Learning Activities:
 |
 Take the Public
School
Agricultural Education Today pre-test to see how much you
need
to learn.
Read Gary Moore's article from the Encylopedia
of Agricutural Sciences (1994) titled "Education:
Children and Youth."
Read Tibbett Spear's article " Agricultural
Education: A Bumper Crop of Students" in the March 1998 issue of TECHNIQUES.
Learn more about the leadership structure of
agricultural education in North Carolina today. This article, Lightining
in a Bottle, appears in the Winter 2003 issue of Perspectives
(the NCSU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences magazine).
Visit the North
Carolina Department
of Public Instruction workforce development education web site to
learn
about agricultural
education in public schools.
Check out the current
curriculum blueprints for agricultural education. (scroll
down to find them)
The National Council for Agricultural Education,
commonly refered to as The
Council,
provides
national leadership for public school agricultural education. Visit
them
to learn more about some of the current national iniatives in
agricultural education.
What is the pay for an agriculture teacher? Salaries
and benfits are shown at this DPI site.
Remember these salaries are for 10 months and most ag teachers are
employed
for 12 months. So multiply the monthly salary shown by 12. Remember,
this
is the state minimum. Many schools pay10-20% more.
What resources are available for teachers of
agricultural education? Go to Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators to see if you can discover resources
for agricultural educators.
Two federal employees in the United
States Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult
Education (OVA),
provide federal leadership for Agricultural Education..Visit this site
to
learn more about OVA. Try real hard to find the words agricultural
education
at this site? It takes a super sleuth to do so!! What does this mean?
Agriculture teachers belong to the National Association of Agricultural
Educators. Visit this site to learn more about the NAAE.
Have you heard about Ag in the Classroom? The USDA Ag in the Classroom site is
somewhat spartan. Visits to the NewYork
or New Hampshire
Ag in the Classroom sites may be more informative. The American Farm Bureau has
additional information.
In 1988 the National Research Council released a
study titled "Understanding
Agriculture: New Directions for Education." While you are not
expected the read the entire document, you should read the executive
summary and other sections that might interest you. This document did
have an impact on the direction of agricultural education.
Download the PowerPoint Presentation on Public School Agricultural Education.
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