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NC educators take a tour at Troy Lumber Company led by Allen Whitesell, Jared Lucas, and Matt Hunter.
Below (left to right): Renee Strnad, NC State Extension Forestry, leads a tree identification activity for NC educators. NC educators partake in a course standards activity as part of the AN53 Teacher Workshop event.
NC educators participate in a timber cruising activity led by Mike Harris, Canfor Southern Pine.
NC educators participate in a dendrology activity led by Ben Warfield, NC State University; Dylan Hurley, Montgomery Community College; Josh Hussey, Montgomery Community College; Nancy Blackwell, NC Forest Service; and Mike Harris, Canfor Southern Pine.
Professional Development Workshops a Success!
possible without the support of volunteers from our industry. We’d like to thank the following organizations and companies for stepping up and helping us make these workshops as valuable as possible for the enthusiastic educators who attended:
• Bishop Forestry and Land, PLLC
• Canfor Southern Pine
• Haywood Community College
• Montgomery Community College
• North Carolina State
Extension Forestry
• North Carolina Forest Service
• North Carolina Forestry Association Board of Directors
• North Carolina Future Farmers of America Association
• North Carolina State University • Oaks Unlimited
• Troy Lumber Company
• Weyerhaeuser
• Wildwood Consulting PLLC
This summer, the NCFA education team has been busy preparing teachers for the launch of North Carolina’s first high school forestry course with a credential. AN53 Natural Resources II – Forestry is now being taught in high
school classrooms across our state! The team, with the help of several
members of the NCFA Education Committee and the forestry community, hosted three separate professional development workshops for educators planning to teach the course. The workshops were hosted at Haywood Community College and Montgomery Community College, with the final workshop taking place at the NC Association for
Career and Technical Education Summer Conference in Winston-Salem.
The workshops allowed educators an opportunity to become familiar with the new curriculum and to explore
the course’s resources. Each workshop exposed educators to different facets of forestry, including mill tours, timber cruising, dendrology activities, forest management planning, and a chance to connect with experts in the forestry and forest products industry.
A total of 26 teachers attended the workshops this summer, representing 22 high schools across 22 counties. Educators left the workshops feeling prepared and confident, taking with them the tools they need to be successful in teaching this new course to their students.
These workshops would not have been
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