Ag Teacher Highlights
Ag Teacher Highlights
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Former Students, Now Ag Teachers
Former Students, Now Ag Teachers
Make an Impact: Become an Ag Teacher
Make an Impact: Become an Ag Teacher
Ag teachers never have the same day twice. One day they might be in a classroom or laboratory, the next visiting students in the field, preparing teams for a FFA Career Development Event, or leading a community service activity with their FFA Chapter.
Would you like to...
Teach by doing, not just telling?
Share your passion for agriculture?
Create lessons that are hands-on?
Reach students, including those who might not be successful in a traditional classroom?
Teach about cutting edge topics, like cloning, satellite mapping, biofuels, alternative energy and more?
Travel in state, nationally, and even internationally?
Work with new and emerging technology from agribusiness companies?
Develop the next generation of leaders, problem solvers, entrepreneurs, agriculturalist, and agricultural educators?
Because becoming an agriculture teacher will allow you to do all of these things and more!!!
Why is Agricultural Education important?
Agricultural education prepares students to be problem solvers, leaders, entrepreneurs and agriculturalists through the use of its three-circle model. Classroom and laboratory instruction, leadership development, and experiential learning all combine to offer students a well-rounded education that will prepare them for college and the workforce, as well as teach them how to be educated consumers.
How many ag teachers are there in the United States?
Because Ag Education has evolved greatly in the last 25 years, ag programs may look different from school to school. Today, there are over 11,000 middle and high school ag teachers, in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. This number does not include the hundreds of ag teachers in community and technical colleges or adult farm management instructors.
How do you become an agriculture teacher?
To become an agriculture teacher, you have to attend a four-year institution and major in agricultural education (or the equivalent degree at that particular university), in order to be licensed to teach in your state. Many state departments of education have additional requirements, like pursuing a Master's degree, in order to secure a teaching certificate. For more information about your state's specific requirements, click here.
It Starts in the Classroom
It Starts in the Classroom
A short documentary from NAAE about becoming a high school agriculture teacher.
A short documentary from NAAE about becoming a high school agriculture teacher.
Here is the journey of Brandon Bixler and Whitney Evans, two pre-service AgEd majors working toward becoming high school agriculture teachers. This 20-minute film is a great showcase to the start of a career in agricultural education.
Here is the journey of Brandon Bixler and Whitney Evans, two pre-service AgEd majors working toward becoming high school agriculture teachers. This 20-minute film is a great showcase to the start of a career in agricultural education.
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