Course Description
This supervised experience with an agriculture teacher (50 contact hours) in the summer involves planning summer work, planning for teaching adult classes if possible, becoming acquainted with the techniques of supervising the agricultural experience programs of high school and adult students, working with school sponsored-organizations, becoming acquainted with the techniques and materials used when advising and guiding students, study the community, becoming acquainted with and oriented to the facilities used for agricultural education, study the agriculture curriculum and program characteristics, and becoming familiar with situations which students will later find themselves while doing their twelve weeks of student teaching during the school year.
Course work is started during the summer and is completed during the fall semester, on campus, before the student teaching experience begins. Agricultural Education 350 field experience hours may be completed in May, June, July, or August. The dates of the experience must be negotiated with the cooperating teacher and be approved by the Agricultural Education faculty.
Upon completion of Ag Ed 350, students will be able to:
Credit Hours: 2 hours
