Arabiamountainhigh School

Natural Resources Management

Course Code:

ArabiaMountainHigh School

Teacher(s):Mr. Joshua Rogers / Email:
Room Number:D 111 / Phone Number: 678-875-3697
Semester: Fall 2012- Spring 2013 / Tutorial Days: MW by Appointment
Textbook: Agri-Science ED. 5 / Tutorial Hours: 3:15-3:45pm
Textbook Price: $60 / Tutorial Location: Room#D111

Department Philosophy:The Career Technology Education Department believes that education’s most important function is to provide all students with the skills needed for post-secondary and careers. This is accomplished by providing interest-based programs that meet industry standards. Agricultural Education seeks "To be a premier learning system that delivers agricultural, environmental and leadership education programs and services"

Course Description:This course is designed as an advanced course for the Horticulture/ Plant Science Pathway Program of Study. The course introduces the major areas of scientific agricultural production and research; presents problem solving lessons and introductory skills and knowledge in agricultural science and agri-related technologies. Classroom and laboratory activities are supplemented through supervised agricultural experiences and leadership programs and activities.

Course Prerequisites:N/A

Field Experiences: Greenhouse management, Environmental observation, Landscape design

Articulation: Articulation is the process by which academic or technical credits earned through high school programs may be acceptable in transfer by various community colleges and some four-year institutions. Credits earned appear on a college transcript. This course is currently not articulated.

Career Pathways: Course must be completed in the order listed below.

Level 1 / Basic Agri-Science and Tech
Level 2 / Greenhouse Management Horticulture
Level 3 / Nursery/ Landscape Design
Level 4 / Natural Resources Management

*Required for Pathway Completion

Certification:Certified Agricultural Irrigation Specialist(projected) Provided by Irrigation Association

Careers:

OccupationLevel of EducationSalary

Food Scientists and Technologists / Bachelor’s degree $53,910
Landscape Architects / Bachelor’s or Master’s degree $55,140

Agricultural Inspector TechnicalCollege $35,170

Internet Acceptable Use: Use of the Internet must be in support of education and research and consistent with the educational objectives of the DeKalb County School System. The use of the Internet is a privilege, not a right, and inappropriate use will result in cancellation of those privileges. Any student user not complying with the DeKalb County School System Internet Acceptable Use Agreement shall lose Internet privileges for a period of not less than one week.

ALL students are encouraged to join The National FFA. Dues are only $20, Due before September 1st, 2012.

Course Schedule

Week 1 / Agricultural Education & NRW NR-1 /

Week 19

/ Stewardship NR-4
Week 2 / SAE NR-1 / Week 20 / Soil Characteristics & Erosion NR-4
Week 3 / FFA, CDE’s NR-1 / Week 21 / Soil Conservation NR-4
Week 4 / Career Opportunities NR-1 / Week 22 / Hydrologic Cycle NR-5
Week 5 / Federal Agencies and Private Org. NR-1 / Week 23 / Watersheds NR-5
Week 6 / Society and Nat. Resources NR-2 / Week 24 / Wetlands NR-5
Week 7 / Conservation NR-2 / Week 25 / Waste in Society NR-6
Week 8 / Environmental Law NR-2 / Week 26 / Wastewater Treatment NR-6
Week 9 / Ecosystems NR-3 / Week 27 / Safety, Health, & Environment FS-7

Week 10

/ Forest specific NR-3 / Week 28 / Leadership and Teamwork FS-8
Week 11 / Sustainability NR-3 / Week 29 / Ethics & Responsibility FS-9
Week 12 / Georgia’s ecosystems NR-3 / Week 30 / Career Development FS-10
Week 13 / Technical Skills FS-1 / Week 31 / Entrepreneurship FS-11
Week 14 / Academic Foundations FS-2 / Week 32 / Dendrology
Week 15 / Communications FS-3 / Week 33 / Dendrology
Week 16 / Problem Solving FS-4 / Week 34 / Dendrology
Week 17 / Information Applications FS-5 / Week 35 / Dendrology
Week 18 / Systems FS-6 / Week 36 / Dendrology

* The teacher reserves the right to alter or change any part of this course syllabus to better suit the need of the students.

Georgia Performance Standards: Performance standards provide clear expectations for assessment, instruction, and student work. They define the level of work that demonstrates achievement of the standards. The performance standards isolate and identify the skills needed to use the knowledge and skills to problem-solve, reason, communicate, and make connections with other information.

Standards Covered in this Course:

AG-NR-1,thru

AG-NR-6

Grading Scale*

SEE DEPARTMENT CHAIR FOR GRADING PERCENTAGES

Area / Percentage / Area / Percentage
Class Work/Daily Work / 20% / Reading/Writing/FFA / 10%
Homework / 5% / Final Exam / 10%
Projects / 20% / Participation / 15%
Tests / Quizzes / 20%
Total / 100%

Required Materials: 2” Notebook, Pen, Pencil, Loose Leaf Notebook Paper, Colored Pencils, Work Gloves, Old Pair of shoes(need to be kept in locker).

Parental/Community Involvement: Parent(s), you are a vital part of your child’s success; we can’t do it without you. This semester, we would like for you to volunteer only (4) hours of your time. You can volunteer with The National FFA, during special events/ceremonies, as guest speaker or as an active member of our advisory board. Feel free to contact me, so we can decide which volunteer opportunity suits you best.

Classroom Expectations: Please respect yourself, your classmates, your teacher, and school property.

1. All students are expected to arrive to class promptly and prepared. As soon as the last bell rings, students are expected to be in their assigned seats, otherwise a student is considered tardy.
2. It is the student’s responsibility to bring all required materials to class every day.
3. Cheating is unacceptable! If you cheat or allow/assist someone to cheat, all parties involved will receive a zero and your parents will be notified immediately.
4. Dispose ofgum, candy, food, or drinks before entering in this classroom/lab/greenhouse at any time.
5. Keep the room clean and respect the equipment and furnishing
6. Absolutely no use of vulgar, profane, or inappropriate language in the classroom
7. Students should use the restroom during class change--you will not be permitted to go unless it is an emergency. Also, please bring tissue with you to class if you have the sniffles.
8. Students are not to groom in class, this includes hair, make-up, nails, etc…
9. Electronic devices, pagers, cellular phones, walkmans, CD players, MP3 players, hand-held games, cards, or any other material not related to or used in this class should be left at home. Bringing these items to class will result in confiscation. Items will be released only to a parent or guardian.
10. When using the computer lab,student is not to use the computer for activities that do not relate to this class; therefore, you should not be checking e-mail, chatting, playing games, downloading, uploading, doing research for another class, listening to music, personal browsing, etc….When allowed to use the Internet, visiting websites that are not appropriate for school or not educationally related is PROHIBITED. Violators will face consequences as outlined in the student handbook.

HOMEWORK POLICY

Homework is an extension of the classroom learning process. It is one method to help students establish self-discipline and study skills. Homework also is a way to keep parents informed and involved with schoolwork. Homework will be posted on the class web page prior to the assignment. Students who fail to complete homework assignments are assigned to SaturdaySchool during the same week the assignment is due. Assignments completed in SaturdaySchool are graded for full credit. Should a student fail to attend SaturdaySchool, the assignment is due on the Monday or the next full school day of attendance for the student following SaturdaySchool with a grade reduction of 10 points. Continued failure to complete the assignment will warrant a referral to an administrator.

Reassessment Policy

The goal of any summative assessment is to assess the level of mastery on a set of performance standards. Often, students perform on some assessments better than others. Therefore, reassessment should be used as a learning opportunity and students should take more responsibility for learning. There is no minimum grade for reassessment. Full credit is the maximum grade for reassessments. The student is required to attend at least one tutorial session for reteaching prior to the reassessment. Reassessments must occur within the same nine-week marking period as the original assessment.

Make-up Work

Students who have excused absences are afforded an opportunity to complete missed work after their return to school. Students have three days for each day of absence to complete schoolwork missed due to an excused absence. Failure to complete the missed work by the designated deadline will warrant an assignment to SaturdaySchool.

Zeros

Every effort should be used to avoid issuing a student a zero. Students may be assigned detention or SaturdaySchool. Also, parents may be contacted to solicit support for work completion. Counselors and administrators should be involved if a student misses assignments on regularly. Parents must be notified in writing or via a telephone call any time a zero is issued. Teachers must document attempts to receive work from students.

SAE

The Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) is a project that is state mandated and carried out through the nation. This serves as an opportunity for the student to venture on his/her passion in learning something that really means something to them. I provide many examples in class and do not require that “mountains be moved” for this project to be a success. You may have already seen some good history and/or bad history with this assignment. I will take four grades with the progress of this project. Many students attempt to go without completing it and their grade suffers. However, some enthusiastically complete the assignments and their grade is tremendously helped out. There will be one grading period around the 9th, 18th, 27th weeks and a final grade given at the conclusion of this year. The last grade taken will include a presentation by the student and graded 50/50 with the project work. DATA is the keyword. This projects objective is to teach your student how to keep information and present it in an appropriate manner. More will be taught in class as the semester goes on; as well there are links to help on my website. Thank you so much for the work that you do.

** All students should observe ALL the rules and regulations in the Student Handbook. **

Detention: Detention will be held from 3:15-3:45 in room 801 on the assigned date(s). You should arrive promptly and have work to complete. Failure to report to detention will result in a referral to an administrator. If you have a conflict with the dates assigned, please see the instructor prior to your assigned date(s).

Late Assignments: Each student is expected to complete all assignments in the allotted time. Late assignments are penalized, minus (11) points, each day the assignment is late.

Make-up Policy: IT IS THE STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO OBTAIN AND COMPLETE MAKE-UP WORK. If you have an excused absence, you will be allowed the same number of days as your absence in order to make up work missed. Make-up work must be done after or before school, NOT during valuable class.

Re-do Policy: If a student turns in an assignment that receives a failing mark, the student has the opportunity to redo the assignment. The following exclusions apply: multiple-choice test and other assignments as decided at the discretion of the instructor. The student must conference with the teacher within one week after receiving the assignment. After conferencing with the instructor, the assignment will be given back to the student to redo. The assignment must be completed and returned within one week after the conference. Once the redo assignment is completed and corrected, it will be averaged with the original grade. It is the student’s responsibility to take advantage of the redo policy. At the end of the 15th week marking period, students no longer have the option to redo assignments.

Acknowledgment of Receipt: By signing below, the student and parent/guardian acknowledge that they have read and understood the contents in the 2012-2013Natural Resources Management syllabus.

*PLEASE SIGN & RETURN TO Mr. Rogers BY AUGUST 20th, 2012

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