Animal 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.

Those who complete this survey and provide us with their contact information at the end of the survey will be entered in a drawing. We'll be giving away 10 $100 gift cards.

You are being asked to specifically focus on standards for the Animal Systems Career Cluster. Here are a few careers you might find in this Career Cluster:
Animal Caretaker/Operations Manager
Animal Geneticist
Artificial Insemination Technician
Breeding Manager
Embryologist
Herd Nutritionist
 
Each standard is further defined by performance indicators and measurements. You will be asked to evaluate each level--standards, performance indicators and measurements.

Question Title

* 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 Animal Systems?

  Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly Agree
AS.01. Analyze historic and current trends impacting the animal systems industry.
AS.02. Utilize best-practice protocols based upon animal behaviors for animal husbandry and welfare.
AS.03. Design and provide proper animal nutrition to achieve desired outcomes for performance, development, reproduction and/or economic production.
AS.04. Apply principles of animal reproduction to achieve desired outcomes for performance, development and/or economic production.
AS.05. Evaluate environmental factors affecting animal performance and implement procedures for enhancing performance and animal health.
AS.06. Classify, evaluate and select animals based on anatomical and physiological characteristics.
AS.07. Apply principles of effective animal health care.
AS.08. Analyze environmental factors associated with animal production.

Question Title

* 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 Animal 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: 
  • AS.01. Analyze historic and current trends impacting the animal systems industry.
  • AS.02. Utilize best-practice protocols based upon animal behaviors for animal husbandry and welfare.
  • AS.03. Design and provide proper animal nutrition to achieve desired outcomes for performance, development, reproduction and/or economic production.
  • AS.04. Apply principles of animal reproduction to achieve desired outcomes for performance, development and/or economic production.
  • AS.05. Evaluate environmental factors affecting animal performance and implement procedures for enhancing performance and animal health.
  • AS.06. Classify, evaluate and select animals based on anatomical and physiological characteristics.
  • AS.07. Apply principles of effective animal health care.
  • AS.08. Analyze environmental factors associated with animal production.

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