Transcript A Degree in Agricultural Education: The Process and Outcomes

A Degree in
Agricultural Education:
The Process and Outcomes
David Agnew
Arkansas State University
The Big Picture
• Education (teaching, administration etc,)
– Elementary, Middle School, Secondary and Post
Secondary
• Career and Technical Education (Vo Ed)
– Education that leads to employment
– 18-19 different program areas
• (Ag is just one, but one of the biggest)
– In Arkansas each student is required to have access to
three vocational programs in public school. Historically
that has been Ag, Family and Consumer Science,
Business, and/or Industrial Arts)
Requirements of the Profession
• All states require elementary, middle and
secondary teachers to be certified and/or
licensed.
• Teacher education programs in universities
lead students toward certification/licensure.
• State Dept and universities work together,
but it is the state that certifies or licenses
teachers.
Recent Legislation has Brought
Changes
• No longer course based. Instead based on
outcomes (knowledge)
• New level in the testing phase
– PPST to Praxis I (Same as before)
– NTE to Praxis II (new levels)
• (Professional Knowledge)
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From certification to licensed
Stepwise assessment
Longer internships
More focus on technical knowledge
Mentoring
Facts about the Ag Ed degree
• Ag Ed is one of four degree programs in the
college (Ag Bus, An Sc, Pl Sc, and Gen Ag)
• Degree program leads to “Professional licensure”
(certification)
• Technical in Nature -- Mixes both the social and
physical science
• Physical Science --Broad in nature, course from
different areas, (i.e. plant science)
• Social Science --Deals with the knowledge and
skills needed for communications or teaching.
Relationship to the
College of Education
• Some Education courses are taken through the
College of Education. (They have SCED, STAG,
EDAG, etc. prefixes).
• They are the central point where all Education
programs are coordinated.
• Our degree program and others have some
autonomy but there are certain standards and
requirements that the COE sets for all degree
programs that lead to teacher licensure.
Because we are a profession you
must be licensed
• Accreditation
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INTASC
STATE
INSTITUTIONAL
• Licensure
– Begins at the institution with program of study
– Forwarded to the State Department
• Advanced Certification
– NATIONAL
The State Department and Their
Role in Teacher Licensure
• The state is the one who licenses you to teach
(this was called teacher certification until
recently).
• All applications or requests or programs of study
for teacher licensure go through the Professional
Education Program on campus(Mary Jane
Bradley) before going to LR.
– The only exception are programs that are add on
endorsements, i.e. Career Orientation and Adult
Education. These go straight to LR.
Steps to a Degree and Licensure
Graduate
Land the job of
your dreams
Student Teaching
And take the Praxis II while maintaining a 2.5 GPA
Check-point 2
Pre-student teaching check– 90 hours completed, GPA etc…
Check-point 1
Screening into the Teacher Education Program so that you can….
Methods of teaching Agriculture Education
1. Freshman or Sophomore take certain courses and Praxis I or PPST
Some Critical Documents for
Your Success
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Catalog for year in which you entered college
Checklist for that same year
Four year plan
Admission to teacher education application and related
forms
• Intent to graduate card
• Graduation Checksheet
• Goals Statement and Resume
State
Assessment
Induction
Assessment
Standard
Licensure
Degree
Arkansas Licensure
Continuum
Professional
Development
Licensure
Renewal