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Agricultural EducationProgram Overview
Agricultural Structural Systems & Agricultural Fabrication and Emerging Technologies
Virginia Department of Education
August 13-27, 2015
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Dear Business Technical Panel Participant:
Thank you for your service to Agricultural Education in Virginia. Career and Technical Education (CTE) curriculum is revised approximately every three to five years—more if technology dictates. Once the business technical panel makes recommendations, a teacher panel assists in putting the recommendations into final format and in completing all aspects of the curriculum framework.
As you follow the directions that will be provided by a writer-editor from the CTE Resource Center, please keep in mind our goals of rigor and relevance for the curriculum revision. We want to be sure we are providing instructional opportunities for the latest and future procedures, technology, and careers.
The following PowerPoint slides will help you understand today’s CTE and future directions for Agricultural Education in Virginia. Please let me know if there are any questions that I can answer as you work through the revision process. Again, thank you for your time and service.
Best wishes,
Carly Woolfolk
Specialist, Agricultural Education and Related Clusters
804-225-2045
carly.woolfolk@doe.virginia.gov
Curriculum Review Process--A Letter to the Participant
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Curriculum Review Team Process Business Technical Panel Teacher Team follows recommendations of
business technical panel
Curriculum Review Leaders Carly Woolfolk, Specialist, Agricultural Education
and Related Clusters Taylor Mooney, Writer-Editor, CTE Resource
Center
Curriculum Review Process
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ObjectiveDevelop current and futuristic, relevant, and rigorous curriculum competencies that will prepare students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for today’s global workforce.
Curriculum Review Process
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Guiding Questions
Does the curriculum have the rigor needed for related career requirements?
Does the curriculum provide the instructional and work-based learning experiences to prepare students for credentialing and continuing education?
What experiences or applications may be provided to cultivate workplace readiness skills and employability?
Curriculum Review Process
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Agricultural Education includes programs of study designed to prepare students for careers in horticulture, agricultural business, natural resources management, agricultural machinery and production agriculture. The preparation for these careers fall into seven (7) pathways in the Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources career cluster.
Agricultural Educationin Virginia
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Agricultural Education emphasizes the development of skills in all aspects of agricultural businesses and industries, including planning, management, safety, finances and leadership.
Through participation in the FFA student organization, students have opportunities to apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom.
Agricultural Educationin Virginia
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The Agriculture MiracleFrom 1982-2007: Land used fell from 54% to
51%of U.S. land area, Farming used 30-
40% less labor. Production
continuedto grow
Changing Science and Technology Agriculture relies more on technology as a source of
growth than other sectors of the economy Technology-led growth accounted for 13% of growth in
industrial output, it accounted for 117% of growth in agricultural output.
THEN NOW
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Vocational Education Career Technical Education
For a Few Students For All Students
For a Few “Jobs” For All “Careers”
6 to 7 “Program Areas”16 Career Clusters – 79 Career Pathways
In lieu of Academics Aligns/Supports Academics
Limited Articulation Portable, transferrable credit
Secondary vs. Post Secondary Secondary w/ Postsecondary
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What are Career Clusters?
Career Clusters are groupings of occupations and industries that are used for:Organizing curriculum design and
Career counseling and guidance
Organize academic and technical knowledge and skills into a coherent sequence
Identify pathways from secondary to postsecondary education
What Do Career Clusters Do?
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Knowledge & Skills
The foundational principle of career clusters/ pathways is that a set of knowledge and skills are shared with other occupations in a pathway and other pathways in a cluster: Cluster Level – academic and technical skills and
knowledge for all pathways within a cluster Pathway Level – academic and technical skills and
knowledge within each pathway Career Specialties - full range of career opportunities
within each pathway
The cluster level knowledge and skills are correlated with Workplace Readiness Skills for the Commonwealth.
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Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Architecture & Construction Arts, A/V Technology & Communications Business Management & Administration Education & Training Finance Government & Public Administration Health Science
Career Clustershttp://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/career_technical/career_clusters/index.shtml
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Hospitality & Tourism Human Services Information Technology Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security Manufacturing Marketing Science, Technology, Engineering &
Mathematics (STEM) Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
Career Clustershttp://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/career_technical/career_clusters/index.shtml
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The production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and resources including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, horticulture, and other plant and animal products/resources.
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Pathways: Food Products & Processing Systems Plant Systems Animal Systems Power, Structural & Technical Systems Natural Resources Systems Environmental Service Systems Agribusiness Systems
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Cluster Knowledge and Skills
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Career Cluster Programs/Plans of Study
The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 requires career cluster/pathway programs of study to expand connections between secondary and postsecondary education through the development and implementation of “programs of study.”
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Career Cluster Programs/Plans of Study, (Con’t.)
According to the Act, programs of study must: Incorporate secondary education and post-
secondary education elements;
Include academic and career and technical content in a coordinated, non-duplicative progression of courses;
Lead to an industry-recognized credential or certificate at the postsecondary level, or an associate or bachelor’s degree; and
Include the opportunity for secondary education students to participate in dual or concurrent enrollment programs or other ways to acquire postsecondary education credits.
Career Clusters in Virginia
All CTE courses are aligned with one or more career clusters and career pathways within those clusters based on the skills sets taught in the class.
Virginia’s Educational Resource System Online (VERSO) is organized by Career Clusters and Pathways. Career cluster and pathway alignments are listed in the Administrative Planning Guide, the Career Planning Guide, and Career and Technical Education Reporting System (CTERS) User’s Manual.
http://cteresource.org/verso/
http://www.cteresource.org/apg/
www.cteresource.org/cpg/
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/data_collection/instruction/career_tech/cters/users_manual.pdf
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Career Planning
Research shows that students who put a career plan in place during their high school years are 47 percent more likely to complete postsecondary education.
REMEMBER: We are helping students plan FOR LIFE, not just for high school graduation!
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Questions and Answers
Carly WoolfolkSpecialist, Agricultural Education and Related Clusters
Office of Career and Technical EducationVirginia Department of Education
Office of Career and Technical EducationP. O. Box 2120
Richmond, Virginia 23218-2120
General Questions Regarding Career and Technical Education should be sent to:cte@doe.virginia.gov; 804-225-2051
CTE Web site: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/career_technical/CTE Resource Center Web site: http://CTEresource.org
Note: The National Association of State Directors for Career Technical Education Consortium
(NASDCTEc) provided slides and input to this presentationhttp://www.careertech.org/ 25