Core Standards of the Course
STRAND 1
Student will participate in personal and leadership development activities through the FFA or another appropriate career and technical student organization.
Standard 1
Student will use communication skills to effectively communicate with others.
Standard 2
Student will effectively use teamwork to respectfully work with others.
Standard 3
Student will use critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Standard 4
Student will be dependable, reliable, steady, trustworthy and consistent in performance and behavior.
Standard 5
Student will be accountable for results.
Standard 6
Be familiar with the legal requirements and expectations of the course.
STRAND 2
Student will participate in work-based learning activities through the Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) Program.
Standard 1
Student will demonstrate employability skills.
Standard 2
Student will participate in a work-based learning experience outside the classroom
Standard 3
Student will develop a job portfolio specific to their selected work-based learning experience.
STRAND 3
Students will understand and use Guide Dog processes and procedures.
Standard 1
Understand the history of dog training and significant people in the training industry.
Standard 2
Students will be given hands-on opportunity to train dogs.
STRAND 4
Students will understand and apply Ethology (science of animal behavior) in dog training.
Define Ethology (a scientific field, that studies behavior from a biological perspective).
Understand and use an ethogram (a computation of individual behavioral motor patterns).
Understand and apply dog ethology.
Understand and apply the principals of Behavior modification
Understand and apply the eight different methods of behavior modification.
Understand the common behavioral problems in dogs
Apply principals of prevention and good management, when necessary use corrections to solve behavior problems as they work with dogs.
STRAND 5
Student will apply methods of animal husbandry as they care for a dog.
Standard 1
Provide the appropriate environment/management for dog care.
Standard 2
Understand and appropriately adapt to the stages of Dog Development.
Standard 3
Understand the different methods of breeding