Education
Agriculture

Education


More than 11,000 FFA advisors and agriculture teachers deliver an integrated model of agricultural education providing students with innovative and leading-edge education, enabling them to grow into competent leaders.


?92% offer agriscience; 71% offer advanced agriscience and biotechnology; 59% offer agricultural mechanics; 49% offer horticulture; 43% offer animal science; and 24% offer environment-related

?In 2001, 59% of qualified agricultural education graduates pursued teaching, 35 agriculture programs closed due to lack of qualified teachers and 365 agriculture teachers teach in more than one school

?23% of teachers have five or fewer years of teaching experience

?The shortage of qualified agriculture teachers is the greatest challenge facing FFA and agricultural education.
 
Thease statics which a drew directs from the National FFA Websites, are recently updated. Ag teachers, ar hard to find, so think twice about you job path and see where it leads you! Step up and Stand OUT!




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