2024 NAAE Convention

The purpose of the Member Experience committee is to provide insight and recommendations on the value of the NAAE organization and review the perceptions that current and prospective members have about NAAE.

Need ready to use classroom ideas? Come visit the "Seasoned Owls" workshop. With over 70 years of combined educational experiences, the workshop will provide ready to use activities in a variety of disciplines, from wildlife to bell ringers to food science. Laugh, network and ask questions. The Seasoned Owls have experience with NAAE Leadership, classroom management and want to help you have a successful, less-stressed year!

In this session, participants will gain practical skills to execute a hands-on contamination activity tailored for their educational settings. Beginning with a short formal lecture, participants will expand their understanding of meat and food handling, covering fundamental techniques, common contamination sources, and transmission pathways. This comprehensive understanding will be put into action through the engaging 'Contamination Lab'. Participants will handle both potentially contaminated and uncontaminated meat and food products (glogerm). Subsequently, they will employ a black light to visualize the extent of glogerm contamination. Through this experiential exercise, attendees will connect the knowledge gained from the lecture with real-world observations.