Program Planning

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Program Planning
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Areas Involved

• Setting Priorities
• Curriculum
• Inventory
• Community Survey
• Advisory Committees
• Materials

• Contests Awards
• Evaluation
• Housekeeping
• Public Relations
• Marketing

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Setting Priorities

• State Required Curriculum Frameworks
• Student Needs
• Teacher Knowledge
• Community/Region Needs
• School Needs
• Global Perspective

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Curriculum Sources

• State Adopted text books
• Additional text books
• Curriculum Materials
• Missouri
• Texas
• Cal Poly
• Others
• Web Sources

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Community Survey

• Opportunities for students
• Businesses in town
• Types of agricultural enterprises
• Student interests
• School faculty and administration

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Advisory Committees

• Past program students
• Community leaders
• Parents
• Business Industry leaders
• Financial institution leaders

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Advisory Committees

• Studying the community to determine needs
• Evaluating the present program of the dept.
• Studying the need for extending and broadening
  the program.
• Developing objectives for the program.

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Advisory Committees

• Considering ways of evaluating the objectives
  suggested.
• Helping in publicizing the suggested program for
  the reaction of the community.
• Determining national and state standards that
  should apply locally.

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Advisory Committees

• Considering the facilities needed to carry on the
  annual program and future facility needs for the
  long-term.
• Considering ways of improving the programs
  public relations.
• Supporting sponsoring courses for out
  -of-school young adults.
• Supporting and sponsoring adult courses.

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Inventory

• Timely maintenance and up-keep/repair
• Stay current with new technology
• Planning for classes and student needs
• Purchasing

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Materials

• Planning based on courses, units, skills
• Purchased
• Donations
• Amounts
• Types
• Storage
• Funding Source

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Timely Maintenance, Up-keep and Repair

• Why?
• When?
• Who is involved?

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Planning for Classes and Student Needs

• Why?
• When?
• How?
• Who is Involved?
• What is involved?

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Purchasing

• Lab Shop materials
• Wood, steel, gasses,
• Fasteners, glues, paints, rods, wire,
• Brooms, shop rags,
• Extension cords, etc.
• Tools and Equipment
• Hand, portable power, stationary power
• Text Books, office supplies

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Contests Awards

• Ag-Mechanics
• District
• State
• National
• Ag-Electricity
• District
• State

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Contests Awards

• SAEP
• Proficiency Awards
• State FFA Degree
• National FFA Degree

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Evaluation/Assessment

• Set standards up front
• Be Consistent
• Let students know what the assignments are and
  the value (knowledge, skills acquired and grade
  earned) of them by connecting them to the real
  world.
• Allow for opportunity to improve.
• Keep track of grades.

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Housekeeping

• Keep a clean shop and classroom
• Organize materials
• Organize tools and equipment
• Paint
• Good lighting
• Safety zones
• Students clean-up after every class
• Teach/train students for this in your class

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Public Relations - Image
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Public Relations

• What image do you want?
• Set goals
• Prioritize
• Involve students
• Involve community (internal external)
• Communicate student successes to community
• Displays