Georgia Performance Standards & Career Pathways in Agriculture Education

1. Agribusiness Manager Agricultural Accountant Agricultural Aviator Agricultural Biotechnologist Agricultural Economist Agricultural Education Teacher Agricultural Engineer Agricultural Inspector Agricultural Insurance Agent Agricultural Journalist Agricultural Lawyer Agricultural Photographer Agricultural Sales Representative Agricultural Statistician Agritourism Manager Agronomist Alternate Animal Producer Animal Behaviorist Animal Nutritionist Animal Pathologist Animal Scientist Animal Trainer Arborist Artificial Inseminator Association Representative Auctioneer Avian Veterinarian Beef Producer Beekeeper Biochemist Biological Engineer Biological Scientist Biological Technician Bioterrorism Specialist Botanist Chemical Dealer Chemical Sales Representative Christmas Tree Farmer Climatologist Commercial Fisherman Commodities Broker Commodity Inspector Consulting Forester Cooperative Extension Agent Crop Consultant Crop Producer Custom Spray Operator Dairy Producer Ecologist Electrician Entomologist Environmental Engineer Environmental Scientist Epidemiologist Equipment Dealer Equipment Manufacturer Equipment Mechanic Extension Specialist Farm Appraiser Farm Manager Farm Supply Store Operator Farrier Fencing Contractor Fertilizer Sales Representative Fish Farmer Fish Hatchery Manager Fisheries Scientist Floral Designer Florist Food Processor Food Scientist Forest Ranger Forester Fruit and Nut Producer Game Animal Farmer Game Warden Garden Center Manager Geneticists Geographic Information Systems Specialist Golf Course Superintendent Greenhouse Manager Greenskeeper Grounds Manager Horse Trainer Horticultural Scientist Hunting and Fishing Guide Hydrologist Ichthyologist Interior landscape Specialists Irrigation Specialists Laboratory Animal Manager Laboratory Technician Land Use Specialist Landscape Architect Landscape Contractor Lawn Care Specialist Limnologist Livestock Broker Loan Officer Logging Specialist Lumber Sales Marine Biologist Meat Processor Meat Scientist Meteorological Analyst Microbiologist Nematologist Nursery Manager Nursery Worker Nutritionist Organic Farmer Ornithologist Parasitologist Park Ranger Pet Care Worker Pharmacologist Pick-Your-Own Producer Plant Pathologist Poultry Field Service Technician Poultry Processor Poultry Producer Poultry Scientist Produce Dealer Reproductive Physiologist Research Forester Scientific Illustrator Small Animal Breeder Soil Conservationist Soil Scientist Surveyor Swine Producer Tax Consultant Technical Sales Representative Technical Writer Timber Procurement Forester Toxicologist Tree Surgeon Turf Grower Turf Manager Turf Scientist Vegetable Farmer Veterinarian Veterinary Assistant Veterinary Technician Viticulturist Waste Management Specialist Water Specialist Welder Wildlife Biologist Zoo Keeper Zoologist Georgia Performance Standards& Career Pathways in Agriculture Education Georgia Agriculture Education Teachers Conference Savannah, GA July 10, 2007

2. Objectives • Orient to Career Clusters – Career Pathways • Orient to GPS and Pathways • Review all Career Pathways in Ag Ed • Review intro course – core curriculum for Ag Ed • Review courses in the sequence for each pathway • Help teachers be proactive in planning for GPS and Pathways • Prepare a 5 year rotation of course offerings • Oriented teachers to GeorgiaStandards.org • Oriented teachers to Careerclusters.org • Deal with courses not in a pathway • Help you determine pathways to offer • Answer all your questions – well, most of them at least.

3. What’s New in Curriculum? • QCC Conversion to GPS • Career Clusters - Pathways

5. The What and Why of Career Clusters - Pathways See www.careercluster.org • A grouping of related careers • To prepare today's students for tomorrow • To help students achieve in challenging subjects • Career clusters link what students learn in school with the knowledge and skills they need for success in college and careers. • The connection to future goals motivates students to work harder and enroll in more rigorous courses. • Career clusters identify pathways from secondary school to two- and four-year colleges, graduate school, and the workplace.

6. Pathways

7. Georgia Ag Ed PathwaysPeach State Pathways

8. Georgia Curriculum Development • Three course sequence developed for each pathway • Standards and elements developed for each course

9. Courses in Pathways • Agriscience • Basic Agricultural Science and Technology • Plant Science Biotechnology • Animal Science Biotechnology • Agricultural Mechanics (DRAFT) • Ag. Mechanics Tech I • Ag. Mechanics Tech II • Ag. Mechanics Tech III • Agribusiness Management (DRAFT) • Ag Leadership and Program Development • Agricultural Business and Management • Cooperative Sales and Marketing I • Horticulture • General Horticulture • Floriculture Production and Management • Nursery and Landscape • Animal Science (DRAFT) • Basic Agricultural Science and Technology • Agricultural Animal Production and Management • Animal Science and Biotechnology • Forestry/Natural Resources • Forestry Science I • Wildlife Management • Natural Resources Management

10. What’s Good about GPS and Pathways? • Complete review of curriculum • Education career plans • Correlation with academic standards • Focus on core – but keep supplemental courses

11. Plans for Phase III • Pathways • Animal Science • Agricultural Mechanics • Agribusiness Management • Teams • Timeline • Development in 2007- 2008 • Implemented in 2008 - 2009

12. Student Population Definitions • Participant – a secondary student enrolled in an Ag Ed class • Concentrator – a student who earns 4 or more units in CTEA courses, of which three are in an area of concentration • Completer – a student who completes a series of 3 or more prescribed courses in a pathway

13. What’s Next? • End of pathway testing • Certificates for completers • Articulation with post-secondary schools

14. How many pathways should a teacher or program offer? • One teacher department? • Two teacher department with Young Farmer teacher? • Multi-teacher department?

15. Course Rotation (Example)

16. Need for a Common Ag Ed Course • Agricultural Science and Technology • The core curriculum of Ag Ed • The course would not be a pre-requisite • The course would be a course in all pathways

17. Notes & Questions • Each student will be counseled and have a career plan • One-person Ag Ed programs have to plan carefully so students can complete a pathway and still offer courses students need • The graduation rule and career clusters • What happens if a program has no completers? • Volume of course content • What happens to courses not in a pathway? • How can a teacher account for ‘local curriculum needs’? • How about Middle School GPS/QCC? • What is a Roll-Out program? • Lesson plan development plans • How do I get on a curriculum committee?

18. Phase III • Work sessions for Phase III are scheduled from 8 am to 4 pm at Houston County High School in Warner Robins. • August 25, 2007 (Facilitators Only) • September 29, 2007 • October 20, 2007 • November 17, 2007 • December 8, 2007 • January 5, 2008 • Honorarium

19. Questions?