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NAAE: Who's in the Room?

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We had the opportunity to "skip" class for the week after Thanksgiving hop on a plane and head to New Orleans for the National Association of Agricultural Educators Convention...pretty rad right?!? Yeah it actually was. We got to participate in professional development for 5 days, connect with educators, explore New Orleans, and become closer as a cohort. I felt extremely blessed for an opportunity as a preservice teacher to go to such a large national event. It also made my realize how lucky we are  as Penn Staters are that we go to attend because we were about 1/3 of 40-50 preservice teachers that were there.  Pre-service teachers from across the nation Who's in The Room? Thinking about which educators are in the room, there were obviously high school ag teachers from just about any state but they weren't just any ag teachers they were ag teachers at the front of their field wanting to grow, share, and learn. There were also postsecondary educators, industry folks,