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  • Summer Conference Agenda

      Wednesday June 16, 2010 3:00-5:00pm Registration - Klamath Community College 5:00-6:00pm Dinner 6:00-7:30pm OVATA Business Session I Thursday June 17, 2010 8:00-9:30am OVATA Business Session II - Klamath Community Co...
  • Summer Conference Registration

    Click here to register for Summer Conference....
  • Teach Ag Ed Workshop at State Convention - Who Will You Tag To Attend?

    During the State FFA Convention, OVATA has invited a NAAE Teach AgEd representative to conduct workshops for students and advisors. Please make it a point to promote attendance at the workshops. Ellen Thompson will be the speaker and she brings high energ...
  • Share the Love

    We have great people doing great things in our profession and very few people recognize it outside of our organization. We need to make a change by ensuring that those who are working diligently to make Agricultural Education the model by which others are...
  • Gardner to Lead Oregon Agriculture Education

    Dr. Reynold Gardner will take over leadership as the eleventh Specialist for Agriculture and Natural Resources in the Oregon Department of Education. Dr. Gardner began his new position on October 7, 2008. A Wyoming native and past FFA State Officer, Reyn...
  • Delta 2009 Announced

    CEV Multimedia, Tarleton State University and the National FFA Organization are proud to announce Delta Conference 2009. This five-day national professional development conference focuses on the agricultural educator's ability to engage all students in th...
  • OVATA Awards 2009

    Applications are ready for New teacher, Teacher, Teacher Mentor, Program of the Year:  all are due at Summer Conference Teacher Turn the Key - Due at State Convention  Get them here:  http://www.naae.org/awards/applications/   ...
  • Asia, Automation, and Abundance

    NAAE/ACTE Financial Report and a Summary of ACTE Keynote SpeakerAfter spending a week in Charlotte North Carolina at the (NAAE) National Association of Agriculture Educators and the Association of Career Technical Education (ACTE) conferences, I am very p...
  • President's Message - December 2008

    It seems like only yesterday I was working at the OSU Dairy as a milker and junior herdsman. Current technology found me typing very “important” papers for Dr. Cole on my used Apple IIE. My junior block field experience sent me to Scio High School und...
  • JD Cant Named Outstanding Young Member for NAAE Western Region

    Congratulations to JD Cant, Imbler, for being named the NAAE Western Region Outstanding Young Member.  JD was the OVATA Young Member in 2007, and will be recognized at the NAAE National Convention in North Carolina in December....
  • "Controlling the Fever"

    Is spring fever real or is it an “old teachers’ tale?” According to research, spring fever is a real phenomenon that happens to all people when the sunshine and warm temperatures of spring arrives. Spring fever not only impacts our students, but it ...
  • Teach Ag Ed Workshop

    On March 24th Pendleton was host to helicopters, hypnotism, and the end of the 80th Oregon FFA State Convention - as well as over forty students who were learning why Agricultural Education may be a career choice for them....
  • OVATA Officers 2007-2008

    2009-2010 OVATA Officers   President—Tim Ray, Dallas High School President Elect—Dan Jansen, CASESecretary/Treasurer—Chad Waldron, North Lake High School  Newsletter Editor—Marty Campbell, Pendleton High School...
  • A Huge Ag Teacher Shortage...How Do We Meet 10 x 15 Goals?

    “10x15” is the ambitious, long-range strategic goal for agricultural education. The focus of this unprecedented effort is to create new programs in communities not yet served by agricultural education and FFA and to strengthen the quality of curr...
  • 2007 OVATA Awards

    The 2007 OVATA Summer Conference hosted at Eagle Point High School came away with two NAAE Award Recipients.  The Outstanding Program for 2007 was Ontario High School where instructors Les Linegar and Roger Watkins have experienced tremendous success in ...
  • Teach Ag Ed Workshop

    The focus of this year’s National Ag Ed In-service in Indianapolis was Agriculture Teacher Recruitment, Development, and Retention. During the national inservice we had time to work as a state and develop a plan for our state to recruit, develop, and re...
  • Welcome to OVATA online!

    Welcome to the OVATA!  This site will be developed soon.  Look for up-to-date information and resources....