Introduction to Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, the introductory course in the CASE sequence of courses, will be field-tested during the 2010-2011 school year.

Field-testing a course provides an opportunity to validate the course and to inform the designers of the curriculum about potential areas of concern that may not have been recognized during development stages. Teachers and schools that agree to field test a course are acknowledging their awareness of the following aspects of a course being field-tested.

• The course is in draft format and will be revised during the time of the field test based on feedback received from the field test sites. NOTE: A draft curriculum means it may not necessarily include everything expected from a fully developed CASE course.
• All field test sites are expected to provide feedback in order to support the final revision process.
• All teachers who will teach the new course must complete a CASE Institute for the new course prior to conducting the field test.
• Equipment and materials required to implement the course will be identified in a specialized purchase manual. Purchase of equipment and materials will be the responsibility of the field test school.

*Schools within original CASE Funding States receive a $1000 discount on their registration fee. Original funding states include Georgia, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

**Schools from Missouri receive a $1600 discount for their state contribution to the development of Introduction to AFNR.

Application Process

Because new courses have limited availability for field test participation, field-testing of CASE courses is a competitive application process. The completion of the application process does not automatically imply a school or teacher is chosen as a field test site.

Applications will be reviewed at the beginning of each month for acceptance. Priority for acceptance is as follows.

• Current CASE teachers and Missouri teachers
• Teachers from original funding states
• Date of application.

Registrants will be accepted in that order on the first of each month until all seats are full. There will be a wait list in case of cancellations.

Application Procedure

1. A teacher and administration officials completes the field test application which also serves as the school district agreement.
2. After completing the application, the school submits the application to the CASE Project Manager.
3. The teacher completes an online registration for the field test CASE Institute he or she plans to attend.
4. CASE staff will notify the school acknowledging status of a complete application. An application is not considered complete until both items have been received.

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