Agribusiness Management & Leadership

Google Classroom

Join our class on google classroom! We will be using this more often than itslearning as it is a bit more user friendly. Use the link below, or click on the google classroom picture to be directed to our room. Our class code is:

agbathm

Course Description

This Agribusiness Management & Leadership course provides a foundation for students interested in pursuing a degree in agribusiness through post-secondary study or to enter the agribusiness industry upon graduation from high school. The student will demonstrate competence in the application of principles and practices of agribusiness management and leadership. The course will help students build a strong knowledge base of the agribusiness industry as they study agribusiness types, business management, financial analysis, communications, agricultural law, leadership and teamwork, ethics, and agricultural economics. Mastery of these standards through project-based learning and leadership development activities in the FFA and supervised agricultural experience program will help prepare students for post-secondary study or entry into agribusiness.

Course Policies & Procedures

Attendance/Tardiness: Students are expected to attend class every school day. The teacher will take role at the beginning of each class period, if you are not there when role is taken, then you are considered late and must get a pass from the front office. Absences are excused based upon the school's attendance policies.

Late/Make-up Work: Policies for each of these will follow the procedures provided in the Student Handbook.

Classroom Behavior: Students are responsible for following all classroom rules & expectations. As the instructor, I am going to treat you with respect and will try to treat you as the young adults you are. I ask that you show your classmates and myself the same respect.

Behavior Consequences:

1. Verbal Warning and appropriate action consequence

2. After-School Detention

3. Parent Contact

4. Office Referral

Classroom Expectations include:

  • No Cellphones: part of this class is going to be teaching you how to be young professionals in the workplace, and build your employability skills. We will be utilizing the chrome books quite often during the school day, so you will not need your cellphone for school work. There is a charging station set up in the classroom with the following rules:
    • 1. Use by choice or if asked by your teacher
    • 2. Use the sign-in sheet to record which charging station your phone is in
    • 3. Phone MUST BE ON SILENT, not on vibrate
    • 4. Bring your own charger!
    • 5. Treat Other's devices as you would yours
    • 6. Once your device is plugged in, it stays there until the end of the period

If you cannot refrain from using your cell phone during class, you will be asked to take it to the charging station for the remainder of class. Excessive use of cell phone use, as determined by the instructor, may result in further disciplinary actions being taken.

  • Remain seated unless you have been given permission to leave the room.
  • Please remain quiet while the instructor, or other classmates are speaking. Having respect for your superiors and equals is a very important skill to learn before entering a career. We will practice this skill daily, especially during any presentations.

Grading Policy

Assignment Category

Daily Participation

Sub Work

Exams/Student Digital Portfolio

Projects

SAE Program

Work Ethics & Leadership Points

Required Forms & FFA Dues

Assignment Weight

4

3

3

4

5

4

2

Percentage of Total Grade

16%

12 %

12%

16 %

20 %

16 %

8 %

A: 90-100 B: 80-89 C: 70-79 F: 69 and Below

**Exam exemption policy for this course follows the policies in the student handbook. In addition to handbook policies, you must have completed an SAE, Leadership Points, and Required Forms & FFA Dues**

Assignment Descriptions

Daily Participation: We will learn and do something every day in class. Your participation in each activity is crucial to your learning experience. These daily grades can help improve your overall grade tremendously because there are so many of them.

Sub Work: Assignments given when I am out will be the only assignments you will NOT be able to make up, unless that student has been excused from school. If the student did not complete it while I was out, the should not receive the chance to do it when I am at school. Please follow directions completely and do your work as expected. If discretions are to occur, please email me and inform the substitute of your troubles.

Exams/Quizzes/Student Digital Portfolio: Throughout the course, we will be expected to create and keep up with a digital portfolio. This is used to evaluate the practical knowledge you have learned. Students will be provided class time to build their portfolios after each unit we complete. Exams will have study guides and bonus questions to provide you opportunities for extra credit. If you are not satisfied with your grade, you may retake a different version of the test, make corrections, or complete an assignment, which is up to the discretion of the instructor.

Projects/Presentations: Many of the assignments completed in this course will be project based. These projects are meant to help students learn how to communicate with peers, develop research skills, practice critical thinking, and learn how to self-evaluate their own learning. These assignments are meant as supplements to class instruction which allow me to determine comprehension while giving the students a chance to express their own creativity.

Work Ethics: The development of work ethics characteristics is designed to evaluate and encourage good work habits that ensure job retention and career advancement. Employability skills refer to the basic academic, interpersonal, reasoning, problem solving skills, and work ethics that, when transferred to the occupational settings, facilitate job acquisition, retention, and advancement. This semester, your work ethics grade will focus on the following characteristics and will comprise of 16% of your overall grade:

1. ATTENDANCE 6. PRODUCTIVITY

2. CHARACTER 7. ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS

3. TEAMWORK 8. COMMUNICATION

4. APPEARANCE 9. COOPERATION

5. ATTITUDE 10. RESPECT

Supervised Agricultural Experience Programs: Each student will be required to design and participate in a Supervised Agricultural Experience Program that occurs OUTSIDE of regular class house, as part of the three-circle model described above. The program will be unique to each student's interest and career aspirations. There will be three SAE checks throughout the semester, once a month, which will be used to evaluate your progress in your program. Checks are graded for completion, not based on the total number of hours progressed. Students will be completing their SAE record keeping through the online system, AET. Students will be provided login information during the first week of school which they should keep up with throughout the semester. Students will be provided a detailed rubric of what their program is expected to include, some of these expectations are:

  • Minimum of 20 hours completed and documents of a hands-on activity related to agriculture
  • Minimum of 6 pictures of the student actively working with their SAE program
  • Minimum of 12 journal entries logged into AET which includes details of what the student completed during each time they worked on their activity
  • SAE presentation to present your SAE program to myself and your classmates at the end of the school year

The instructor will be available anytime for questions, concerns, or help with their program. Pictures should be uploaded to student's digital portfolios by the required due date.

FFA/Leadership Points: The final component of the three circle model is FFA. Each student enrolled in an agricultural education class becomes an FFA member through affiliation. However, each student is highly encouraged to become an active member of the National FFA Organization. Georgia is the 3rd largest Organization in the country and provides ample amounts of opportunities for students to grow as leaders, serve their communities and explore options for careers. The FFA allows students who are interested in science, livestock, leadership, plants, natural resources, wildlife, mechanics, forestry, and public speaking the opportunity to take their skills to the next level. The FFA provides students opportunities at the local, state, and national level. The FFA provides many positive opportunities to its members worldwide, and is the largest student-led organization in the country.

Students will be required to earn 500 leadership points throughout the semester. To build upon the development of leadership, students will be required to learn FFA knowledge, compete in FFA events, and participate in other leadership opportunities each of which hold various point values, provided at the discretion of the instructor. Students will need to record and keep track of their activities. Other opportunities may be available for students to participate in - see instructor for more information.

Required Materials

  • 2" 3-ring binder or folder equivalent
  • 200 sheets of notebook paper
  • Pencils or pens
  • 3 fold Trifold
  • $21 FFA Dues**
    • FFA membership is required as part of being enrolled in an agricultural education course. Membership program dues will cover the affiliation cost for students to join FFA. The cost is $21 and will cover National, State, and Local dues. For students who have questions or concerns about this fee, please contact your teacher to discuss. Also, conferences, competitive events, and career-related field trips will require additional fees. (See grading policy)
  • We will be outside fairly often, so you are welcome to leave working boots or clothing in my classroom.
  • Materials can be provided with help from the teacher in special circumstances - please see instructor for more information.

Daily Agendas & Reminders

Each day when you come into class, there will be a page similar to this on the projector. This will show you our tentative agenda for the class period, along with reminders you will need to know about FFA or class activities.

Ag Leadership Agendas & Questions

Course Standards

**Please refer to the Georgia Performance Standards in regards to course content:

http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Documents/Agribusiness-Management-and-Leadership.pdf