AGED 275 Community, School and Program Information Project

Overview

Completing this assignment allows you to develop a big picture view of an agricultural education program and compare different programs. The profile will be based on the main sections of the National Quality Program Standards and AFNR content standards. You will need to gather the information and write a paper summarizing the information. Students who visited multiple programs can pick one for this assignment. You do not need to complete multiple profiles.

Please use school websites and other resources to find this information. Do not send this list to the teacher you are working with for them to provide all of this information. Only ask the teacher to provide information after you have tried all other sources.

I. Community Context

• What community/communities does the school district include?
• What are the populations of these communities?
• How many different school buildings are part of the school district?
• What grades attend each building?

II. School Context

• How many students attend the school?
• Which Career and Technical Education programs beyond agricultural Education does the school offer in addition to agricultural education? (Business, Family and Consumer Science, Health Science, Marketing, and Technology/Industrial Technology & Enginnering)

III. Agricultural Education Curriculum

Prepare a table that shows which course(s) in the program help students learn the content in the different sections of the National AFNR Standards. A sample table is provided in Canvas.

• Career Ready Practices (CRP): Encompasses fundamental skills and practices that all students should acquire to be career ready.
• AFNR Cluster Skills (CS): Encompasses the study of fundamental knowledge and skills related to all AFNR professions
• Agribusiness Systems (ABS): The student will demonstrate competence in the application of principles and techniques for the development and management of agribusiness systems.
• Animal Systems (AS): The student will demonstrate competence in the application of scientific principles and practices to the production and management of animals.
• Biotechnology Systems (BS): Pathway Content Standard: The student will demonstrate competence in the application of scientific principles and techniques to biotechnology in agriculture.
• Environmental Service Systems (ESS): The student will demonstrate competence in the application of scientific principles and techniques to the management of environmental service systems.
• Food Products and Processing Systems (FPP): The student will demonstrate competence in the application of scientific principles, practices and techniques in the processing, storage and development of food products.
• Natural Resource Systems (NRS): The student will demonstrate competence in the application of scientific principles and techniques to the management of natural resources.
• Plant Systems (PS): The student will demonstrate competence in the application of scientific principles and techniques to the production and management of plants.
• Power, Structural and Technical Systems (PST): The student will demonstrate competence in the application of principles and techniques for the development and management of power, structural and technical systems.

The full National Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (AFNR) Career Cluster Content Standards are available online at https://www.ffa.org/thecouncil/afnr

IV. Agricultural Education Facilities

Describe the facilities used by the program to provide quality learning experiences. Provide the size and general features of each facility. This could include classroom, ag mechanics lab, animal lab, aquaculture lab, food science lab, greenhouse and/or land lab.

V. FFA

• How many members does the FFA Chapter have?
• How does the chapter fund activities?
• How does the chapter select officers?
• What unique activities does the FFA Chapter complete each year?

VI. Supervised Agricultural Experience

• Approximately what percentage of students enrolled in agricultural education classes complete an SAE?
• Approximately what percentage of FFA Chapter members complete an SAE?
• What are the most common types of SAEs completed by students at that school?
• What SAE record keeping system is used?

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