Unified CTE Conference

In the thought of developing a unified CTE conference, I am curious to know when your county fairs are and your involvement. Please answer the following questions in order to get a good idea of when the conference should/could be held.

FYI: Ag Ed Conference, FCS Conference, Industrial Tech. Conferences would merge to conduct ONE Unified Conference. The disciplines (Ag, Bus, FCS, etc.) would conduct many sessions/workshops seperately, but would pull together to share the costs of keynote speaker(s) and conduct their conferences in the same city/hotel at the same time. [Missouri has had a unified conference for decades, and they typically have teacher attendance of roughly 3,000 each year!]

- Katie Lewis, IAAE Rep. to IACTE
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  1. When is your county fair?
    3rd week of June
    4th week of June
    1st week of July
    2nd week of July
    3rd week of July
    4th week of July
    1st week of August
    Other


  1. What is your involvement in your county fair?

    Very involved
    Involved
    Somewhat involved
    Not really involved


  1. I like the IDEA of gathering many more CTE instructors at one place at one time; assuming that portions of the Unified Conference would be seperate and discipline specific (Ag Ed, Bus, FCS, etc.)
    Yes
    No


  1. I see legislative benefits to conducting ONE VERY LARGE conference, rather than seperate discipline conferences. (Note: As a % of instructors in the discipline, Ag Ed has the largest conference attendance.)
    Yes
    No


  1. The "Unified Conference" of the mid-80s, was a top down process. This unified conference attempt would be a grassroots effort to gain instructor input.
    In my opinion, a Unified Conference COULD work.
    In my opinion, a Unified Conference will NEVER work.


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Dale Gruis
Instructor
Collins-Maxwell MS/HS
IA