1. Formulate a training schedule for the team.
2. Demonstrate career development event best practices to students.
3. Review agricultural and leadership content and discuss with students.
4. Test student skills and practice to strengthen weaker skills.
5. Support students in their preparation for these competitive events.

1. Plan chapter officer leadership trainings, state fair, and Washington Leadership Conference, including transportation, meals, and lodging.
2. Determine appropriate agendas for the field trips that support continued student learning.
3. Ensure student safety on field trips including first aid, emergency contacts, emergency action plans, and preventative preparedness measures.
4. Follow school policies and procedures to ensure student physical safety.
5. Develop activities to supplement planned field trip events including, but not limited to student reflection, photographic documentation of trip, social media promotion of trip, etc.
6. Execute a successful field trip to promote student learning.

1. Visit student SAE programs and critique them for educational value and quality of project.
2. Measure student agricultural learning.
3. Manage student projects, coordinating students with similar projects.
4. Teach students record keeping best practices and monitor their progress in record keeping.
5. Inspect student record books.
6. Assist students with exhibiting their SAE projects.

1. In conjunction with students, develop a program of activities that may include leadership development, community service, and other chapter events and activities.
2. Demonstrate how to properly run a business meeting using parliamentary procedure.
3. Integrate FFA activities into the agricultural education annual calendar (fundraisers, community service, etc.)
4. Manage FFA chapter finances and secure materials needed for positive student outcomes (supplies, FFA jackets, FFA paraphernalia, etc.)
5. Work with parents, alumni, and supporters to manage volunteers for the betterment of the chapter.

1. Write lesson plans and other teaching plans based on the content standards and approved course of study.
2. Present instructional material to students.
3. Monitor student progress and evaluate student learning through questioning, quizzes, tests, assignments, writings, discussion, and other measures.
4. Plan materials for labs and purchase or otherwise coordinate those materials for the class.
5. Prepare the classroom for each day’s lesson.
6. Assign grades to students based on their performance and proficiency of the material.
7. Work with at-risk, special needs, and other populations of students requiring special attention to ensure they receive a balanced education.
8. Communicate with students regarding tardy assignments and/or behavior or performance that doesn’t live up to standards.
9. Communicate with parents regarding their student’s performance.
10. Comply with school policies on taking attendance, reporting attendance, reporting grades, and other school based communications.

1. Design a public relations plan to promote the agriculture education program and FFA chapter via press releases, social media, etc.
2. Apply skills to assist students with degree, award, and registration applications.

1. Agricultural Power and Technology: Shop Safety
2. Agricultural Power and Technology: Tool Operation
3. Agricultural Power and Technology: Materials Selection & Use
4. Agricultural Power and Technology: Fabrication
5. Agricultural Power and Technology: Energy & Power
6. Agricultural Power and Technology: Machinery Management
7. Agricultural Power and Technology: Engineering
8. Agricultural Power and Technology: Technology Applications
9. Animal science: History and Use of Animals
10. Animal science: Animal Handling and Safety
11. Animal science: Cells and Tissues
12. Animal science: Animal Nutrition
13. Animal science: Animal Reproduction
14. Animal science: Genetics
15. Animal science: Animal Health
16. Animal science: Animal Products
17. Animal science: Marketing
18. Animal science: Selection
19. Plant science: Soils
20. Plant science: Anatomy and Physiology
21. Plant science: Taxonomy
22. Plant science: Growing Environment
23. Plant science: Reproduction
24. Plant science: Pest and Disease Management
25. Plant science: Crop Production
26. Plant science: Marketing
27. Natural Resources and Ecology: Conservation, Preservation, Exploitation
28. Natural Resources and Ecology: Mother Earth
29. Natural Resources and Ecology: Water Works;
30. Natural Resources and Ecology: Lighter than Air
31. Natural Resources and Ecology: Earth's Energy
32. Natural Resources and Ecology: Flora and Fauna
33. Natural Resources and Ecology: Farming, Forestry, and Ferrous
34. Animal and Plant Biotechnology: Laboratory Protocols & Safety
35. Animal and Plant Biotechnology: Cells
36. Animal and Plant Biotechnology: DNA & Protein
37. Animal and Plant Biotechnology: Genetically Modified Organisms
38. Animal and Plant Biotechnology: Micropropagation
39. Animal and Plant Biotechnology: Polymerase Chain Reaction
40. Animal and Plant Biotechnology: Research in Biotechnology
41. Food Science and Safety: Chemistry of Food
42. Food Science and Safety: Safety of Our Food
43. Food Science and Safety: Food Processing Preservation and Packaging
44. Food Science and Safety: Food Health and Security
45. Food Science and Safety: Preference and Product Availability
46. Food Science and Safety: Preference and Product Availability
47. Food Science and Safety: Food Product Development
48. Mechanical Systems in Agriculture: (Electrical Systems, Structural Systems, Energy Systems, Machine Service and Maintenance, Geographic Information & Global Position Systems, Mechanical Design & Management)
49. Mechanical Systems in Agriculture: Electrical Systems
50. Mechanical Systems in Agriculture: Structural Systems
51. Mechanical Systems in Agriculture: Energy Systems
52. Mechanical Systems in Agriculture: Machine Service and Maintenance
53. Mechanical Systems in Agriculture: Geographic Information & Global Position Systems
54. Mechanical Systems in Agriculture: Mechanical Design & Management
55. Environmental Science Issues: Issue Analysis
56. Environmental Science Issues: Biodiversity
57. Environmental Science Issues: Industrial Impacts
58. Environmental Science Issues: Agriculture and Environmental Interactions
59. Environmental Science Issues: Research Projects

Methods and management techniques in agricultural mechanics laboratories. Emphasis will be on safety, mechanical skills development and management of students, facilities, equipment, and materials.

Experiences will involve the study of animal anatomy, physiology, behavior, nutrition, reproduction, health, selection, and marketing. For example, skills in meeting the nutritional needs of animals while developing balanced, economical rations. Throughout the course, students will consider the perceptions and preferences of individuals within local, regional, and world markets. It will include characteristics of animal science and work on major projects and problems similar to those that animal science specialists, such as veterinarians, zoologists, livestock producers, and industry personnel, face in their respective careers. Participants will investigate, experiment, and learn about documenting a project, solving problems, and communicating their solutions to their peers and members of the professional community. Topics covered: • History and Use of Animals • Animal Handling and Safety • Cells and Tissues • Animal Nutrition • Animal Reproduction • Genetics • Animal Health • Animal Products, Selection, and Marketing

Participants will learn how to apply scientific knowledge and skills to use plants effectively for agricultural and horticultural production. Participants will discover the value of plant production and its impact on the individual, the local, and the global economy. Lessons throughout the course will provide an overview of the field of agricultural science with a foundation in plant science. These lessons include working in teams and exploring hands-on projects. Students will work on major projects and problems similar to those that plant science specialists, such as horticulturalists, agronomists, greenhouse and nursery managers, and plant research specialists, face in their respective careers. Topics include: • Soils • Anatomy and Physiology • Taxonomy • Growing Environment • Reproduction • Pest and Disease Management • Crop Production and Marketing

Participation in the management and operation of a diversified farm. The class is responsible for the plans, records, and decisions for buying and selling the farm's livestock, crops, and equipment. Special speakers on current topics. May be taken for credit 3 times at different times of the year with permission of the instructor.

Biological principles of growing horticultural crops including anatomy, reproduction, light, temperature, water, nutrition, and growth and development. Laboratory exercises emphasize environmental factors and permit detailed observation of plant growth.

Participants will explore hands-on projects and activities while studying topics such as land use, water quality, stewardship, and environmental agencies. Study of the natural world including biomes, land, air, water, energy, use and care as well as a focus on issues surrounding man's interaction with the Earth will be addressed in this course. Participants will select an ecosystem to study throughout the course and apply principles of natural resources and ecology from each unit of study to that ecosystem. Topics covered: • Conservation, Preservation, Exploitation • Water Works • Lighter than Air • Earth's Energy • Flora and Fauna • Farming, Forestry, and Ferrous

Leadership principles and strategies to influence and motivate team members to achieve personal, professional, and entrepreneurial goals in production agriculture, agricultural education, and agricultural organizations.

Forty hours on-site in an agricultural setting. Students will have an opportunity outside the classroom for career guidance, role modeling, and reflection on their observations that they can apply to their courses and other educational experiences.

Historical development of agricultural education programs. Philosophic premises, program goals and objectives. Educational and social issues impacting the implementation of agricultural education programs.

Topics include: principles of teaching and learning, individualized and group methods, application of learning, instructional management, special populations, and evaluation.

Supervised teaching in public schools. The primary purpose of student teaching is to provide the student the opportunity to experience, in depth, the full role and meaning of teaching in a school setting. Specific emphasis is given to: • the analysis of teaching and learning; • the preconditions of learning; • the organization of instructional content; • adapting methods and techniques to organization and content; • the logical process of teaching; and • principles of self-evaluation This broad pattern of experiences includes planning and organizing for instruction, developing classroom teaching competencies and skills, evaluating pupil progress, participating in extra-class activities, working with special school personnel, and utilizing school and community resources in the instructional program.

Utilizing instructional methods, techniques, and problem solving, presentation and sales strategies with agricultural audiences. Examination of policies, expert recommendations, and developmentally appropriate practices for using technology and digital media as learning tools for students. Design and production of media and the operation of hardware and software for grades 5-12 educational use. Includes selection and use of various educational technologies within an instructional design framework. Students explore how project, problem and inquiry-based learning can be enhanced through technology. Using research as the foundation, students will experience and design blended learning environments where technology tools expand students' opportunities to learn and create. Strategies for instruction, differentiation, and assessment for addressing the cognitive characteristics and needs of adolescents. Primary focus is on the application of psychological research and theory to: 1) academic learning, 2) classroom instruction, and 3) student assessment in the classroom.