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- Last Updated: 01 September 2016 01 September 2016
OATA has established the following areas (referred to as ‘Strands’) that all professional development programming will be based upon.
Procedure:
- Program planning for Fall, Summer, and other conferences and programming organized and executed by OATA will utilize the following Strands in order to plan workshop and programming topics
- All topics must fit into at least one of the Strands
- At least one Program of Study Pathway will be emphasized yearly, with all pathways being emphasized at least once every four years
- All Strands do not have to incorporated into every PD event
- Every effort for a diverse program of topics and content areas should be made
- OATA Leadership and Program Organizers will identify which Strand(s) every session is aligned with for communication with administrators and other stakeholders
- Strands will be reviewed and modified as needed by the Professional Growth Committee
Adopted Strands:
- Program of Study Pathways Content Areas
- Animal Systems
- Plant Systems
- Agribusiness
- Power, Structure, and Technology
- Other Agricultural Science & Technology Content Areas
- FFA (including but not limited to)
- CDE
- Leadership Development
- Program of Activities
- Awards
- Alumni
- Supervised Agricultural Experience
- Agriscience Inquiry
- Pedagogy/Teaching Strategies
- Program Planning
- Early Career/Mid-Career/Experienced Teacher cohorts
Last updated: June 2015