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A Look Into The Career of an Agriculture Teacher

A Look Into The Career of an Agriculture Teacher. By: Sara Christman. A Job Description of an Agriculture Teacher. Teach classes in the agricultural sciences including, but not limited to: - Agronomy -Horticultural Sciences -Soil Conservation -Animal Sciences -Agricultural Mechanics.

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A Look Into The Career of an Agriculture Teacher

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  1. A Look Into The Career of an Agriculture Teacher By: Sara Christman

  2. A Job Description of an Agriculture Teacher • Teach classes in the agricultural sciences including, but not limited to: -Agronomy -Horticultural Sciences -Soil Conservation -Animal Sciences -Agricultural Mechanics

  3. Job description(continued) • Serve as an FFA Advisor for the chapter: -Assist students in coordinating FFA activities. -Prepare and train FFA students for competition. -Assist students in preparing SAE projects. -Assist students in developing a public relations program for the chapter.

  4. Job description(continued) • Conduct fieldtrips both in and out of the district. • Coordinate and FFA Alumni Chapter. • Prepare and keep track of finances.

  5. What are the 3 Circles of Ag. Edu. • Instruction-Classroom/Laboratory instruction • SAE-Work-Based learning • FFA-Student leadership organization

  6. What is CDE? • CDE stands for career development events. • CDE’s help students to develop the abilities to think critically, communicate clearly, and perform effectively in the job market. • There are 24 CDE’s in FFA, ranging from communications to mechanics. • Examples of CDE’s: Creed Speaking, Ag Sales, Floriculture, and Livestock Evaluation.

  7. What is SAE? • Student with an SAE learn by doing, with the help of their agriculture teachers they develop a project based on 4 SAE categories: • Entrepreneurship: Own and operate and ag business. • Placement: Get a job or do an internship. • Research: Planning and conducting a science experiment. • Exploratory: Explore careers by attending and agriculture career fair.

  8. Classroom/Laboratory Activities • Instruction in and about agriculture that utilizes a “learning by doing” philosophy. • Agricultural education is an applied science that incorporates math, reading, history, and biological sciences. • Examples of this: -Tractor Driving -Dissection -Landscape design

  9. What Ag Teachers Like About FFA? • Extra curricular activities • Leadership opportunities - “By far the most premier leadership development organization for youth in the U.S.” • Helping students succeed

  10. What Ag Teachers Like About Classroom and Laboratory Instruction • Hands on activities - “You get a chance to learn by doing.” • Students have fun when they enjoy what they’re learning and labs help to achieve that. • Learning concepts of agriculture require solid classroom instruction.

  11. What Ag Teachers Like About SAE? • Teaches students responsibility: - “It teaches them responsibility because they make decisions that influence profit and losses.” • Allows kids to take what they learned in the classroom and applied it to the real world.

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