TITLE: Agriculture Teacher
REPORTS TO: High School Principal and the Director of Career and Tech
SUPERVISES: N/A
TERM: 10 months
JOB GOAL: To plan and conduct instructional programs designed primarily to prepare and train youth for gainful employment or entrepreneurship in agricultural careers following high school or college; to perform ancillary functions in support of these instructional programs in agriculture; to assist in other school activities as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING:
- Hold a valid Tennessee teaching license with an endorsement in Agricultural Education or Agricultural Science
EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with
provisions of the Boards policy on evaluation of personnel.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Job Description: Ag teacher
- Provide agricultural instruction that is realistic in terms of current and future job specifications.
- Utilizes a variety of teaching methods which will promote the attainment of desirable goals by each student.
- Assists all agricultural education students to make informed decisions regarding personal occupational goals in agriculture.
- Provides related instruction with field shop laboratory cooperative work or other occupational experience that is appropriate to the career objectives of the student.
- Assist all agricultural education students to plan develop and conduct agricultural experience activities appropriate to their occupational goals.
- Supervise the agricultural experience activities of all agricultural education students through on-site visitation wherever the activities occur by observation and conference with students employers and parents.
- Using the vehicle of FFA assists students to develop those attitudes and skills in citizenship leadership and human relations which will contribute to their personal and occupational success.
- Advise and assists officers committees and members of the local FFA chapter as they plan and conduct activities of the organizations.
- Encourage supervise and coach FFA career development event teams as appropriate to the members interests.
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- Actively participate in professional improvement activities.
- Maintain an environment which is conductive to learning with particular attention to safety practices good housekeeping appropriate instructional aids textbooks supplies and equipment and student behavior.
- Assist in other duties assigned by the principal.