Glenwood City School District

CTE NEWS UPDATE!

The Glenwood City Agriculture Department received the Agriculture in the Classroom Grant for $1000! Ag in the classroom supports ongoing efforts to teach agriculture skills and practices in the classroom. The grant is a matching grant that has been partnered with the Glenwood City FFA Alumni. The alumni contributed $500, and Ag in the Classroom donates the other $500. This year's grant money will be used to address the first year challenges that arose with the Learning to Grow Center such as weed control, fruit trellising, raised boxes, and additional fruit!

Career Technical Education

GCSD Career and Technical Education

Mr. Weikel and his students celebrate success at FCCLA Nationals!

Wildlife guru's learning about whitetail conservation and antler scoring preceding the 2019 deer season.

John and Kinzie work to balance cattle rations using the
Pearson Square method.

Lily Rutske competes in Agriculture Skills Competition at Chippewa Valley Technical College for Horticulture!

Blast off!

William Eggert at Fair Oaks Dairy on his way to National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Mr. Weikel and his students celebrate success at FCCLA Nationals!

FCCLA members pause for a photo after competition success!

A future electrician learning his craft!

Eliza, Calli, and Bella having fun at the Worlds Toughest Rodeo at the Excel Energy Center in St. Paul!

Testing bridge designs in Mr. Wannemacher's shop!

Our Goal:

Career and Technical Education in the Glenwood City School District prepares our students for high demand occupations in a rapidly growing economy. Students involved in CTE courses are met with rigorous and high quality education, helping them step up to the career and post-secondary challenges after high school. Our CTE programming strives to create well rounded students who can successfully compete in todays competitive workforce.

AGRICULTURE SCIENCE
Instructor: Sean VanderWaal

Students who leave our agriculture program will leave as responsible consumers of information and agricultural products. Courses within agriculture are focused on industry standards as well as a connection to the real life and real world that our students become a part of when they leave. From learning to grow food to understanding the intricacies of dairy reproduction, our agriculture courses have life skills to offer each individual student. Agriculture can be an extremely fun and useful tool for anyone!

FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE
Instructor: David Weikel

My CTE area is important for students to take because all of my classes are able to relate to a students life regardless of their current position and what their future plans are. All students should have at least a basic understanding of food preparation, clothing maintenance, housing and interior design as well as child development. This is because all of our students have aspirations to live on their own and be independent, and the classes that I teach help them to get there.

My interest in teaching Family & Consumer Science started with a focus on the area of foods, but as I took more classes in high school, I realized that all of the areas that fall under the FCS umbrella were not only interesting but would directly apply to my life. This interest combined with an interest in education is what brought me to where I am today. Between deciding to be a FCS teacher and my current position at Glenwood I have taught FCS in three different states and have worked in a butcher shop and a grocery store. All of these experiences are brought together in my teaching to help provide the students with interesting and relevant knowledge related to my subject.

TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
Instructor: Mike Wannemacher

I became a teacher because I appreciated the caring teachers and the hands-on classes that I had when I was in school, more precisely, the teachers that "tricked" me into learning. Now I enjoy tricking my students into learning. I will often quiz students when they finish a project, I love it when they comment that they did not realize all that they were learning while working on their project. Every student is capable of learning, however most students have higher success with a "hands-on" approach. I believe that by allowing students to physically interact with their learning environment, that they will have a better understanding of the lesson and will be able to retain more of what they learned. Like the Chinese Proverb.... "tell me - I forget" .... "show me - I remember" .... "involve me - I understand." I also like the following quote:

"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten."
- B.F. Skinner

Post Secondary Partnerships

Chippewa Valley Technical College

Post Secondary Partnerships

Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College

CTSO Organization

National FFA Organization

CTSO Organization

FCCLA

CTSO Organization

SkillsUSA