WACC Work-Based Learning Spotlight: Bishop Family Farm LLC
March 27, 2024 at 5:08 p.m.

Student’s Name: Cale Wise
Parents: Tracie Wise and Ben Wise
Supervisor: Bob Bishop and Steven Hall
What are your job responsibilities: I am supposed to listen to instructions to perform standard maintenance, cleaning, driving, and other farm jobs.
How has this position been helpful to you? It has helped me grow work ethic and personal skills.
What have you learned? It has helped me learn more about mechanics and equipment as well.
How is this job preparing you for the future? By letting me see different sides of agriculture while still being taught about day to day practices.
What do you like about this job? My co-workers and the experience I get from working.
What Career Center classes have you taken in your pathway? Intro to Agriculture, Animal Science, Plant Science, Advanced Animal Science, Advanced Plant Science, Food Science, Precision Agriculture and Agribusiness.
Your Career and College Plans: I plan to go to Ivy Tech to get an Applied Science of Agriculture degree.
Supervisor Input:
Supervisor: Bob Bishop, owner
What duties does this student perform? Cleaning, maintenance, changing tires, helping fix farm machinery and learning to work with others
How is this job preparing this student for the future? In real life he will need to work with others and apply some of the skills he has learned
What do you think of the WACC Work-Based Learning program? I think the program is great to get students out in the work place to see what the future will be.
Why were you willing to partner with the WACC in this program? I have done this for several students over the years.
Student’s Name: Cale Wise
Parents: Tracie Wise and Ben Wise
Supervisor: Bob Bishop and Steven Hall
What are your job responsibilities: I am supposed to listen to instructions to perform standard maintenance, cleaning, driving, and other farm jobs.
How has this position been helpful to you? It has helped me grow work ethic and personal skills.
What have you learned? It has helped me learn more about mechanics and equipment as well.
How is this job preparing you for the future? By letting me see different sides of agriculture while still being taught about day to day practices.
What do you like about this job? My co-workers and the experience I get from working.
What Career Center classes have you taken in your pathway? Intro to Agriculture, Animal Science, Plant Science, Advanced Animal Science, Advanced Plant Science, Food Science, Precision Agriculture and Agribusiness.
Your Career and College Plans: I plan to go to Ivy Tech to get an Applied Science of Agriculture degree.
Supervisor Input:
Supervisor: Bob Bishop, owner
What duties does this student perform? Cleaning, maintenance, changing tires, helping fix farm machinery and learning to work with others
How is this job preparing this student for the future? In real life he will need to work with others and apply some of the skills he has learned
What do you think of the WACC Work-Based Learning program? I think the program is great to get students out in the work place to see what the future will be.
Why were you willing to partner with the WACC in this program? I have done this for several students over the years.