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The Agricultural Education Teaching option prepares students to become high school teachers and FFA advisors in Arizona and surrounding states. Students will complete a course of study that encompasses multiple technical agriculture content areas as well as participating in teacher preparation courses. The experience concludes with a 14-week student teaching internship experience at a cooperating center within Arizona. 

Agricultural educators in Arizona have made a video, which you as a future Agricultural Education teacher should view, below.

 

Coursework

Students within the teaching option will complete coursework in plant science, soil science, animal science, agricultural mechanics, and agricultural resource economics content areas. Knowledge and experience in multiple content areas provide the student with a foundation that is designed to enable them to teach the information and skills necessary for multiple agricultural industry areas. Teacher preparation courses are designed to prepare the student to teach in the high school classroom and meet all of the certification requirements for the state of Arizona as well as requirements for many other states.
 

Internships and Field Experiences

Students will complete their professional preparation program with a 14-week student teaching experience during the spring semester of their senior year. The experience serves as a cumulative assessment designed to be a formal evaluation of their individual readiness to teach agricultural education at the secondary level. 
 

Option Specific Course Requirements

AED 450 Total Program Development
AED 462 Curriculum Development
LCVE 408 Structured English Immersion 
AED 438 The Teaching of Secondary School Agricultural Science
AED 496D Teaching Science and Math Through Inquiry
POL 210 U.S. and Arizona Constitution 
AED 405A Principles of CTE
AED 493A Internship, Pre-Student Teaching (25 hours of field experience)
AED 493B Internship, Student Teaching (140 hours of field experience)
AED 498A Introduction to Teaching
AED 498B Senior Capstone, Student Teaching (480 hours of field experience)
AED 497F Structured English Immersion Teaching Methodology
Plant Science 2 courses
Animal Science 2 courses
 

Related Career Areas for Graduates

  • High School Agriculture Science Teacher
  • College Recruiter
  • Community College Agriculture Teacher
  • Agriculture Extension Educator
  • Advisor: Government / Stakehoder Relations
  • Adult/Youth Educator
  • Science/Biology Teacher

 

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