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Agricultural Science and Technology (ASTE)
Agricultural Science and Technology Education (ASTE) programs serve secondary students in full- and shared- time programs. ASTE programs prepare students for college and careers in animal science, agribusiness, agricultural mechanics, aquaculture, biotechnology, food science, marine technology, natural resources, and plant science.
This topic can be integrated into unit on innovation and capitalism in 20th century in a grade 8 or 10 classroom.
Connecticut State Department of Education Evidence-Based Practice Guides
The CSDE Evidence-Based Practice Guides are intended to inform school and district decision-making regarding instructional and student support programming and to optimize the use of local, state, and federal school improvement funds.
Action Planning - Mastery-Based Learning
The Cycle of Action is a simple tool developed to frame the critical steps schools take when engaged in an evidence-based, goal-driven school-improvement process designed to raise the educational achievement, aspirations, and attainment of all students.
Additional Communications Tools
Brochures, handouts, and presentations about how Mastery-Based Learning meets the needs of students and how it is different from traditional education
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's CACFP in emergency shelters provides cash assistance for nutritious meals and snacks served to resident infants and children ages 18 and younger.
Assessment - Mastery-Based Learning
A core tenet of mastery-based learning or competency-based pathways (CBP) is that accurate, credible and useful student assessment information plays an essential role in supporting learning. Assessments should be a meaningful learning experience for students, provide rich information to educators so they can provide targeted support to students, and send students and parents clear signals about students’ readiness for next steps.
Community Engagement - Mastery-Based Learning
Engaging communities is an essential step in the conversion from a traditional, time-based system to a personalized, competency-based one. The following resources may be helpful to developing a community engagement strategy and communications capacity.
Menu Planning Guidance for School Meals for Grades K-12
This webpage offers a series of guides that contain comprehensive information and guidance on planning menus to meet the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s meal patterns for grades K-12 in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), and Seamless Summer Option (SSO) of the NSLP.
This topic can be integrated into unit on industrialization, the market economy and company towns for 8th grade/10th grade.
Information and Technology Literacy
Information and Technology Literacy subsumes what traditionally has been associated with library media, audiovisual, computer and other educational technology programs.
Eligibility for Free and Reduced-price Meals and Free Milk in School Nutrition Programs
Resources to assist local educational agencies and other program sponsors with determining children's eligibility for free and reduced-price meals and free milk in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Child Nutrition Programs.
Procedures for application as an approved non public school and as a recognized accrediting agency.