community College, IL
Region V		Tastefully Local, Nation Ford High School, SC

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Teacher Mentor

If you ask agriculture teachers what motivated them to enter and stay in the teaching profession, predominately they will attribute their decision to another agriculture teacher who encouraged them. Many state agricultural education associations have recognized the importance of positive relationships between beginning and experienced teachers by creating formal organizational structures to connect beginning and experienced teachers. This award program will provide additional incentives for experienced teachers to become mentors for beginning teachers, and it will provide beginning teachers a way to say thank you to the experienced teachers who have influenced them. Follow this link for pictures of the 2019 Teacher Mentor award winners at NAAE Convention.

Region I		Bibiana Gifft, OR
Region II		Todd Everhart, CO
Region III		Troy Talford, WI
Region IV		Gary Ochs, IL
Region V		Frank Flanders, GA
Region VI		Robin McLean, NJ

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Ideas Unlimited

The Ideas Unlimited contest is designed to give members an opportunity to exchange classroom, SAE, leadership, and other teaching ideas.

This program is sponsored by National Geographic Learning | Cengage. Follow this link for pictures of the 2019 Ideas Unlimited award winners at NAAE Convention.

Region I		Chance Crain, NV
Region II		Jerry Schmidt, KS
Region III		Nikki Fideldy-Doll, ND
Region IV		Thomas Poole, KY
Region V		Robert Bollier, SC
Region VI		Tara Berescik, NY

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Lifetime Achievement

NAAE will recognize retired NAAE members who have made significant contributions to agricultural education at the state, regional, and national levels with Lifetime Achievement Award.

This program is sponsored by Ford as a special project of the National FFA Foundation. Follow this link for pictures of the 2019 Lifetime Achievement award winners at NAAE Convention.

Region I		Sue Poland, ID
Region II		John Wayne Stricklin, OK
Region III		Craig A. McEnany, IA
Region IV		Lucille Shaw, IL
Region V		Dr. Jim L. Flowers, NC
Region VI		Deb Seibert, PA

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Outstanding Cooperation

NAAE recognizes organizations, agribusiness companies, and others who have given outstanding support to agricultural education with the Outstanding Cooperation Award.

The plaques for this program are sponsored by Forrest T. Jones & Company. Follow this link for pictures of the 2019 Outstanding Cooperation award winners at NAAE Convention.

Region I		Chad Marriott, UT
Region II		W-W Livestock Systems, OK
Region III		Farm Credit Services of North Dakota, ND
Region IV		Dean Dittmar, IL
Region V		Sunbelt Ag Expo, GA
Region VI		Pennsylvania FFA Alumni, PA

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Outstanding Service Citation

NAAE will recognize current and retired NAAE members who have made significant contributions to agricultural education at the state, regional, and national levels with the Outstanding Service Citation.

This program is sponsored by Goodheart-Willcox. Follow this link for pictures of the 2019 Outstanding Service Citation award winners at NAAE Convention.

Region I		Steve Wilder, ID
Region II		Hals Beard, LA
Region III		Glenda Crook, WI
Region IV		Scott Stone, MO
Region V		Dr. Dennis "DJ" Sheppard, GA
Region VI		Naomi Knight, MD

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CASE Model School Award

The CASE Model School Award recognizes a school whose CASE certified teacher presents CASE in its truest form and offers a structure sequence of CASE courses. Follow this link for pictures of the 2019 CASE Model School award winners at NAAE Convention.

Goldendale High School, WA, Joshua and Randi Krieg

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CASE Innovation Award

The CASE Innovation Award highlights a creative classroom and teaching approach as CASE certified teachers implement and promote CASE. Follow this link for pictures of the 2019 CASE Innovation award winners at NAAE Convention.

Bibiana Gifft, OR

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Teachers Turn the Key

Agricultural education is continually faced with a shortage of qualified teachers. Unless those who have been trained enter and remain in the profession for a period of several years, the shortage of qualified teachers will prevail. As a means of encouraging young teachers to remain in the profession and to encourage and recognize participation in professional activities, NAAE offers the Teachers Turn the Key Scholarship.

This program is sponsored by RAM Trucks as a special project of the National FFA Foundation. Follow this link for pictures of the 2019 Teachers Turn the Key participants at NAAE Convention.

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Upper Division Ag Education Scholarship Recipients

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Growth Energy and National Geographic Leaning | Cengage and proceeds from the ticket raffle at the NAAE convention, NAAE awarded scholarships to students who are majoring in agricultural education and who will be completing their student teaching in the fall 2019 or spring 2020 semesters.

This program is sponsored by Growth Energy and National Geographic Learning | Cengage

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