CASE Certification

The extended value of CASE curricula is the overall certification of students, teachers, and programs. To ensure that the quality of instructional experiences are provided to students the way they are intended by design, certification of teachers and programs are essential. Ensuring that teachers and programs are providing the CASE curricula as designed is one measure of consistency for CASE learning goals across programs.

Programs that follow the CASE certification process and meet the certification requirements will provide their students a quality education and the maximum recognition for their efforts. Students may be awarded college credit based upon meeting the certification requirements and as the program develops it is foreseeable that CASE certification will influence student admission and scholarship potential for higher education.

¹ CASE Program of Study refers to a sequence of CASE courses accepted for meeting the content required for sufficient understanding of National Agricultural Science Content Standards. CASE identifies the minimum requirements for a Program of Study.

 ² CASE National Assessment Exams are exit exams for students who are completers of a CASE Program of Study. The exams are administered by CASE.

 ³ Each CASE certified teacher must receive professional development specifically designed for each CASE course. The 80 hours of professional development is offered during CASE Institutes.

  ⁴ CASE Master Teachers are teacher trainers who have attended a CASE Institute for a specific course, provided instruction to secondary students in that course for at least two years, and conducted a CASE Institute as a Lead Teacher for at least one year.

 ⁵ CASE Lead Teachers are teacher trainers who have attended a CASE Institute for a specific course, provided instruction to secondary students in that course for at least one year, and attended a Lead Teacher Orientation Session prior to teaching their first CASE Institute.