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Tiger Tune Up The Tiger Tune Up is coming back to Tennessee State University. The May 28 & 29 event is to equip educators responsible for training livestock judging teams in Tennessee with winning evaluation techniques and oral reasons strategies for cattle, sheep, goats, and hogs. The cost is $50.00 per person to cover printing for the Livestock Evaluation Manual, meals, haul bills, etc. Participants agree to provide their own lodging. To register contact Dr. John Ricketts at jricket1@tnstate.edu. |
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The 2013 AFNR CASE Institute at Tennessee State University is full. Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education (CASE) is an ambitious project started by the National Council for Agricultural Education in 2007. The project goal is to implement a national curriculum for secondary agricultural education that provides a high level of educational experiences to enhance the rigor and relevance of agriculture, food, and natural resources (AFNR) subject matter. Besides elevating the rigor of AFNR knowledge and skills, CASE provides purposeful enhancement of science, mathematics, and English language understanding. TSU is one of only 17 institutions in the country designated as an Affiliate Institution of CASE. This will be 2nd year of the 80-hr training facilitated by TSU. |
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2013 CASE AFNR: June 9-20, 2013. TSU was selected to again host the CASE Institute, Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (AFNR). CASE AFNR is a professional development workshop to provide teachers training for instruction related to the AFNR course. Once a teacher has successfully completed 80 hours of intense professional development at the Institute, the teacher is certified to teach the specific CASE course. CASE Institute sessions provide teachers important background related to the pedagogy used in CASE curricula and practice teaching various lessons to prepare them for classroom instruction.