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Considerations for Program Delivery

Community Partnerships Involve Using Local Farms and Farmers to Learn

Throughout this program, sheep producers and sheep production experts are recommended as resource persons to enhance student learning and to provide practical experience.  Students should also use related sheep production businesses and services such as:

·        feed mills

·        farm building contractors

·        veterinarians

·        producer organizations

·        short-line equipment manufacturers or machinery dealers.

Teachers will need to seek assistance from sheep producers in the community in order to provide opportunities for practical experience and to act as resources as required.  Adjustments should be made to accommodate the particular circumstances of the community as well as the related experiences of the students.

Work study opportunities are a requirement of the course (i.e., 25 to 50 hours per credit).

Instructional Resources

There are a wide variety of resources for the instruction of sheep production.  Students should develop skills in finding and using the most current information on topics related to sheep production. 

Saskatchewan Agriculture, Food and Rural Revitalization is the most important source of current resources.   Resources can be ordered from the Publication Distribution Centre Order Desk by telephone at (306) 721-4330, by fax at (306) 721-4626 or by e-mail at Valb.pad@sk.sympatico.ca.  Saskatchewan Agriculture, Food and Rural Revitalization’s web site is http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca.

Instructional Strategies and Methods

Sheep Production 10, 20, 30 encourages the use of the following instructional strategies and methods.  Consult the foundation document Instructional Approaches: A Framework for Practice (1991) for additional information.  Many instructional methods are recommended for use with the ATEC program.

experiential

·        field trips

·        field observations

·        job shadowing.

interactive

·        presentations including on-site demonstrations or symposiums

·        discussions

·        mentoring with co-operating farmers-trainers.

independent learning

·        learning contracts

·        student reference manuals.

Learning contracts and the creation of Student Reference Manuals are of particular importance in the ATEC Program.

Learning Contracts

Sheep Production 10, 20, 30 is designed for individualized exploration and application of skills and abilities through on-site practice with working farmers or on-site trainers.  Learning contracts should be used to organize the on-site practice based on the foundational and specific learning objectives required by the modules throughout the course.  Examples of learning contracts can be found in Saskatchewan Learning’s foundation document, Student Evaluation: A Teacher Handbook.

Student Reference Manual

The purpose of the Student Reference Manual is to be a repository of useful work site reference material collected throughout the course and throughout the various levels.  The Student Reference Manual will provide an exhibit of a student’s effort, progress, and achievement over a period of time.  The manual should be organized so that it is clearly useful to the individual student.

Throughout each level, students will be requested to prepare material to insert and maintain in the manual.  The material in the manual should be evaluated on accuracy, completeness, usefulness, and organization.

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