I will be offering a breakout session during summer conference that focuses on lesson planning for substitute teachers. As agriculture teachers, many of us miss more than 15 days of school each year. This e-mail is a call for interested teachers who would like to attend this breakout session. I am making one request - if you are interested in participating in this breakout session, you will need to prepare a lesson plan for a substitute teacher that can easily be used by most agriculture teachers. There will be a format for the lesson plan that I request be followed - very basic and simple - and I will e-mail this information to you. You would need to bring one hard copy of this lesson plan with you to summer conference, as we will be putting a notebook together during the breakout session. In addition, I would request that you bring a copy of the lesson plan on a jump drive so that it could easily be transferred to another computer. Each teacher who participates will be provided with this very helpful resource. Below I am placing a brief description of the breakout session. If you are interested in participating, pleace respond to this e-mail by Wednesday, June 20th. I will reply with additional instructions. "Substitute Teacher Disaster Relief" You need a lesson plan for a substitute teacher, and FAST! We have all been there, especially as agriculture teachers. The challenge is ensuring that our students are engaged in the learning process, attendance is taken, animals are fed, plants are watered, and equipment is not misused, broken, or stolen! This breakout session will provide you with techniques that other agriculture teachers use to plan effectively when they are out of the classroom. Collaborative efforts will result in a resource of substitute lesson plans that can be used by agriculture educators year round. Thank you for your time - look forward to hearing from you. Chaney Mosley, Temple High School