national quality program standards
DESCRIPTION
National Quality Program Standards. New Jersey State Rollout 09/25/2009. Creators of NQPS. Alumni. B&I. NAAE. Council. NFRBMEA. NCAE. AAAE. USDE. PAS. NYFEA. NASAE. NFFA. ACTE. 7 Keys of Local Program Success. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
National Quality
Program Standards
New Jersey State Rollout09/25/2009
Creators of NQPS
NCAE
B&I NAAE
AAAE USDE
NASAE NFFA
Council
Alumni
NFRBMEA
PAS NYFEA
ACTE
7 Keys of Local Program Success
• Program Design and Instruction (Classroom and Laboratory)
• Experiential Learning• Leadership Development• School and Community Partnerships• Marketing• Certified Agriculture Teachers and
Professional Growth• Program Planning and Evaluation
Why National Quality Program Standards?
• We lack consistency in our delivery across the country.
• Some states had no program standards at all.
• To help focus the local program toward common goals and features.
• Validate what we do in the academic community.
• Engage partners in the delivery of agricultural education.
How do we use the NQPS’s?
• It is a formative assessment of where you are right now in your delivery of a total agricultural education experience.
• It is NOT high stakes testing.• It is for guidance and support.• It is ideas and resources to help
strengthen the teacher and the program.
What are the desired outcomes of using NQPS’s?
• BALANCE of Program Quality• Program improvement (thus the name)• Community/Administration involvement• Increase teacher retention• Increase student learning• Better circumstance for the effective
agriculture teacher/program• Provide direction as to
prioritization/focus of improvement
Forces of Agricultural Education
Classroom
Instruction
(Rigor)
Experiential Learning
(Relevance)
Leadership Development
(Relationships)
Local Team Ag Ed
Advisory CouncilAlumniA
dmin
istr
atio
n
Parents Students
Fellow
Teachers
Local Foundation
Successful Agricultural Education Department
Assessment Tool
• Rating scale– 4: Exemplary or Advanced– 3: Promising or Proficient– 2: Improving or Basic– 1: Struggling or Needs Improvement– 0: Non-existent and Where is it?
Summary Page
• Record score for each indicator• Rank each standard for 0-4
• 0 = non-existent• 1 = struggling• 2 = improving• 3 = promising• 4 = exemplary
• Print each result page for your records and referral.
Priority Area(s) for Focus in 2009-2010 School Year
• As a team, identify the 1, possibly 2 areas that you will focus on improving for the coming school year
• You will develop an action plan outline that will ID potential strategies to be implemented toward improving the priority area(s)
Next steps
• Share your results with other members of your Local Team Ag Ed
• Register with the NAAE Communities of Practice (www.naae.org )
• Form/reinvigorate/energize your advisory council
• Make this your professional growth plan for 2009-2010 school year