AEA 9 Agriculture POS

Standards and Benchmarks:

National Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Career Cluster Content Standards

Course Sequence:

Introduction to Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (1 sequential unit)

Principles of Agricultural Sciences - Plant (1 sequential unit)

Principles of Agricultural Sciences - Animal Science (1 sequential unit)

Critical Competencies:

List of all ten

State-Agreed-Upon critical competencies. (Quia vote by HS/CC instructors). Reviewed and accepted by the Governor's Council on Agricultural Education (2/7/12).

Technical Skill Assessments:

The Technical Skill assessments are housed on pages by topic and can be found by following these links:

Intro to AFNR (1 sequential unit)

Plant Science (1 sequential unit)

Animal Science (1 sequential unit)

Post Secondary and Advisory Council Approval of Critical Competencies:

An _______ ____ Regional Advisory Council has been created that will work with ___________ Community College to approve and oversee our Critical Competencies. Our first meeting was in ___________ of ______. At that meeting, all critical competencies were approved. We will work with this council to continuously review and revise the critical competencies if the council sees a need.

Post Secondary and Advisory Council Approval of Technical Skill Assessments:

An _______ _____ Regional Advisory Council has been created that will work with _________ Community College to approve and oversee our Critical Competencies. Our first meeting was in _________ of ________. At that meeting, all Technical Skill Assessments were approved. We will work with this council to continuously review and revise the technical skill assessments if the council sees a need.

Drawing Board and Signature Sheet:

This link will take you to the Drawing Boards and Signature Sheet for each district.

Drawing Board Template Signature Sheet Template

Plan for Annual Review of Entire Program of Study:

The annual review for the model Agricultural Education Program of Study will take place at our spring Regional Advisory Council meeting. During this meeting, our standards and benchmarks, course sequence, critical competencies, and technical skill assessments will be presented for review and approval by____________Community College and Regional Advisory Council members. These members include ___________________ Community College Ag program supervisors, professors, industrial partners, and retired teachers. Upon approval by our Regional Advisory Council members, our teachers will work to fully implement their Programs of Study.