WAAE MEMBER SIGN-UP
Please complete the WAAE Dues Invoice when signing up for yearly membership when you do not attend the Annual Professional Development Conference. Contact executivedirector@waae.com if you have any questions or call 715-821-2432.
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WAAE LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP
Upon completing 35 years of WAAE membership, life membership is automatically conferred. In the event a member retires with at least 30 years of membership they will receive life membership. Other life memberships may be conferred by a 2/3 vote of the Board of Directors.
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WAAE ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Any business who wants to support Wisconsin's agricultural educators can join here. Please click on "WAAE Organizational Membership" for the link. We appreciate your support all year long.
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Leadership Opportunities
WAAE encourages its members to actively participate in leadership opportunities through the organization. Such opportunities help individuals to grow professionally, serve the organization, and help advance Wisconsin Ag Ed.
“Our agriculture teacher’s ability to stay connected with other agricultural educators through WAAE is invaluable. The knowledge base and leadership ability our teacher has gained far outweighs the substitute costs associated with their attending professional development opportunities.”
~ Wayne Weber, Superintendent, Rosendale-Brandon School District
Agricultural educators are essential to teaching the next generation of agriculturalists and ensuring the long-term success of Wisconsin’s agriculture industry. WAAE provides training opportunities and a collaborative network to mentor beginning teachers, retain experienced teachers, and sustain strong agricultural education programs across the state.
~ Randy Romanski, Secretary of Wisconsin DATCP
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Partnerships
WAAE actively engages in a variety of partnerships to support our members. These have direct benefits like idea-sharing synergies and supportive relationships. There are also indirect benefits of elevating and advance the entire Ag Ed program and profession.
Mentorships: WAAE supports all new and early-career teachers, including assigning formal mentors, hosting monthly webinar series, special program at the Professional Development Conference. Visit for more details and resources.
Peer Networking: Mid- and late-career teachers are energized by social and professional interactions with one-another. It elevates the rapport and morale, as well as helps their programs continue to flourish with new ideas. These peer-to-peer exchanges happen naturally during the WAAE sponsored and supported professional development events.
Legislative Advocacy: WAAE has two annual legislative advocacy activities, and provides resources for members to do their own efforts. During times of contentious legislative decisions, WAAE increases its grassroots efforts. One annual activity facilitated by WAAE is the annual "FFA Day on the Hill". The other is annual participation with full expenses paid for 3-4 members to attend the National Policy Seminar in Washington D.C.
Team Ag Ed Collaboration: WAAE is an active member of Wisconsin Team Ag Ed, the entity that pulls together all Ag Ed-related organizations to plan and execute ways to improve the state and local level Ag Ed programming.
Business and Organizational Cooperation: Healthy cooperation with businesses and organizations helps WAAE members to have the most relevant content for use within their Ag Ed programs. WAAE invites such groups to submit proposals to facilitate workshops during our annual Professional Development Conference. We also invite groups to exhibit during our Educational Expo at the conference.
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Professional Development
Wisconsin Agricultural Education offers professional development for its instructors in various formats throughout the year. WAAE supports the programming at different levels, depending on the events.
Year-Round
- Experience Retired Educator Mentors for New Teachers Program
- Awards & Recognition
- Live What We Teach Series
June
- Region III Conference - National/Regional Event, Stipends for WAAE members
- WAAE Professional Development Conference - Statewide Event
October/November/December
- Fall DPI In-Services - DPI Sectional Event, Supported by WAAE
- National FFA Leadership Conferences - State FFA Event with WAAE PD programming
- NAAE - National Event, Stipends for WAAE members
January
- Half-Time FFA Conference - State FFA Event with WAAE PD programming
March
- National Policy Seminar - National ACTE Event, WAAE sends representatives
- National FFA Leadership Conferences - State FFA Event with WAAE PD programming
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