Late Spring Session 2008
CAL POLY, SAN LUIS OBISPO

Spend three weeks in beautiful San Luis Obispo this summer and enroll in our Late Spring Session classes!  We have five courses proposed, from which you will be able to select two.  These 500 level courses are designed especially for agricultural educators and, with committee approval, fit nicely into a masters degree program.  Keep in mind that the courses you take should be courses YOUR committee will approve.  If you are not sure, you should ask a professor in the Agricultural Education and Communication Department for assistance.

(Click on the title to get a copy of the Handbook for Candidates.)

All of the courses are scheduled to begin on Monday, June 16, 2008, meet daily for two hours each, and continue for three weeks with the final class meeting on Thursday, July 3, 2008.  Any deviations from this schedule are at the discretion of the instructor and require participant approval.

The courses being offered are listed below.  Please use the on-line registration process for enrolling.  Each course heading is a link to the on-line registration form. 

AGED 522  Instructional Programs in Agricultural Mechanics  (3)  7:00 - 9:00 a.m.  (other class meetings TBA)
Organizing the vocational agriculture mechanics curriculum and determining course content. Student demonstrations and presentations;

evaluation and analysis. 1 seminar, 2 laboratories. Room: 08-001.  Instructor: Dr. Bill Kellogg  This course is not open to current Cal Poly credential candidates.
It is a core course for the MS degree.

AGED 530 Developing FFA and Supervised Agricultural Experience Programs in Secondary Education (3)  9:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Integrating FFA and supervised agricultural experience programs into the curriculum. Career development event implementation; record book usage; officer and committee training; recruitment; retention; retreat and leadership training. Current national and state initiatives and experiential learning opportunities in the workplace and entrepreneurial settings. Prerequisite: senior or graduate standing. 3 lectures.  Room 10-100.  Instructor:  Dr. Ann DeLay 

AGED 537 Enhancing Instruction in Agricultural Biology (3)  11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Teaching methods of important biological concepts using agriculture as the context. Assisting current agriculture teachers in identifying proper pedagogical strategies to integrate activities and laboratories into existing Agriculture Biology courses, including leadership development opportunities and experiential activities. Emphasis on appropriate teaching methods and techniques, curriculum integration and application, and classroom resources.  Room 10-100.  Instructor:  Dr. Wendy Warner

AGED 581 Horticulture Facility Development for Agricultural Educators (3)  9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Specifics of designing the ideal horticulture teaching facility.  Layout and space allocation for each critical component with consideration for existing and proposed course curriculum and laboratory activities.  Cost factors, utilizing resources within the community, and realistic time line implementation.   Room: EHS Unit-Lab C.  Instructor:  Professor Dan Lassanske

DSCI 570 Animal Biology for Agriculture Teachers (3)  1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Agriculture biology class designed  for high school agriculture teachers. The areas of biochemistry, the cell, cell respiration, photosynthesis, cell division, heredity, molecular basis of inheritance, classification, evolution, agronomic plants, animal physiology, immune system, animal reproduction & development, ecology, and animal behavior   Room: Dairy Unit.  Instructor:  Dr. Ed Jaster
This course is ideal for teachers who instruct Agricultural Biology.  The course is designed to address many of the AgBio standards.