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Plant Systems Career Pathway

The following rubric will determine if the student has met the requirements of the Plant Systems Career Pathway. Students need a total score of 23 and a minimum score of 1 in each competency to be considered competent in this area

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Subject: Vocational

Type: ePortfolio

Grade Levels: 9-12

Plant Systems
	Did Not Attempt Student did not attempt or area was not taught 0 pts	Unacceptable Student is not considered competent in this area 1 pts	Acceptable with Conditions Student has basic knowledge in this area and would be considered competent with further study 2 pts	Competant Student is considered competent in this area at the high school level and is ready for college level work 3 pts	Excels in Area Student is considered at the college level in this area. 4 pts
Classify Plants Explain how to classify plants. PS.01.01.a	Did Not Attempt Student did not attempt or area was not taught	Unacceptable Student cannot clearly explain how to classify a plant into any category	Acceptable with Conditions Student is able to classify plants by one method. Needs to review other systems	Competant Student is able to classify plants by several methods	Excels in Area Student is able to classify plants by all of the following methods: Life Cycle, Dicot vs. Monocot, Binomial Name, Crop Family, Agronomic Use, and Place of Origin.
Plant Nutrients and Fertilizer Identify the fertilizer sources of essential plant nutrients, explain fertilizer formulations and describe different methods of fertilizer application. PS.02.03.04a	Did Not Attempt Student did not attempt or area was not taught	Unacceptable Student cannot list any of the essential plant nutrients or explain what is in a fertilizer formulation	Acceptable with Conditions Student can only list the 3 primary nutrients. Student needs to review Essential Nutrient list and fertilizer formulations.	Competant Student can list the 3 primary nutrients and a minimum of 5 secondary and micronutrients. Student can explain what a 18-36-0 formulation is.	Excels in Area Student can list the 16 essential plant nutrients and make a fertilizer recommendation for a field using commonly available fertilizers
Plant Growth Explain methods of managing plant growth	Did Not Attempt Student did not attempt or area was not taught	Unacceptable Student cannot explain any concepts related to managing common crop plants.	Acceptable with Conditions Student can explain the major management difference between two common crops. Student needs to review planting date, depth, and populations	Competant Student can list planting dates, planting populations, and planting depth of two common crops. Students can define growing degree days.	Excels in Area Student can list planting dates, planting populations, and planting depth of three common crops. Student can explain and calculate growing degree days
Crop Yield Explain how to calculate crop yield and loss. PS.03.05.02a	Did Not Attempt Student did not attempt or area was not taught	Unacceptable Student can not explain any criteria related to crop yield	Acceptable with Conditions Given pounds and acres student can calculate yield for one common crop. Student needs to review standard bushel measurements for other crops and how to calculate harvest losses.	Competant Given pounds and acres student can calculate yield for two common crops. Student can explain the basic procedure for how to calculate harvest losses.	Excels in Area Given pounds and square feet student can calculate yield for two common crops. Student can calculate harvest losses for two common crops given seeds per square foot.
Plant Anatomy Identify the components, the types, and the functions of plant roots, stems, and leaves PS.01.02	Did Not Attempt Student did not attempt or area was not taught	Unacceptable Student can not explain the function of the various plant parts	Acceptable with Conditions Student can explain the main purposes of the various plant parts although needs further study to fully understand them	Competant Student can explain at least two major functions of a plant root, stem, and leaf.	Excels in Area Student can explain the following functions of plant parts: anchorage, translocation, nodulation, support, photosynthesis, transpiration, and storage. Can explain the following parts: xylem, phloem, branch root, root hair, root cap. stalk, culm, stolon, rhizome, cuticle, epidermis, and stoma.
Records Maintain production and agribusiness records ABS.03.01.01.a	Did Not Attempt Student did not begin keeping records	Unacceptable Student began record keeping, but failed to display any follow-through	Acceptable with Conditions Records were kept; however, student could not demonstrate significant improvement in regards to timeliness, completeness, accuracy, and/or neatness	Competant Records were kept and demonstrated improvement in regards to, completeness, accuracy, and/or neatness	Excels in Area Records were kept in a timely manner, were complete, accurate and neat
Careers Explore various career interests and options CS.02.03.01.1	Did Not Attempt Career interests and options were not explored	Unacceptable Career interests and options were not explored	Acceptable with Conditions Student spent some time exploring career interests and options	Competant Student explored career interests and options and completed a well-planned and well-presented project or presentation as evidence	Excels in Area Student explored career interests and options and completed a well-planned and well-presented project or presentation as evidence and completed a supervised internship program.
Team Work Acquire the skills necessary to positively influence others CS.01	Did Not Attempt Student did not have the opportunity to work on skills necessary to positively influence others	Unacceptable Student could not successfully work in a team	Acceptable with Conditions Student worked as part of a team although did not exhibit skills that positively influenced others	Competant Student displayed skills in teamwork to successfully complete a project	Excels in Area Student exhibits skills in self-discipline, initiative, and a positive attitude that influences others to work as a productive team in completing a project

Keywords:

Plant Systems, Career Pathways

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Vocational

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ePortfolio

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