LAC 28:LXV.707. Selected Terminology

Benchmark―broad labels that denote the process and content used as a reference to develop curriculum and assess student progress. Benchmark Component―descriptions of the components of each benchmark. Connecting Activities―activities that connect schools and workplaces. These "connecting activities" include: 1. coordinating classroom instruction and workplace experience so that the instructional program in school reinforces student’s work experiences and vice-versa; 2. providing regular communication, planning, and consultation between the student’s employer and the school; 3. forming permanent two-way links with the business and the school, communicating their expectations of what students should learn and be able to do, and then working as partners to help students achieve; and 4. creating links to the full range of post-secondary options, including college. Classroom Learning―a combination of AgEd/FFA information and experiences provided in classrooms, laboratories, or community. SAEP―supervised Agricultural Experience Program: an individualized student program of planned agricultural activities and occupational experiences that are supervised by the AgEd/FFA teacher. The SAEP may include placement, entrepreneurship or volunteerism experiences. School to Work―joint business-educator-labor partnerships whereby local teams design a focused system that links a rigorous and challenging curriculum with serious work-based learning experiences for career-bound youth. Strand―major division of instructional content. Standard―umbrella goal for each strand. Work-Based Experiences―the occupation specific component of SAEP. Includes those experiences resulting from enrollment in the Cooperative Agricultural Education (CAE), an out-of-school placement program; mentoring; or job shadowing components of the AgEd/FFA program.