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 Board’s policy on evaluation of personnel.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Job Description:  Ag teacher    

1. Provide agricultural instruction that is realistic in terms of current and future job specifications.

2. Utilizes a variety of teaching methods which will promote the attainment of desirable goals by each student.

3. Assists all agricultural education students to make informed decisions regarding personal occupational goals in agriculture.

4. Provides related instruction with field, shop, laboratory, cooperative work, or other occupational experience that is appropriate to the career objectives of the student.

5. Assist all agricultural education students to plan, develop, and conduct agricultural experience activities appropriate to their occupational goals.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Advise and assists officers, committees, and members of the local FFA chapter as they plan and conduct activities of the organizations.

9. Encourage, supervise, and coach FFA career development event teams as appropriate to the members’ interests.

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10. Actively participate in professional improvement activities.

11. 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.

12. Assist in other duties assigned by the principal.