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CTE Advanced Urban and Community Forestry Framework

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Pacific Education Institute

Orig. Pub. Date

8/2025

Date Added

December 29, 2025

  • Type: Career & Technical Education
  • Standards: 21st Century Skills, AFNR Cluster Skills, Agriculture, Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources (AFNR), Career Ready Practices, Common Core: Math, Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), NGSS
  • Topic: Career Explore, Career Prep, Careers, Civic Action, Climate, Community Science, Conservation and Environmental Education, Ecosystem Services, Environmental Justice, Forests, Human Impact, Plants & Trees, Plants and Trees, Restoration Ecology, Stewardship, Temperature
  • Grades/Bands: 9th-12ths, 9th-12th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

This course builds on the Introduction to Urban and Community Forestry framework to go deeper into the scientific and algebraic principles of urban and community forestry. The course includes units on safety, well-being and leadership; trees and people; plant identification and anatomy, tree health, tree planting and care, remote sensing and data analysis, and career pathways. Students will complete a Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) as part of the course. This course is eligible for 1.0 credit in Lab Science or Geometry/Integrated Math II.

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