Agricultural Education Content Standards
State Staff
State Staff (L-R): Donald Michael, Kelly Turley, Keith Burdette
The West Virginia FFA support staff provides services to members and advisors across the Mountain State. The team works out of the West Virginia Department of Education, located in the Capitol Complex in Charleston. State staff members include:
Donald Michael - Mr. Michael is the State Supervisor for Agricultural Education and serves as State FFA Advisor. He has been employed by the West Virginia Department of Education since 1973, working as an agriculture teacher before joining the department over 30 years ago.
Keith Burdette - Mr. Burdette is the State Coordinator for Agricultural Education and serves as State FFA Executive Secretary. He was an agriculture teacher for 18 years before joining the department of education staff in 2000.
Kelly Turley - Mrs. Turley joined the agricultural education family in June, 2004. She is a familiar face to many FFA advisors, however, having worked at the Cedar Lakes Conference Center (the State FFA-FHA Camp) since 1988.
