John Deere “Green Collar” Careers – Dealership Career Exploration Series
This is a multi-activity FFA/John Deere lesson plan that introduces students to careers within John Deere dealerships, emphasizing customer and product support roles. Through a “Green Collar Careers” worksheet, students explore dealership careers on AgExplorer/John Deere’s website, create a “Day in the Life” vlog, and compete in a Career Bracket Battle to advocate for a chosen career. It includes student activity sheets, rubrics, and answer keys.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Explore dealership careers using AgExplorer.
- Identify personal strengths and align them with specific customer and product support roles.
- Create a realistic representation of a career through a "Day in the Life" vlog.
- Advocate for a chosen career.
- Reflect on which career path fits best and plan next steps.
- Time required
- 90 minutes (*Time requirements may vary based upon student understanding and class schedule.)
- Grade level
- Grades 9 and 10
- Materials
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- A copy of the "Green Collar Careers" worksheet for each student
- Internet access
- Phone or camera
- Vocabulary
- Dealership career; Power, Structural and Technical Systems; Vlog
- Cross-Curricular Connections
- English/Language Arts: Research careers and complete a career profile; Create a "day in the life" vlog. Technology: Explore the different roles within Power, Structural and Technical Systems.
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Communication; Critical Thinking and Problem Solving; Initiative and Self-direction; Leadership and Responsibility
- Related Resources
- Careers in Power, Structural and Technical Systems, https://FFA.box.com/v/careersinPSTsystems
- SAE and FFA Connections
- Agricultural Technology and Mechanical Systems CDE; SAE Idea Cards
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
John Deere “Green Collar” Careers- Dealership Career Exploration Series (DOCX)
John Deere “Green Collar” Careers- Dealership Career Exploration Series (PDF)
Other
Aligned Standards
AFNR Career Ready Practices
- CRP.04Communicate clearly, effectively, and with reason. Career-ready individuals communicate thoughts, ideas and action plans with clarity, whether using written, verbal and/or visual methods.
- CRP.07Employ valid and reliable research strategies. Career-ready individuals are discerning in accepting and using new information to make decisions, change practices or inform strategies.
- CRP.08Utilize critical thinking to make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Career-ready individuals readily recognize problems in the workplace, understand the nature of the problem, and devise effective plans to solve the problem.
- CRP.10Plan education and career path aligned to personal goals. Career-ready individuals take personal ownership of their own educational and career goals, and they regularly act on a plan to attain these goals.
AFNR Cluster Skills
- CS.05Describe career opportunities and means to achieve those opportunities in each of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources career pathways.
Common Career Technical Core
- AG5Describe career opportunities and means to achieve those opportunities in each of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Career Pathways.
Common Core – Speaking and Listening
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.2Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
FFA Precept
- FFA-CS-M.CommunicationEffectively interact with others in personal and professional settings.
- FFA.PG-I.Professional GrowthAssume responsibility for attaining and improving upon the skills needed for career success.
- FFA.PG-J.Mental GrowthEmbrace cognitive and intellectual development relative to reasoning, thinking and coping.
- FFA.PL-A.ActionAssume responsibility and take the necessary steps to achieve the desired results, no matter what the goal or task at hand.
- FFA.PL-C.VisionVisualize the future and how to get there.
- FFA.PL-E.AwarenessUnderstand personal vision, mission and goals.
- FFA.PL-F.Continuous ImprovementAccept responsibility for learning and personal growth.
FFA Precepts
- FFA.CS-N.Decision MakingAnalyze a situation and execute an appropriate course of action.
NASDCTEc
- AGC09.02Select, research and examine critical aspects of career opportunities in one or more AFNR career pathways in order to gain an understanding of the breadth of occupations within this cluster.