STRATEGIES TO INTEGRATE

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STRATEGIES TO INTEGRATE NOW
Dr. Jack Elliot, Professor and Head Dept. of
Agricultural Leadership, Education, and
Communication Texas AM University
jelliot_at_tamu.edu
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Demonstration Lesson

• Fertilizer Application in Landscape Management

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Fertilizer Application

• N P - K

Nitrogen Phosphorus Potassium

• 16 10 - 2

Rate of Nutrient Needed
Rate of Fertilizer Application
in the bag
/

1.25 lbs fert
.2 lbs N
16 N

/
if
ft2
ft2
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Demonstration Lesson

• Fertilizer Application in Landscape Management

Was this an example of integration?
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Fertilizer Application

• N P - K

Nitrogen Phosphorus Potassium

• 16 10 - 2

Rate of Nutrient Needed
Rate of Fertilizer Application
in the bag
/

X lbs fert
.2 lbs N
16 N

/
if
ft2
ft2
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Fertilizer Application, pg 2
X lbs fert
.2 lbs N
16 N

/
ft2
ft2
.2 lbs N
.16 lbs N

X lbs fert
/
1 ft2
1 ft2
1 lbs fert
.2 lbs N

X lbs fert
1 lbs fert

1 ft2
.16 lbs N
1 ft2
.2 lbs N

X lbs fert
1 lb fert

1 ft2
.16 lbs N
1 ft2
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Fertilizer Application, pg 3
X lbs fert
.2 lb fert

.16 ft2
1 ft2
Key concept Using proportions to solve single
variable equations.
X lbs fert
.2 lb fert
Step 1 Multiply Across

.16 ft2
1 ft2
X lbs fert
.2 lb fert
Step 2 Divide by bottom

.16 ft2
1 ft2
1.25 lbs fert
Step 3 Replace X with answer
1 ft2
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Demonstration Lesson

• Fertilizer Application in Landscape Management

Was this a better example of integration?
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Strategies to Integrate Now

• Purposeful integration and instruction
• Provide ideas
• Promote immediate implementation
• Give teachers strategies to be successful
• Doesnt. . .
• Change
• Add
• Go through motions

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WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR A TEACHER TO BE SUCCESSFUL
AT INTEGRATING?
?
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Strategies to Integrate Now

• Prepare
• Plan
• Deliver
• Assess

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Pre-Requisites

• Understand the Need

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The Need

• More emphasis on academic achievement
• Fewer contextual learning opportunities
• Greater need for academic skills in the workforce
• Financial pressures on the schools to show
  progress is a threat to CTE funding
• It is the right thing to do

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Pre-Requisites

• Understand the Need
• Believe it is Your Job
• CTE teachers attitudes
• Level of enthusiasm 1-10
• Have a Vision in Mind
• How is integration more than crosswalking?
• My Vision /or Shared Vision
• Know Your Own Stuff

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National Assessment of Vocational Education, 1988
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Scholarly Beginnings
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Forgetting our Heritage
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State of Confusion
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A Nation at Risk
AVA 1926
Todays Legislators Parents Tax payers
National Assessment of Vocational Education, 1988
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STRATEGIES TO INTEGRATE NOW
PREPARE
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PREPARE

• Find Applicable Academic Targets
• No idea - - - - access in 3 seconds
• Select and List Academic Targets

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STRATEGIES TO SELECT AND LIST YOUR TARGETS

• Prepare to narrow
• Consider Priority/Need
• Recognize importance of verbs
• Relationship to Your Courses
• Consider Your Level of Effort

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PREPARE

• Find Applicable Academic Targets
• Select and List Academic Targets

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STRATEGIES TO INTEGRATE NOW
PLAN
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PLAN

• Highlight Embedded Academic Skills and Concepts

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HIGHLIGHT EMBEDDED ACADEMIC SKILLS

• Scan and Tag
• Label Embedded Academic Skills
• Find Materials Used to Teach Academic Skills

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PLAN

• Highlight Embedded Academic Skills and Concepts
• Create Meaningful Applications of Academic Skills
• Plan Integration Activities in Your Lessons

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PLAN

• Highlight Embedded Academic Skills and Concepts
• Create Meaningful Applications of Academic Skills
• Plan Integration Activities in Your Lessons

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STRATEGIES TO INTEGRATE NOW
DELIVER
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DELIVER

• Use Effective Engagement Techniques
• Anchoring
• Facilitation
• Reviewing
• Note Taking

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STRATEGIES TO INTEGRATE NOW
ASSESS
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ASSESS

• Measure Your Success
• Share Success with Others

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Summary
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From Ideas to Action Plan
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An Integration Planning Template
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STRATEGIES TO INTEGRATE NOW
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