Clucks and Moos... SB's News! : #SLLC2016

The State Legislative Leadership Conference (otherwise known as SLLC) is an eye-opening experience for students! FFA members from all over the state come to Harrisburg to learn more about the legislative process. From using parliamentary procedure, to learning how a bill is made and passed, to reading real bills in the House of Senate of Pennsylvania, this three day conference is not for the lighthearted! Students are working the whole three days to learn, meet new people, serve the community, and also have fun.

We were able to bring 6 very sweet, hard working Athens students to the conference!

SLLC was personally my favorite conference as a High School student so I was very excited to attend as an advisor. It was very interesting to grade proficiencies with other agriculture educators across the state! I now have a better understanding of the rigor and high expectations for state proficiency awards for SAE's. In teacher workshops I was also able to engage in an Edu Camp with other teachers from across the Commonwealth. It was really nice to be able to get advice and talk about current issues in education with many other teachers and FFA Advisors.

We were able to as a group decide which issues or questions to discuss about!

The students were also able to engage in community service at SLLC on Monday afternoon. We were excited to be at the New Kingstown Fire Company to help with some Spring Cleaning! We were also able to "oooo and ahhhh" at the fire-trucks and other equipment the company had. It was very good to see the students working together to help the community, and I was proud of their hard work and efforts.

We were able to learn more about the Fire Company while also serving them!

SO MANY WINDOWS... rinse, scrub, wash off, and REPEAT

As a firefighter himself, Mr. Steinfelt was in his element!

It was rewarding to be able to get outside and give back!

Our conference T-Shirts matched the Fire Trucks!

Tuesday morning included a breakfast with our legislators, and the chance to tour the capital building. Many of the students from Athens had never visited the Capital before, so it was rewarding to see their faces and reactions as we walked through the gorgeous building.

It was an early morning, but we were excited for the chance to meet and greet with our legislators!

The Capital Building is beautiful, and we were lucky to have such nice weather!

Finally, we rounded off the trip with the 20 minute drive to my own family's farm. I was so excited for my father and older sister to be able to meet Mr. Steinfelt, my cooperating teacher, as well as six of my students. It was nice to be able to share a little bit of my life and home with these students and my cooperating teacher, who mean so much to me!