Tarpon Springs High School – Veterinary Assistance 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency -base d applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher -order reasoning and problem -solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation -specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Agricultur e, Food and Natural Resources The content includes but is not limited to broad, transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the following elements of the veterinary assisting industry: planning, management, finance, technical and production skills, underlying principles of technology, labor issues, community issues and health, safety and environmental issues. The program also provides supplemental training for persons previously or currently empl oyed as veterinary assistants. *11th and 12th Grade courses are double blocked Advanced Concepts of Agriculture