2023-2024 Course Standards

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Essential standards (highlighted in green below) are big, powerful ideas that are necessary and essential for students to know to be successful in a course. Essential standards identify the appropriate verb and cognitive process intended for the student to accomplish. Essential standards provide value throughout a student's career, in other courses, and translate to the next level of education or world of work.

Objectives/Indicators (rows not highlighted in green below) provide another level of detail for each Essential Standard.

Adapted or Adopted Course includes essential standards and, in many cases, specific objectives/indicators aligned with business and industry standards and/or criteria for credentials or certifications. The course standards are designed using the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (RBT). If the POL is a CTE State Assessment, the course is written at the level of the ESSENTIAL STANDARD and assesses the intended outcome of the sum of its objectives/indicators.

The six NC Essential Employability Skills are Communication, Ethics, Problem Solving, Professionalism, Resource Management, and Teamwork. These skills are covered among the course essential standards and objectives/indicators as listed beside each. NC CTE curriculum provides and supports career awareness, career exploration, career development, technical skill development, and career readiness where six Essential Employability Skills are included in CTE Curriculum Standards. CTE builds a career and college ready workforce through the K-12 pipeline and provides a consistent and 'common language' for identification of the six Essential Employability Skills.

Career and Technical Education conducts all activities and procedures without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, gender, or disability. The responsibility to adhere to safety standards and best professional practices is the duty of the practitioners, teachers, students, and/or others who apply the contents of this document.

This blueprint has been reviewed by business and industry representatives for technical content and appropriateness for the industry.

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Standard/Obj #: The essential standard is denoted by the digits before the dot; objectives/indicators are indicated by the final 2 digits.
Standard: Essential standard and specific objective/indicator statements per essential standard. Each essential standard statement or specific objective/indicator begins with an action verb and makes a complete sentence when combined with The learner will be able to... Outcome behavior in each essential standard or objective/indicator statement is denoted by the verb plus its object.
Course Weight: Shows the relative importance of each essential standard or objective/indicator. Course weight is used to help determine the percentage of total class time that is spent on each objective/indicator.
RBT Designation: Classification of outcome behavior in essential standards and indicator statements in Dimensions according to the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy:
Cognitive Process Dimension: 1 Remember, 2 Understand, 3 Apply, 4 Analyze, 5 Evaluate, 6 Create.
Knowledge Dimension: A Factual Knowledge, B Conceptual Knowledge, C Procedural Knowledge.

AA22 Animal Science II - Food Animal

Course Type: Developed

Standard/Obj #	Standard/Objective	Course Weight	RBT Designation	Essential Employability Skills
1.00	Apply leadership and durable skills.	10%	B3 Conceptual Knowledge - Apply	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management Teamwork
1.01	Implement leadership skills necessary for employment.	6%	B3 Conceptual Knowledge - Apply	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management Teamwork
1.02	Execute meetings using principles of parliamentary procedure.	4%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management Teamwork
2.00	Apply work-based and experiential learning in animal science.	12%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management Teamwork
2.01	Exemplify records used in work-based and experiential learning.	4%	B3 Conceptual Knowledge - Apply	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management Teamwork
2.02	Execute a Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE).	8%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management Teamwork
3.00	Understand anatomy and physiology of food animals.	12%	B2 Conceptual Knowledge - Understand	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Resource Management Teamwork
3.01	Explain the anatomy of body systems.	6%	B2 Conceptual Knowledge - Understand	Communication Problem Solving Resource Management Teamwork
3.02	Understand the physiology of body systems and its correlation to anatomy.	6%	B2 Conceptual Knowledge - Understand	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Resource Management Teamwork
4.00	Analyze animal genetics and selection.	14%	C4 Procedural Knowledge - Analyze	Communication Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management Teamwork
4.01	Analyze genetics for selection.	6%	C4 Procedural Knowledge - Analyze	Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management
4.02	Analyze evaluation criteria to select quality animals.	8%	C4 Procedural Knowledge - Analyze	Communication Problem Solving Resource Management Teamwork
5.00	Apply requirements to formulate feeds.	12%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Resource Management Teamwork
5.01	Implement feed principles to formulate rations.	8%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Resource Management
5.02	Implement feed requirements based on life stage and production needs.	4%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Ethics Problem Solving Resource Management
6.00	Apply practices to maintain healthy food animals.	15%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Communication Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management Teamwork
6.01	Apply food animal veterinary practices.	7%	B3 Conceptual Knowledge - Apply	Communication Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management Teamwork
6.02	Apply the process to identify major diseases and health issues along with prevention and treatment.	8%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Communication Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management Teamwork
7.00	Apply best management practices for food animal handling, housing, and facilities.	15%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Resource Management Teamwork
7.01	Apply the process to identify facility requirements based on species, geographic location, and life stage.	8%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Communication Problem Solving Resource Management
7.02	Execute appropriate management and handling techniques.	7%	C3 Procedural Knowledge - Apply	Communication Ethics Problem Solving Resource Management Teamwork
8.00	Understand harvesting and processing procedures.	10%	C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand	Communication Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management Teamwork
8.01	Summarize harvesting and processing procedures.	5%	C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand	Communication Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management Teamwork
8.02	Classify quality grades, carcass traits, and cuts of meat.	5%	C2 Procedural Knowledge - Understand	Communication Problem Solving Professionalism Resource Management