The First (of Many) Unit Plans

For my very first unit, I thought to myself "Should I design my very first unit on a certain area that I am knowledgeable or where I need more practice?" I then decided to make my first unit with content that I am familiar with, so that I will be able to fill in the plan easily while still learning what actually goes into the unit plan.

So which unit did I choose?

Quality Assurance

I was very excited when Mr. Campbell (Ag Teacher at Derry High School) told me that he wanted me to teach this in four (out of the eight) classes that I will be teaching.

As a 4-H leader, I have to give Good Production Practice (GPP) training to all of my club members every year prior to the county round-up. GPP used to be known as Quality Assurance training, but has since been renamed since around 2013. I have also taken 8 years of Quality Assurance training myself as I was a 4-H member for just that long.

Being that I am only given 10 days to teach this unit to nearly 80 students, I wanted the content to be precise and able to get the message of Quality Assurance known to the students. I am a strong believer in good ethics and sportsmanship, and there is no better way to spread that through Quality Assurance.

The most challenging part in creating this unit was being able to cut enough information down to where it fits in just 10 days of instruction. From understanding how to give different types of injections, to proper housing, to disease awareness, there is simply a lot of information to cover in this subject area.

I plan on creating my next unit on one of the subjects I am not as familiar with, swine. I am kind of excited but a wee bit nervous in creating it. Any suggestions for activities during a three week swine unit will surely be welcome!