Plant Systems Standards

The National FFA Organization and The National Council for Agriculture Education are cooperating to lead this review of the Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (AFNR) Career Cluster Content Standards that teachers use to guide instruction. This review will allow us to determine the continued relevance of those standards.

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You are being asked to specifically focus on standards for the Plant Systems Career Cluster. Here are a few careers you might find in this Career Cluster:
Agronomy Sales and Management
Biosecurity Monitor
Crop Advisor
Entomologist
Extension Agent
Horticulturalist

Each standard is further defined by performance indicators and measurements. You will be asked to evaluate each level--standards, performance indicators and measurements.

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* 1. Please review each of the standards below. 

How strongly do you agree that each standard reflects essential industry knowledge and skills that students need to be ready for careers in Plant Systems?

  Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly Agree
PS.01. Develop and implement a crop management plan for a given production goal that accounts for environmental factors.
PS.02. Apply principles of classification, plant anatomy and plant physiology to plant production and management.
PS.03. Propagate, culture and harvest plants and plant products based on current industry standards.
PS.04. Apply principles of design in plant systems to enhance an environment (e.g., floral, forest landscape, and farm).

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* 2. If you indicated that any of these standards listed below do not reflect essential industry knowledge and skills that students need to be ready for careers in Plant Systems, please comment to share why this standard is no longer relevant. How would you change this standard to make it more relevant?

List of standards: 
  • PS.01. Develop and implement a crop management plan for a given production goal that accounts for environmental factors.
  • PS.02. Apply principles of classification, plant anatomy and plant physiology to plant production and management.
  • PS.03. Propagate, culture and harvest plants and plant products based on current industry standards.
  • PS.04. Apply principles of design in plant systems to enhance an environment (e.g., floral, forest landscape, and farm).

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