Rigor/Relevance
Framework
LESSON PLAN
Knowledge
Area and/or Course Horticulture
Lesson Title Careers in Horticulture and Pruning
No. Periods 2 (73 minute periods)
6
5
4
3
2
1
C
D
Assimilation
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Adaptation
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A
B
Acquisition
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Application
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Teacher Goal(s):
1. Understand personal qualities necessary for success
after high school or college
2. Research career opportunities in pruning
2
3
4
Application
Objectives:
The student will be able to (TSWBT). (Oregon Skill Set numbers in parentheses at the
end of the objective statement.)
1. Identify the skills and knowledge needed in the horticulture industry (CS.CD.02)
2. Research and explore careers in the pruning and horticulture industry (AG 09.01.02)
3. Discuss differences between careers, jobs, and occupations (CS.CD.02)
4. Justify and create measureable and attainable goals (CS.CD.01)
5. Develop a horticultural entrepreneurial endeavor and present to class (AG 04.01.05.01)
State Standards met by Objectives:
Subject
Strand
1. CRLS
CS.CD.01
2. CRLS
CS.CD.02
3. CRLS
CS.PM.02
4. AG
AG 04.01.05.01
5. English
EL.HS.SL.12
Eligible Content
Assess personal characteristics related to
educational and career goals.
Research and analyze career and educational
information.
Plan, organize, and complete projects and assigned
tasks on time, meeting agreed upon standards of
quality.
Prepare and deliver presentations (e.g., training,
marketing plans and information updates).
Evaluate the clarity, quality, and effectiveness of a
speaker’s important points, arguments, evidence,
organization of ideas, delivery, diction, and syntax.
Knowledge: 1=awareness; 2=comprehension; 3=application; 4=analysis; 5=synthesis; 6=evaluation
Application: 1=knowledge in one discipline; 2=apply knowledge in one discipline; 3=apply knowledge across disciplines; 4=apply knowledge to real-world predictable situations; 5=apply
knowledge to real-world unpredictable situations
5
Materials, Equipment, Audio-Visual Aids:
References:
1. Internet Access
Horticulture Lesson Plan Library (CAERT)
2. PowerPoint
3. Whiteboard
http://www.hort.vt.edu/careers.html
4.
5.
FFA.org
Anticipatory Set/Introduction/Motivation/Interest Approach:
Review Yesterday’s Lesson:
Yesterday we talked about the importance of pruning to the horticulture industry. The teacher
will verbally ask students question to review the objectives from the previous day, which are
listed below.
1. Define pruning and the importance of apical dominance
2. Justify the reasoning behind pruning strategies
3. Locate and identify major parts of a tree
4. Compare and contrast dormant pruning during active growing periods
5. Explain the process of secondary plant growth
Set:
“Who Wants a Job?
The teacher will begin the lesson by enthusiastically asking the question:
(Q) Does anyone want to make money, but never have to work a day in their life?
(A) The students will answer, “Yes!”
By having a job you love to do, it will seem like you aren’t even going to work today. The
teacher will use the following example:
(Q) Who thinks I woke up today, and said, “well I have to go to work today?”
(A) Some students yes and some no
I woke up today and said, “I’m going to spend the day in Molalla, hanging out with a bunch of
bright kids, learning about horticulture careers, and best of all I get paid for it!”
If you set a good goal which we will talk about today, you too can be at that dream job. Maybe
teaching horticulture?
Transition (Use Objective):
Today, we are going to be talking about careers, specifically:
1. Identify the skills and knowledge needed in the horticulture industry
2. Research and explore careers in the pruning and horticulture industry
3. Discuss differences between careers, jobs, and occupations
4. Justify and create measureable and attainable goals
5. Develop a horticultural entrepreneurial endeavor and present to class
Strategy – Includes Teacher
Activity, Student Activity,
Questions/Answers and
Objectives
Subject Matter Outline/Problem and Solution (Application
Points Lace in Throughout Lesson) (Modeling, Guided
Practice, and Content)
Objective #1
Horticulture Careers
Teacher verbally asks students Horticulture careers require an understanding of both science
questions pertaining to careers and business. Opportunities in the horticulture industry are
in horticulture and in general
plentiful, but in order to be successful a person must be skilled
in a number of areas.
(Q) What type of knowledge
does a person in the
A person must have an understanding of plant needs and plant
horticulture industry need to
growth. Plants can be adversely affected if fertilization,
have?
growing schedules, cutting schedules, irrigation, and
temperature are not adequately regulated. Likewise, insects and
(A) People need to possess the diseases can also be harmful to plant crops if not monitored
basic knowledge of the area of carefully.
horticulture in which they are
working. i.e. nursery, plug
Mechanical skills are also important in horticulture careers.
production, etc.
Irrigation systems require a general understanding of plumbing,
heating and ventilation systems in greenhouses may require
(A) Business, science,
work, and basic construction may be necessary to build
horticulture
benches or for minor repairs.
(Q) What are some skills
An understanding of marketing skills is also necessary in any
which would help you to
horticulture career. It is important to know both the wholesale
become more successful in any and retail worth of the product being sold.
type of career?
Administrative skills are necessary for anyone who has
(A)
employees working for them. A business owner or manager is
responsible for hiring and firing employees and assigning tasks.
1. Communication
Therefore, they must have the skills to be in charge.
2. Writing
3. Professionalism
It is also very important for people in horticulture careers to be
4. Personality
familiar with the legal aspects of business. Local, state, and
5. Mechanical Skills
national laws must be understood and followed to reduce the
6. Marketing
risk of legal problems. Laws regarding the proper use of
7. Business Skills
chemicals are especially critical to horticulture employees.
8. Math
Objective #2
Careers in Horticulture
Students will research two
careers in horticulture list the
educational requirements for
the careers, salaries, and
Careers in horticulture are diverse and rewarding. Graduates
from the Department of Horticulture have all completed
internships and are in high demand in the green industry and
related fields. Many go on to start their own businesses or
necessary skills for
maintaining those careers.
a. Each career must be
related to horticulture
somehow
b. Students will identify
how the career relates
to horticulture
c. Students will list the
educational needs for
those careers
consulting firms. In recent years over 90% of graduates have
found jobs that they consider an excellent fit for their career
goals. Approximately 10-20% of students continue on to
graduate school or plan to do so in the future. The most recent
survey reveals graduating seniors in horticulture earned a
median salary of $36,000 their first year after graduation, near
the top for graduates of the College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences and competitive with other majors across the
university.
The department hosts a number of career events during the year
and students have many opportunities to interact with leaders in
their field. Career opportunities are diverse and constantly
changing as new innovations take place in the green industry
and horticultural science.
Objective #3
Careers, Jobs, Occupations, and Skills
Teacher will ask students for
examples of jobs and ask
students to come write those
examples on the white board
A career is the direction a person’s life takes as related to their
choice of work. Before choosing a career, a person should be
involved in horticulture related jobs or occupations to see if
that career is the best choice.
(Q) What is the difference
between a career, job, and
occupation?
A job is the work a person performs for a salary and benefits.
(Q) What are personal skills?
To be successful in a career, a person has to be both productive
and have the necessary personal skills.
Students write down the
definition of personal skills
and list 5 examples
An occupation is work that has a title and specified duties.
Personal skills are a person’s abilities to relate to others
productively.
(Q) Why is it important to
have good personal skills?
(A) Many aspects of being
employed require contact with
other individuals, knowing
how to deal with others is vital
in the real world
Objective #4
Goal Setting
(Q) Why is it important to
Being successful in a career requires setting and achieving
have goals?
goals.
(A) So that you have direction
in whatever you are doing
A career goal is a level of accomplishment a person wants to
attain in a career. Goals can change as a person changes, but
goal setting does not.
The teacher will ask students
to raise their hands, and give
an example of a time when
they have had a goal.
After each student gives a goal
the following questions are
asked:
(Q) Why did you come up
with that goal?
(Q) When did you want your
goal to be completed by?
(Q) How did you know your
goal was going to be
completed?
(Q) Who helped you with your
goals?
Goal setting is the first step in describing what a person
wants to do with their life.
Education and training is also important in preparing for a
horticulture career. A person can receive horticulture training
in high school, junior college, and college.
Education should be related to plant and soil science and plant
structures and functions. Training and education is also
available through student organizations such as the National
FFA Organization.
Goals happen when they are measureable and attainable. What
does this mean?
Each goal MUST include the What, Why, When, How, and
Who. Or the 4 W’s and the H
What is the goal? Why am I completing the goal? When do I
want to finish the goal? How am I going to complete the goal?
Who is going to help me attain my goal?
Students will write down 3
measureable and attainable
goals for the year in
horticulture and turn into the
teacher.
Objective #5
Entrepreneurship
(Q) What is an entrepreneur?
Jobs and careers in horticulture can be in the position of
employee or an entrepreneur. An employee is someone who
works for someone else, while entrepreneurs work for
themselves. Jobs and careers can be in the following industries:
landscape horticulture, floriculture,
olericulture and pomology, turfgrass, and other general areas.
(A) Individuals who work for
themselves
Students are to design their
own horticulture business
1. Students must identify
which sector of the
horticulture industry
Examples of the landscape horticulture industry include:
1. Nursery production involves growing plants in containers or
fields. Plants can be grown from seed, cuttings, or grafting.
Jobs and occupations in nursery production include:
propagator, inventory manager, field supervisor, manager,
the business stems from
2. Students must create a
budget for the year to
include how they make
money.
3. A list must be made of
how money comes and
how employees are
paid
4. A speech will explain
to the class how the
business makes money,
spends money, and
survives in the
horticulture industry
Students will be scored on
completeness, detail,
PowerPoint presentation, and
peer evaluation
salesperson, sales manager, and shipping supervisor.
2. The landscape nursery industry prepares sites for
landscaping and purchases the items needed for a landscape
design. Jobs and occupations in the landscape nursery industry
include: construction supervisor, designer, and salesperson.
3. Landscape maintenance work involves caring for already
established landscapes. Mowing, pruning, weed control, and
fertilization are all examples of landscape maintenance work.
4. The plants and seeds used by commercial growers come
from large operations. These large operations are able to mass
produce seeds and plants. Examples of jobs and occupations
related to this industry include: plant breeder, propagator,
independent grower, sales manager, and salesperson.
5. The heart of the retail nursery industry is the garden center.
Garden centers offer consumers plant materials and supplies
needed to maintain a garden or landscape.
Jobs and occupations related to the retail nursery industry
include: buyer, landscape designer, plant technician, and
Other career areas related to horticulture include: horticulture
therapist, cooperative extension agent, horticultural specialist,
consultant, teacher, research scientist, and plant inspector.
Closure/Summary/Conclusion (Tie in Objectives)
To conclude the class the teacher will tie in the objectives listed below and relate some of the
students’ horticulture goals to the actual direction of the class. One example would be the student
who’s goal was to learn how to graft. This term, like Billy’s goal, we will be working outside
and learning how to graft as a propagation method.
1. Identify the skills and knowledge needed in the horticulture industry
2. Research and explore careers in the pruning and horticulture industry
3. Discuss differences between careers, jobs, and occupations
4. Justify and create measureable and attainable goals
5. Develop a horticultural entrepreneurial endeavor and present to class
Evaluation: (Authentic forms of Evaluation, Quizzes, or Written Exam)
Students will peer evaluate each other’s presentations and the teacher will also place a grade on
those presentations. A verbal check for understanding at the end includes the following
questions.
1.
2.
3.
4.
What are some skills needed in horticulture?
What are some examples of careers in horticulture?
Why do we set measureable and attainable goals?
How do decide what a measureable and attainable goal is?
Assignments: (Student Activities Involved in Lesson/Designed to Meet Objectives)
Daily calendar
Horticulture goals sheet
Entrepreneurial presentation
Lesson Reflection
The careers lesson was a fun lesson to teach, and could easily take an entire semester. It was
difficult to not give the students more than one class period for researching their horticulture
business because they really enjoyed building their dream business. In the future I would
dedicate more time to this part of the lesson and spend less time setting goals for the horticulture
class.