Jamaica
Agricultural Education
Faculty/Staff
Faculty/Staff
Faculty/Staff
Faculty/Staff
Faculty/Staff
Faculty/Staff
Brief History
• 1 st graduates in 1914
• ~ 1,400 – 1,700 living alums
• Only Agricultural Education teacher education program in Indiana
Noteworthy Students
• Distinguished Agricultural Alumnus - Dale Butcher
(1995); Chip Perfect (2006)
• Several Purdue Ag Alumni Association Certificate of Distinction Award recipients
• 3 G.A. Ross Award Recipients (Travis Park, 1996;
Chad Ripberger, 1997; Amir Faghih, 2006)
• 1 Flora Roberts Award Recipient (Stephanie
Warner, 2004)
• 2003 Student Body President - Stephanie Warner
• Numerous students:
– Ag Council and Ag Ambassadors
– Band, Glee Club, Purduettes
– Cheerleaders, Athletics
B.S. Degree
• 130 credit hours
– Gen. Ed. (39)
– Technical Ag (53)
– Pedagogy (18)
– AgEd Pedagogy (10)
– Student Teaching (10)
• ~ 100 students
– 66% female
– 1/3 no AS&B/FFA background
• ~ $17,000/yr. in
AgEd scholarships
• Responsibilities
– POS
– Teacher Education
– Placement
– Scholarship
– Honors
– Academic Counselor
Job Openings
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2000 2002 2004 2005 2006
Number
Openings
Number
Graduates
Career Pathways
Teaching
Business
Grad School
Agricultural Education
Learning
Agricultural Education
Program
Instruction SAE
FFA
Instruction Work
Experience
IAAE-Purdue
Student Organization
Agricultural Education
Learning Community
Courses: Undergraduate
• YDAE 240 “Seminar in AgEd”
– Large lecture
– ~ 70% of students
– Team taught
Courses: Undergraduate
• Block I “Exploring Teaching as a Career” and “Multiculturalism and Education”
– AgEd students in own section
– Formal field experience
Jamaica
Maymester
Courses: Undergraduate
• YDAE 318, 319, 440, 451
– “SAE,” “Program Planning,” “Methods,” “FFA”
– Early Field Experiences included
Courses: Undergraduate
• 441, 498E
– “AgEd Field Experience,” “Student Teaching”
Courses: Undergraduate
• YDAE 359
– “Leadership in Developing the Ag Professional”
– Open to all COA students
Courses: Graduate
– 540 “Program Planning”
– 555 “Principles of Extension Education”
– 565 “Principles of Adult Education”
– 566 “Conflict Management”
– 640 “Courses of Study”
– 642 “Seminar”
– 643 “Topics”
Advisory Committee
• Renewed in 2001
• USDE Grant with CFSEd and TechEd
• Members represent:
– IN DOE, High School, Middle School,
Career and Tech Center, Production Ag,
AgBusiness, Purdue COA
• Provides input on Undergraduate
Curriculum
Future Curriculum Plans
• Revise the 10 weeks of Student Teaching to begin at start of Spring Semester
• Combine YDAE 451 into 318/319
• Create 1-credit “Methods of ____” courses
• ASM 114 – collaboration with Ivy Tech
Agricultural Education
Outreach
Agricultural Science and
Business Teachers
Agricultural Science and
Business Teachers
• Summer Agriculture Teacher Workshop
• Indiana Team AgEd
– Videoconferences
• IAAE Website/Listserv
• Support IAAE Mentoring Program
• Professors in the Classroom
• Distance Education courses.
• Lesson Plan Library workshops
Advanced Life Science
FFA
International Efforts
• Costa Rica
• Afghanistan
• Middle East
• Jamaica
Agricultural Education
Discovery
Research Interests
• Integration of science and agriculture
• Teacher effectiveness
• Underrepresented populations in agriculture
