Meeting Times, Location, & Course Delivery Details
Delivery of this course will be in-person, face-to-face, during the scheduled class times.
Contact Information
Upon successful completion of this course...
1. The student will be able to demonstrate problem solving as a method of teaching agriculture education.
2. The student will be able to develop a philosophy of teaching methods in agriculture education.
3. The student will be able to comprehend basic principles of learning as they apply to agriculture
education.
4. The student will be able to discuss learning process and how problem solving relates to the processes of
learning.
5. The student will be able to discuss components of the problem-solving technique and how they apply in
agriculture education.
6. The student will be able to evaluate student performance.
7. The student will be able comprehend the importance of a daily plan for instruction.
8. The student will be able to comprehend why management of students is necessary in the classroom for
effective learning to take place.
No texts are required for this course.
At the completion of this course, students will feel confident understanding and executing the “Class and Lab” circle of the Agriculture Education 3-Circle Model. Throughout this class, students will explore the logistics of classroom learning and lab management in an agricultural career-technical education program. They will understand state mandates, testing requirements, and reporting and their role in such. They will also understand how to access and apply Ohio Agriculture Education standards, including how to read and craft curriculum to meet complex learning goals. Students will practice facilitating, explicit instruction, time management, and lab planning/monitoring.
The following schedule is tentative and subject to change during the semester at the discretion of the professor. Adequate notice of changes will be given when possible. Quizzes, informal writing assignments, presentations, formal writing assignments, tests, enrichment activities, and other student engagements will occur throughout the semester in accordance with the pace of the class. Points for these assignments and assessments may vary based on the rigor required to complete them.
Reminder: A minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work is expected for each hour of in-class time.
| Week | Topic |
| August 24-28 | Syllabus Class Structure and Philosophy; Introduce Lesson Plan Demonstration Project; Licensure Requirements and Employability |
| August 31-September 4 | Logistics of Agriculture Education when setting up pathways, understanding standards, program reporting and compliance, and preparing for the WebXam |
| September 7-11 | Lesson Planning and Unit Development for Agriculture within Career-Tech Education |
| September 14-18 | Teaching Hands-On Learning in the AG Classroom and practicing Classroom Management Techniques |
| September 21-25 | Lesson Plan Demonstration |
| September 28-October 2 | Student Lesson Plan Demonstrations |
| October 5-9 | Student Lesson Plan Demonstrations |
Assignments are tentative and subject to change throughout the semester at the discretion of the professor. Information for assignments and tests may arise from any component of the class or information associated with the class including, but not limited to, class lectures, class discussions, peer presentations, guest speakers, assigned reading, suggested reading, required texts, assigned work, etc.
All assignments, unless otherwise noted or arranged, will be printed and turned in as a hard copy. Blackboard will be a great resource for class content and will house student grades.
The grading scale will be as follows:
| A: 96-100 | B+: 88-90.99 | C+: 79-81.99 | D+: 69-71.99 |
| A-: 91-95.99 | B: 85-87.99 | C: 76-78.99 | D: 65-68.99 |
| B-: 82-84.99 | C-: 72-75.99 | F: 0-64.99 |
Instructor Course Policies
See the current student handbook for the college’s attendance policy, especially as it pertains to excused absences.
The College accepts these four categories of excused absences:
1. Activities in which the student serves as an official representative of the College (e.g., musical performances, athletic contests, field trips)
2. Personal illness with documentation by the College nurse or a physician, if possible
3. Family or personal emergencies
4. When severe weather makes travel to campus dangerous
Attendance at the scheduled class times will be a part of your grade, marked over the course of the semester. A grade for a class will be excused if your absence is excused. Sometimes outstanding opportunities arise that allow us to learn outside of the classroom; as long as this is addressed with the professor prior to that class time, the student will not lose points for not attending that class. In the case of absences, the students are still responsible for all academic learning, materials, and expectations. Students are responsible for making sure they are marked in attendance each day.
Unless instructed to do so, use of artificial intelligence (AI) will not be tolerated in this class. If the use of AI is discovered (unless instructed to use it), you will automatically fail the assignment (given a 0) with no opportunity to recoup that grade. If the behavior persists (a second or third offense), you may fail the entire class, at the discretion of the professor. Cases of academic misconduct (defined by the college) will be treated similarly.
See the current student handbook for the college’s academic integrity policies as they pertain to examinations, plagiarism, classroom behavior, and the process for handling academic misconduct charges.
See the separate policy dealing with plagiarism below. Plagiarism Policy Plagiarism is defined as the representation of another’s words, ideas, concepts, research or creative production without proper attribution, whether intentional or unintentional. It is the student’s responsibility to be informed about what constitutes plagiarism. Plagiarism can occur in the submission of one’s own work or in work submitted by a group.
Examples of plagiarism include (but are not limited to) the following:
• The submission of a paper not one’s own, including turning in a paper that has been purchased from a commercial research firm or obtained from the internet
• Copying word for word information without quotation marks
• Paraphrasing information (that is, the use of one’s own words with only minor changes to the original)
• Use of information not considered general knowledge without proper citation
• Listing of misleading or false sources on a reference page
• The use of a paper or project for one course that was previously submitted for another course, either at Wilmington or at any other institution.
• Use/copying of another student’s laboratory work/data without prior permission of the instructor.
• The use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to generate answers, work, analysis, or writing without permission of the instructor.
Plagiarism is a serious academic offense and carries serious academic consequences.
Student work offenses include, but are not limited to, the following, which are expressly prohibited in the absence of prior written approval of the instructor or instructors involved:
1. Resubmission of work - Submitting work which has been previously submitted for credit.
2. Plagiarism - Submitting work done wholly or partly by another, including the unattributed copying of all or parts of a published work or internet document. Using generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) sources to produce work (when not expressly permitted) is also a form of plagiarism. Some instances of plagiarism are the result of ignorance rather than dishonesty. When plagiarism is encountered, the instructor should be sure that the student knows proper procedures for attributing content.
3. Prohibited sources - Consulting material or persons contrary to the directions of the instructor.
4. Improper collaboration - Engaging in any discussion, joint research, or joint effort of any kind expressly prohibited by the instructor.
5. Deception - Misrepresenting the authenticity of sources, citations, or principles in any written work.
6. Sharing work – Students who share their work with others are responsible for how that work is used. For example, if a student shares a paper with another student to help him or her understand an assignment, and that student submits the work as their own, the author of the paper shares responsibility for the plagiarism committed by the other student.
Other misconduct - Engaging in any other improper conduct as specified by the instructor. These include:
Lying – deliberately providing false information relevant to academic matters, such as misrepresenting the inability to take an examination because of illness.
Disruptive or disrespectful classroom behavior – causing a disturbance in the classroom, interrupting instruction, speaking rudely or threatening students or faculty.
Institutional and Program-Level Policies
All exams will follow the Final Exam Schedule. Students scheduled to take three or more final examinations on one day may request to arrange their examination schedule, so no more than two exams occur on one day.
Requests for early or late exams are considered only under extreme circumstances. Prior to the exam period, the student must file a written request on the Early/Late Exam Form available in the Student One Stop Center, Academic Records, and on the WC portal. The form must be signed by the Instructor and the Academic Dean, approving the alternate exam time. This process must be completed prior to the scheduled exam period.
Undergraduate: FA26 Final Exam Schedule
Out-of-class Work Expectation A minimum of 2 hours of out-of-class student work is expected for each hour of in-class time for traditional face-to-face courses. For online and hybrid courses, the combination of face-to-face time and out-of-class work should be equal to 3 hours per credit hour per week. |
Instructional Course Delivery Definition of Courses |
Academic Integrity Policy The use of generative AI is prohibited except where expressly allowed in assignment instructions. Academic Integrity Policy |
Class Attendance Policy Institutional Class Attendance Policy |