Above are the 2014-2015 FEA Ohio State Officers. From left to right, Josh Childs, President; Samantha Shaw, Vice President; Blaze Kissell, Recording Secretary; Brandi Norman, Public Relations F.E.A. Ohio Newsletter Welcome to a new school year! Fall 2014 Welcome Back! We hope everyone had a great summer, and both students and advisors are now getting back into the swing of school! Your officers and officer advisors have been working diligently to get the state competitions ready, and it is shaping up to be monumental! It seems like everywhere the hashtag is trending, so we decided to play upon what’s going on in society and incorporate that into the conference. This year’s theme is #passion2teach, because after all, passion in the classroom is the foundation to teaching! Check out the new website: http://feaohio.wix.com/feaohio where you can find all of the latest news as well as conference materials. We will have all competition information up soon, but we have exciting news – almost all competitions are now directly aligned to Nationals! Social Media Check out all of our social media accounts! Keep us updated on everything going on in your chapter by tagging us. We will of course keep you all updated as well. We have: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest. FEA-Ohio loves to blow up the social media feeds! Meet Your Officers! Josh Childs, President, is a senior at Perry High School. In his spare time he loves to hit the dance floor and bust a move! His debating skills are superb from four years on the debate team and as a class representative for his school. Josh will be majoring in Middle Childhood Education after graduation. Samantha Shaw, Vice President, is a senior at Gahanna Lincoln High School. She absolutely loves being around kids and enjoys to run. She spends all of her spare time at the track training to become a college athlete, keeping her focus on the goal of the next level. Samantha will be majoring in Early Childhood Education after graduation. Blaze Kissell, Recording Secretary, is a senior at Fairfield High School-Butler Tech. He is a hard worker and always pushes himself to be the best. He is also the President of his local FEA and JSA(Junior State of America) chapters. Blaze hopes to inspire all of his future students to appreciate the values of learning as a Middle Childhood Educator. Brandi Norman, Public Relations Secretary, is a senior at Milford High School-Great Oaks. She loves to be the helping hand and someone that anyone can count on. She is the Data Administrator for Whiz Kids in her local area, and the Copresident of her local FEA chapter. She can’t wait to see the impact she has on her future students. Brandi is planning on majoring in Early Childhood Education after graduating because of her love for kids. Delegate Assembly – what’s that all about? So you all have heard about the Delegate Assembly several times, but what in the world is it!? The Delegate Assembly plays a very important role, not only in electing the next year’s officers but in making policy changes that have a direct impact on all FEA Ohio members/chapters. The Delegate Assembly is the governing body of the whole organization. Each chapter has the opportunity to send two delegates at the state conference and should exercise that right to vote! Meet the State Officers’ Advisors! When one is elected to be a state officer, the advisor then becomes a member of the Executive Committee for that school year. This committee is the driving force that prepares competitions and rubrics, aligning them as closely as possible to FEA National. These women to the left have been working all summer preparing the competitions that will be out soon. In addition to competitions, they play pivotal roles in guiding the officers while planning the state conference as well as the upcoming policy changes that will be discussed at the Delegate Assembly. Although their time is volunteered, they spend countless hours trying to make FEA Ohio a memorable experience for all chapter members. From Left to Right: Judy Fletcher – TPA Instructor at Ohio North Point; Patty Griffin – FEA Ohio State Coordinator; Julie Wells – Josh’s Advisor, Perry High School; Robyn Hilderbrand – Samantha’s Advisor, Gahanna Lincoln High School; Jennifer Norsworthy-Brandi’s Advisor, Milford High School- Great Oaks; Amy Mahaffey – Blaze’s Advisor, Fairfield High School- Butler Tech 2 Chapter Spotlight! We want to know what is going on in your chapter! Tag us in your social media posts. We have a Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter. Check us out and let’s get #fea trending on Twitter! Butler Tech/Lakota East Chapter Goes to Germany with International FEA!! Each newsletter we would like to spotlight the exciting events and learning going on in our local chapters. FEA Ohio has some On January 28, 2014, the Butler Tech/Lakota amazing chapters that are focused and East Teacher Academy took center stage at determined to learn, give back to the the International FEA Conference for the community, and have fun while doing it! This Department of Defense Schools in is your opportunity to share, so don’t be Garmisch, Germany. Crissy Lauterbach, shy… Let us put you in the spotlight for all of instructor, presented a keynote speech called, “Teach Like A Rock Star” and her FEA Ohio to see! students: Laura Hess, Bailee Jesse, Sydney Don’t wait for us to ask – go ahead and send Petersen, and Grace Sprockett also starred your exciting news to [email protected]. in 3 other seminars delivered to the attendees. During these seminars, the girls facilitated activities to get the crowd’s blood pumping and minds racing. The Department of Defense schools were very pleased with the Butler Tech group… so much so that they have been asked to come back next year and present at the International FEA Conference being held in Germany again! From left to right: Bailee Jesse, Laura Hess, Grace Sprockett, and Sydney Petersen take a day off and go sight-seeing in Germany! 3 National Update Big news for FEA National!! Starting in 2015-2016, the name will no longer be Future Educators Association… it will be Educators Rising! All of the competitions have been re-hauled and rubrics have been clarified. There have also been competitions added, so get ready! You can check out any new updates or information on the website: http://futureeducators.org/. ADVISORS: FEA National is waiving the $125 fee for all new chapters who join between July 1st and November 1st, 2014!! What a great opportunity for students to get involved at the National level! Junior Achievement’s BizTown needs help!! Are you from the Columbus area? If you answered yes, this is a Social Media ** Search for FEA Ohio ** great opportunity for students! This program provides training for 4th-6th graders in career readiness skills. If you would like more information, please contact Brandi: Contact Us [email protected] for a flyer! Or contact the director, Pete Crozier: [email protected]. Want to know more about what the conference is like?! Watch this video on the story of Smyrna in FEA: https://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=UkgQJcg-1UQ Phone number: (614) 995-3735 Address: 25 South Front Street MS 505 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Mail: [email protected] Josh Childs: [email protected] Samantha Shaw: [email protected] Blaze Kissell: [email protected] Brandi Norman: [email protected] Please feel free to contact us.
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