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Farm and Home Management Educators: a task-based learning plan
Instruct and advise individuals and families engaged in agriculture, agricultural-related processes, or home management activities. Demonstrate procedures and apply research findings to advance agricultural and home management activities. May develop educational outreach programs. May instruct on either agricultural issues such as agricultural processes and techniques, pest management, and food safety, or on home management issues such as budgeting, nutrition, and child development.
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Understand the profile before choosing priorities
The table shows the ten highest importance ratings among 31 skills with usable ratings. Skills tied on importance can share a rank. Importance (1–5) and level (0–7) describe different dimensions. A level of 4 is not 4/7 of a course, and neither scale is your personal score. Source dates refer to the underlying rating, not the database release date.
| Skill | Importance / 5 | Level / 7 | Rating date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | 4.38 | 4.12 | 08/2022 · Analyst |
| Speaking | 4.12 | 4.25 | 08/2022 · Analyst |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.00 | 4.75 | 08/2022 · Analyst |
| Writing | 3.88 | 4.25 | 08/2022 · Analyst |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.88 | 4.00 | 08/2022 · Analyst |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.88 | 4.00 | 08/2022 · Analyst |
| Instructing | 3.88 | 3.88 | 08/2022 · Analyst |
| Active Learning | 3.75 | 4.50 | 08/2022 · Analyst |
| Learning Strategies | 3.75 | 4.12 | 08/2022 · Analyst |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.75 | 4.00 | 08/2022 · Analyst |
Anchor the plan in an actual task
Choose one reported task you want to understand better. Then choose one to three skills and describe an appropriate learning activity, evidence you will review and a date. For practical work requiring authorization, choose relevant coursework, observation or supervised training.
Active Listening
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
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These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for farm and home management educators.
Level 4: Answer inquiries regarding credit references
Level 6: Serve as a judge in a complex legal disagreement
What would you ask the other person to clarify, and how would you confirm you understood?
Speaking
Talking to others to convey information effectively.
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These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for farm and home management educators.
Level 4: Interview applicants to obtain personal and work history
Level 6: Argue a legal case before the Supreme Court
How would you explain the task, audience needs and next step in a short conversation?
Reading Comprehension
Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
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These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for farm and home management educators.
Level 4: Understand an email from management describing new personnel policies
Level 6: Read a scientific journal article describing surgical procedures
Which instruction, constraint or exception in a document would you need to explain accurately?
Writing
Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
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These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for farm and home management educators.
Level 4: Write an email to staff outlining new directives
Level 6: Write a novel for publication
What document would another person need, and how would you check that they could act on it?
Social Perceptiveness
Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
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These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for farm and home management educators.
Level 4: Be aware of how a coworker's promotion will affect a work group
Level 2: Notice that customers are angry because they have been waiting too long
What perspective or concern might another person bring to this task?
Judgment and Decision Making
Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
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These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for farm and home management educators.
Level 4: Evaluate a loan application for degree of risk
Level 2: Decide how scheduling a break will affect work flow
Which options, constraints and consequences would you compare, and what could change the choice?
Instructing
Teaching others how to do something.
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These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for farm and home management educators.
Level 4: Instruct a coworker in how to operate a software program
Level 2: Instruct a new employee in the use of a timekeeping system
How would you explain one step, observe a practice attempt and give useful feedback?
Active Learning
Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
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These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for farm and home management educators.
Level 4: Determine the impact of new menu changes on a restaurant's purchasing requirements
Level 6: Identify the implications of a new scientific theory for product design
What new information would change your approach, and how would you record the change?
Learning Strategies
Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
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These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for farm and home management educators.
Level 4: Identify an alternative approach to help trainees who are having difficulties
Level 6: Apply principles of educational psychology to develop new teaching methods
Which practice activity and feedback would help you learn this task, and how would you check progress?
Complex Problem Solving
Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Read the scale examples
These generic examples illustrate the level scale. They are not required activities for farm and home management educators.
Level 4: Redesign a floor layout to take advantage of new manufacturing techniques
Level 2: Lay out tools to complete a job
How would you separate the problem into parts and compare possible explanations?
Review the result
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